Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown.
He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Known for
Rumours
The First Omen
Testament: The Story of Moses
Savage Waters
Rabbit Hole
Portrait of the Queen
This England
The Hanging Sun
The Serpent Queen
The Sandman
Lancaster
Against the Ice
The King's Man
Moley
The Book of Vision
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Mank
Master Moley By Royal Invitation
The Singapore Grip
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Iron Mask
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
The Widow
The Little Drummer Girl
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Johnny English Strikes Again
Hang Ups
Spitfire
The Woman in White
Euphoria
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
That Good Night
Savage Kingdom
Underworld: Blood Wars
The Crown
Ghostbusters
Me Before You
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Despite the Falling Snow
And Then There Were None
Childhood's End
Victor Frankenstein
Deadline Gallipoli
Woman in Gold
Child 44
The Imitation Game
The Great Fire
Dracula Untold
Retrospective
Forbidden Empire
The Science of Doctor Who
Speeches That Shook the World
Patrick
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Father's Day
The Relics of Buddha
Secret State
Berlin Job
The Door
St George's Day
Midnight's Children
Underworld: Awakening
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
Neverland
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Game of Thrones
Your Highness
There Be Dragons
Ironclad
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
Going Postal
Strike Back
Trinity
Merlin
Consenting Adults
The Contractor
Would I Lie to You?
Fallen Angel
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Intervention
Twice Upon a Time
Starter for 10
The One Show
Scoop
Bleak House
To the Ends of the Earth
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Fingersmith
Big Fat Quiz
Agatha Christie's Marple
Ladies in Lavender
Who Do You Think You Are?
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Henry VIII
Swimming Pool
Black and White
Foyle's War
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Ali G Indahouse
Gosford Park
Alien Evolution
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
Jurij
Dark Blue World
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Hilary and Jackie
What Rats Won't Do
Trial & Retribution
The Blood Oranges
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rebecca
Michael Collins
Undertow
Space Truckers
The Surgeon
Shortcut to Paradise
Room 101
China Moon
Kabloonak
Century
Last Action Hero
Alien³
La valle di pietra
The Phantom of the Opera
Goldeneye
First Born
Out of the Shadows
Pascali's Island
White Mischief
Hidden City
Good Morning, Babylon
Out on a Limb
The Golden Child
The Flying Doctors
The McGuffin
Time for Murder
Plenty
Screen Two
Rainy Day Women
The Jewel in the Crown
Natural World
Little Eyolf
Nancy Astor
For Your Eyes Only
Dreams of Leaving
Tales of the Unexpected
An Audience with...
The Professionals
Raffles
Edward the Seventh
Father Brown
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month