Charles Dance
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-10-10 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
Game of Thrones
as Tywin Lannister
Top Gear
as Self
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
The One Show
as Self
Merlin
as Aredian
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
as Borghejm
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
Strike Back
as Conrad Knox
Natural World
Tales of the Unexpected
as Robert Smythe
The Professionals
as Parker
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston