Charles Dance
Born 1946
Known for Me Before You, The Imitation Game, Alien³.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
Lancaster (2022)
Spitfire (2018)
The Blood Oranges (1997)
Century (1993)
First Born (1988)
Hidden City (1987)
Savage Waters (2023)
The Book Of Vision (2021)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
Patrick (2013)
St George's Day (2012)
Black and White (2002)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Pascali's Island (1988)
White Mischief (1987)
The Golden Child (1986)
Against the Ice (2022)
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Undertow (1996)
China Moon (1994)
Alien³ (1992)
Wildcat (2025)
Rumours (2024)
Euphoria (2018)
Me Before You (2016)
Space Truckers (1996)
Samaná Sunrise (2024)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)
That Good Night (2017)
Admiral (2015)
Dracula Untold (2014)
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
The Contractor (2007)
Scoop (2006)
Gosford Park (2001)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Ladies First (2026)
Frankenstein (2025)
The First Omen (2024)
The Hanging Sun (2022)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret (2010)
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Alien Evolution (2001)
The Surgeon (1994)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Midnight's Children (2012)
Ironclad (2011)
Dark Blue World (2001)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Intervention (2007)
Plenty (1985)
The King's Man (2021)
Ghostbusters (2016)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2026)
Iron Mask (2019)
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Child 44 (2015)
There Be Dragons (2011)
Your Highness (2011)
Michael Collins (1996)
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
Starter for 10 (2006)
Mank (2020)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (2024)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Forbidden Empire (2014)
