Actor
Charles Dance
October 10, 1946 · 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).
Notable work
8.5Game of Thrones (2011)
as Tywin Lannister
8The Imitation Game (2014)
as Commander Denniston
7.9Me Before You (2016)
as Stephen Traynor
5.3Ghostbusters (2016)
as Harold Fillmore
6.7Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
as Alan Jonah
6.5Dracula Untold (2014)
as Master Vampire
6.4Alien³ (1992)
as Clemens
6.7The King's Man (2021)
as Kitchener
6.3Underworld: Awakening (2012)
as Thomas
5.9Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
as Thomas
7.6Frankenstein (2025)
as Leopold Frankenstein
6.5Last Action Hero (1993)
as Benedict
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