Charles Dance
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Birthplace
- Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing intimidating, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance 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 OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his feature film debut in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). He has since appeared in a string of critically acclaimed period films, including Michael Collins (1996), Gosford Park (2001), The Imitation Game (2014), Mank (2020), and The King's Man (2021). He has also appeared in the films The Golden Child (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Last Action Hero (1993), Dracula Untold (2014), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive-produced. On television, Dance played Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Mr Tulkinghorn in Bleak House (2005), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Tywin Lannisterin Game of Thrones (2011–2015), and Lord Mountbatten in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown (2019–2020), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Viy 3: Travel to India TBA
Actor
The Liar TBA
as Tickford
- A Patriot
A Patriot TBA
as Dr. Hastings
The Batman: Part II 2028
as Christopher Dent
My Duchess 2026
as Lord Mountbatten
Ladies First 2026
as Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly 2026
as Self - Guest
Wildcat 2025
as Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein 2025
as Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors 2025
as Gustaf
Samaná Sunrise 2024
as Noah Blum
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters 2024
as Narrator
Rumours 2024
as Edison Wolcott
The First Omen 2024
as Father Harris
Savage Waters 2023
as Narrator
Portrait of the Queen 2022
as Narrator
The Hanging Sun 2022
as Jacob
Lancaster 2022
as Narrator (voice)
Against the Ice 2022
as Minister Neergaard
The King's Man 2021
as Kitchener
The Book Of Vision 2021
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank 2021
as Self
Mank 2020
as William Randolph Hearst
Master Moley by Royal Invitation 2019
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd 2019
as John Lye
Iron Mask 2019
as Lord Dudley
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
as Alan Jonah
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 2018
as Uncle Bertie
Johnny English Strikes Again 2018
as Agent Seven
Hero 2018
as Charles Reynard
Spitfire 2018
as Narrator (voice)
- The Muppets Take The O2
The Muppets Take The O2 2018
as Self
Euphoria 2018
as Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 2017
as Narrator (voice)
That Good Night 2017
as The Visitor
Underworld: Blood Wars 2016
as Thomas
Ghostbusters 2016
as Harold Fillmore
Me Before You 2016
as Stephen Traynor
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 2016
as Mr. Bennet
Despite the Falling Snow 2016
as Old Alexander Ivanov
Victor Frankenstein 2015
as Frankenstein
Instruments of Darkness 2015
as Duncan
Woman in Gold 2015
as Sherman
Child 44 2015
as Major Grachev
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience 2015
as Tywin Lannister
Admiral 2015
as King Charles II
The Imitation Game 2014
as Commander Denniston
Dracula Untold 2014
as Master Vampire
Retrospective 2014
as Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire 2014
as Lord Dudley
The Science of Doctor Who 2013
as Self
Speeches That Shook the World 2013
as Self
Patrick 2013
as Doctor Roget
Justin and the Knights of Valour 2013
as Legantir (voice)
Father's Day 2013
as Don
The Relics of Buddha 2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Door 2012
as Thomas Arlington
- The Mapmaker
The Mapmaker 2012
as Rowan
St George's Day 2012
as Trenchard
Midnight's Children 2012
as William Methwold
Underworld: Awakening 2012
as Thomas
Going Postal 2in1 2011
as Lord Vetinari
Your Highness 2011
as King Tallious
There Be Dragons 2011
as Solono
Ironclad 2011
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
- The Commuter
The Commuter 2010
as The Traffic Warden
Paris Connections 2010
as Aleksandr Borinski
- The Clerk's Tale
The Clerk's Tale 2010
as Ralph
- Dickens' Secret Lover
Dickens' Secret Lover 2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults 2007
as Jack Wolfenden
The Contractor 2007
as DCS Andrew Windsor
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007
as Self
Intervention 2007
as Private Investigator
Starter for 10 2006
as Michael Harbinson
Twice Upon a Time 2006
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Scoop 2006
as Mr. Malcolm
Titanic: Birth of a Legend 2005
as Narrator (voice)
Ladies in Lavender 2004
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love 2004
as Marchese Clementi
When Hitler Invaded Britain 2004
as Narrator
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Swimming Pool 2003
as John Bosload
Black and White 2002
as Roderic Chamberlain
The Making of Gosford Park 2002
as Self (uncredited)
Ali G Indahouse 2002
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Gosford Park 2001
as Raymond Stockbridge
Alien Evolution 2001
as Self / Clemens
Jurij 2001
as K (Padre di Jurij)
Dark Blue World 2001
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 2001
as Ralph Nickleby
- Justice in Wonderland
Justice in Wonderland 2000
as Neil Hamilton
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes 2000
as Sir Henry Carlyle
- Chrono-Perambulator
Chrono-Perambulator 1999
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1999
as Frank
Hilary and Jackie 1998
as Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do 1998
as Gerald Burton Jr
The Blood Oranges 1997
as Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1997
as Captain Richter
Michael Collins 1996
as Soames
Space Truckers 1996
as Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow 1996
as Lyle Yates
The Surgeon 1995
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise 1994
as Quinn
China Moon 1994
as Rupert Munro
Kabloonak 1994
as Robert Flaherty
Century 1993
as Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero 1993
as Benedict
Alien³ 1992
as Clemens
The Making of 'Alien³' 1992
as Self
La valle di pietra 1992
as Surveyor
Goldeneye 1989
as Ian Fleming
First Born 1988
as Edward Forester
Out of the Shadows 1988
as Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island 1988
as Anthony Bowles
White Mischief 1987
as Josslyn Hay
Hidden City 1987
as James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon 1987
as D.W. Griffith
The Golden Child 1986
as Sardo Numspa
The McGuffin 1986
as Paul Hatcher
Plenty 1985
as Raymond Brock
Rainy Day Women 1984
as John Truman
Little Eyolf 1982
as Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only 1981
as Claus
Very Like a Whale 1981
as Party Guest
The Fatal Spring 1980
as Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving 1980
as Colin
Credits from TMDB.