Charles Dance
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
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors
as Gustaf
Creditors
as Gustaf
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
as Father Harris
The First Omen
as Father Harris
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
Father's Day
as Don
Father's Day
as Don
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
Century
as Professor Mandry
Century
as Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus