Charles Dance
Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) 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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Frankenstein | Leopold Frankenstein | HIT | |
| 2024 | Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Narrator | HIT | |
| 2024 | The First Omen | Father Harris | HIT | |
| 2022 | Lancaster | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2022 | Against the Ice | Minister Neergaard | HIT | |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Kitchener | HIT | |
| 2021 | The Book Of Vision | Dr. Johan Anmuth | FLOP | |
| 2020 | Mank | William Randolph Hearst | HIT | |
| 2019 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | John Lye | FLOP | |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Alan Jonah | HIT | |
| 2018 | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Uncle Bertie | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Seven | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Spitfire | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | HIT | |
| 2018 | Euphoria | Mr. Daren | FLOP | |
| 2017 | That Good Night | The Visitor | HIT | |
| 2016 | Me Before You | Stephen Traynor | HIT | |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Mr. Bennet | FLOP | |
| 2015 | Instruments of Darkness | Duncan | HIT | |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Sherman | HIT | |
| 2015 | Child 44 | Major Grachev | FLOP | |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Tywin Lannister | HIT | |
| 2015 | Admiral | King Charles II | HIT | |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Commander Denniston | HIT | |
| 2014 | Dracula Untold | Master Vampire | HIT | |
| 2013 | The Science of Doctor Who | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | The Mapmaker | Rowan | HIT | |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Thomas | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | FLOP | |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | Michael Harbinson | FLOP | |
| 2006 | Scoop | Mr. Malcolm | HIT | |
| 2005 | Titanic: Birth of a Legend | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Saint John Bosco Mission to Love | Marchese Clementi | HIT | |
| 2003 | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | Swimming Pool | John Bosload | HIT | |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Raymond Stockbridge | HIT | |
| 2001 | Dark Blue World | Wing Commander Bentley | HIT | |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | HIT | |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Sir Henry Carlyle | HIT | |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Derek Du Pré | HIT | |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Soames | HIT | |
| 1994 | China Moon | Rupert Munro | FLOP | |
| 1994 | Kabloonak | Robert Flaherty | HIT | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Benedict | HIT | |
| 1992 | Alien³ | Clemens | FLOP | |
| 1988 | First Born | Edward Forester | HIT | |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island | Anthony Bowles | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | D.W. Griffith | FLOP | |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Claus | HIT | |
| 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | Colin | HIT |