Cast & creator
Charles Dance
Best known for Game of Thrones, The One Show, The Crown
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.
Also known as: Walter Charles Dance, Волтер Чарльз Денс
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film credits
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television credits
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1965–2028 · acting roles
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Filmography (196)
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Game of Thrones
Tywin Lannister
2011
The One Show
Self
2006
The Crown
Lord Mountbatten
2016
Play for Today
1970
Top Gear
Self
2002
The Imitation Game
Commander Denniston
2014
Screen Two
Paul Hatcher
1985Screen Two
Professor Mandry
1985
The Day of the Jackal
Timothy Winthrop
2024
Tales of the Unexpected
Robert Smythe
1979
Merlin
Aredian
2008
BBC Play of the Month
Borghejm
1965
Natural World
1983
Playhouse
Siegfried Sassoon
1974
The Sandman
Roderick Burgess
2022
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
The Professionals
Parker
1977
Agatha Christie's Marple
Septimus Bligh
2004
The Flying Doctors
Minister
1986Film '72
Self
1971
Foyle's War
Guy Spencer
2002
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Strike Back
Conrad Knox
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Frankenstein
Leopold Frankenstein
2025
Me Before You
Stephen Traynor
2016
The King's Man
Kitchener
2021
Room 101
Self
1994
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Alan Jonah
2019
Underworld: Blood Wars
Thomas
2016
The First Omen
Father Harris
2024
Ladies First
Fred Powell
2026
Rabbit Hole
Dr. Ben Wilson
2023
For Your Eyes Only
Claus
1981
Child 44
Major Grachev
2015
The Serpent Queen
Clement VII
2022
And Then There Were None
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
2015
Alien³
Clemens
1992
Last Action Hero
Benedict
1993
Ghostbusters
Harold Fillmore
2016
Underworld: Awakening
Thomas
2012
The Little Drummer Girl
Commander Picton
2018
Johnny English Strikes Again
Agent Seven
2018
Dracula Untold
Master Vampire
2014
Savage Kingdom
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Moley
Mr. Moley (voice)
2021
Bleak House
Mr. Tulkinghorn
2005
Wildcat
Frasier Mahoney
2025Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Testament: The Story of Moses
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Fingersmith
Mr. Chistopher Lilly
2005
Jam and Jerusalem
Self
2006
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mr. Bennet
2016
Father Brown
Commandant Neil O'Brien
1974
The Golden Child
Sardo Numspa
1986
Your Highness
King Tallious
2011
Iron Mask
Lord Dudley
2019
Childhood's End
Karellen
2015
Swimming Pool
John Bosload
2003
Gosford Park
Raymond Stockbridge
2001
The Batman: Part II
Christopher Dent
2028
Woman in Gold
Sherman
2015
Henry VIII
Duke of Buckingham
2003
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Legantir (voice)
2013
The Jewel in the Crown
Guy Perron
1984
The Widow
Martin Benson
2019
Ironclad
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
2011
Secret State
John Hodder
2012
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2015
Trinity
Dr. Edmund Maltravers
2009
The Contractor
DCS Andrew Windsor
2007
The Singapore Grip
Mr Webb
2020
Ali G Indahouse
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
2002
Neverland
Dr. Fludd
2011
Mank
William Randolph Hearst
2020
Raffles
1977
To the Ends of the Earth
Sir Henry Somerset
2005
Against the Ice
Minister Neergaard
2022
Going Postal
Lord Vetinari
2010
Hang Ups
Jeremy Pitt
2018
This England
Max Hastings
2022
Deadline Gallipoli
Sir Ian Hamilton
2015
The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie
2018
The Great Fire
Lord Denton
2014
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Edmund Aird
2011
Scoop
Mr. Malcolm
2006
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
2002
Out on a Limb
Gerry Stamford
1987
First Born
Edward Forester
1988
Michael Collins
Soames
1996
China Moon
Rupert Munro
1994
White Mischief
Josslyn Hay
1987
Time for Murder
James Latimer
1985
Forbidden Empire
Lord Dudley
2014
Starter for 10
Michael Harbinson
2006
Admiral
King Charles II
2015
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik/The Phantom
1990
Churchill at War
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Space Truckers
Nabel / Macanudo
1996Drama Trails
2010
Ladies in Lavender
Screenplay
2004Ladies in Lavender
Director
2004Ladies in Lavender
Executive Producer
2004
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator
2013
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
2001
Hilary and Jackie
Derek du Pré
1998
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Euphoria
Mr. Daren
2018
Rebecca
Maxim de Winter
1997
There Be Dragons
Solono
2011
The Secret Servant
SAS Major Harry Maxim
1984
Fallen Angel
David Byfield
2007
St George's Day
Trenchard
2012
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tywin Lannister
2015The Inheritors
Simon Leadbetter
1974
Going Postal 2in1
Lord Vetinari
2011
Rumours
Edison Wolcott
2024
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi
2004Looking for Victoria
Charles Greville
2003
Last Rights
Richard Wheeler
2005
Despite the Falling Snow
Old Alexander Ivanov
2016
Pascali's Island
Anthony Bowles
1988
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
John Lye
2019
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
2002
Dark Blue World
Wing Commander Bentley
2001
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Narrator
2024
Good Morning, Babylon
D.W. Griffith
1987
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self - Guest
2026
Patrick
Doctor Roget
2013
Hero
Charles Reynard
2018
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Captain Richter
1997
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
2003
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mr. James Moley (voice)
2019
What Rats Won't Do
Gerald Burton Jr
1998
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Uncle Bertie
2018
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Old Michaelangelo
2024
The Hanging Sun
Jacob
2022
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank
1999
Spitfire
Narrator (voice)
2018
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
2021
The Book Of Vision
Dr. Johan Anmuth
2021
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
2001
The Blood Oranges
Cyril
1997The Muppets Take The O2
Self
2018
Plenty
Raymond Brock
1985
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle
2000
The Surgeon
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
1995Justice in Wonderland
Neil Hamilton
2000
Midnight's Children
William Methwold
2012
Black and White
Roderic Chamberlain
2002
Speeches That Shook the World
Self
2013
Twice Upon a Time
Battar Master of Ceremonies
2006
Out of the Shadows
Michael Hayden
1988
Goldeneye
Ian Fleming
1989The Mapmaker
Rowan
2012
Lancaster
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Science of Doctor Who
Self
2013
That Good Night
The Visitor
2017
Paris Connections
Aleksandr Borinski
2010
Rainy Day Women
John Truman
1984
Intervention
Private Investigator
2007
Hidden City
James Richards
1987
La valle di pietra
Surveyor
1992
Undertow
Lyle Yates
1996
Consenting Adults
Jack Wolfenden
2007
Instruments of Darkness
Duncan
2015
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Narrator (voice)
2005
Viy 3: Travel to India
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi
2004
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Narrator (voice)
2017
Samaná Sunrise
Noah Blum
2024
First Born
Edward Forester
1988
Alien Evolution
Self / Clemens
2001
Retrospective
Jonathan Hoyle
2014
Father's Day
Don
2013
Shortcut to Paradise
Quinn
1994The Clerk's Tale
Ralph
2010
Century
Professor Mandry
1993
Little Eyolf
Borghejm
1982
Dreams of Leaving
Colin
1980
Kabloonak
Robert Flaherty
1994
Creditors
Gustaf
2025
Portrait of the Queen
2022
The McGuffin
Paul Hatcher
1986
The Liar
Tickford
The Door
Thomas Arlington
2012
Savage Waters
2023The Commuter
The Traffic Warden
2010Dickens' Secret Lover
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Fatal Spring
Siegfried Sassoon
1980Chrono-Perambulator
James 'Dougie' Douglas
1999A Patriot
Dr. Hastings
The Relics of Buddha
Narrator (voice)
2013