Charles Dance
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.
Movies
Wildcat
Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein
Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors
Gustaf
Samaná Sunrise
Noah Blum
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Narrator
Rumours
Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
Father Harris
Savage Waters
Portrait of the Queen
The Hanging Sun
Jacob
Lancaster
Narrator (voice)
Against the Ice
Minister Neergaard
The King's Man
Kitchener
The Book Of Vision
Dr. Johan Anmuth
Mank
William Randolph Hearst
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
John Lye
Iron Mask
Lord Dudley
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Alan Jonah
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Uncle Bertie
Johnny English Strikes Again
Agent Seven
Spitfire
Narrator (voice)
Euphoria
Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Narrator (voice)
That Good Night
The Visitor
Underworld: Blood Wars
Thomas
Ghostbusters
Harold Fillmore
Me Before You
Stephen Traynor
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mr. Bennet
Despite the Falling Snow
Old Alexander Ivanov
Instruments of Darkness
Duncan
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Woman in Gold
Sherman
Child 44
Major Grachev
Admiral
King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tywin Lannister
The Imitation Game
Commander Denniston
Dracula Untold
Master Vampire
Retrospective
Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire
Lord Dudley
Patrick
Doctor Roget
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Legantir (voice)
Father's Day
Don
The Relics of Buddha
Narrator (voice)
The Door
Thomas Arlington
The Mapmaker
Rowan
St George's Day
Trenchard
Midnight's Children
William Methwold
Underworld: Awakening
Thomas
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
Your Highness
King Tallious
There Be Dragons
Solono
Ironclad
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
The Commuter
The Traffic Warden
Paris Connections
Aleksandr Borinski
The Clerk's Tale
Ralph
Consenting Adults
Jack Wolfenden
The Contractor
DCS Andrew Windsor
Intervention
Private Investigator
Twice Upon a Time
Battar Master of Ceremonies
Starter for 10
Michael Harbinson
Scoop
Mr. Malcolm
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Narrator (voice)
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi
Swimming Pool
John Bosload
Black and White
Roderic Chamberlain
Ali G Indahouse
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Gosford Park
Raymond Stockbridge
Jurij
Dark Blue World
Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle
Chrono-Perambulator
James 'Dougie' Douglas
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank
Hilary and Jackie
Derek Du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
Gerald Burton Jr
The Blood Oranges
Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Captain Richter
Michael Collins
Soames
Space Truckers
Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
Lyle Yates
The Surgeon
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise
Quinn
China Moon
Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
Robert Flaherty
Century
Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
Benedict
Alien³
Clemens
La valle di pietra
Surveyor
Goldeneye
Ian Fleming
First Born
Edward Forester
Out of the Shadows
Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
Anthony Bowles
White Mischief
Josslyn Hay
Hidden City
James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
D.W. Griffith
The Golden Child
Sardo Numspa
The McGuffin
Paul Hatcher
Plenty
Raymond Brock
Rainy Day Women
John Truman
Little Eyolf
Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only
Claus
Fatal Spring
Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
Colin
Viy 3: Travel to India
The Liar
Tickford
A Patriot
Dr. Hastings
Ladies First
TV Series
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Old Michaelangelo
3 Episodes
The Day of the Jackal
Timothy Winthrop
6 Episodes
Rabbit Hole
Dr. Ben Wilson
8 Episodes
This England
Max Hastings
6 Episodes
The Serpent Queen
Clement VII
1 Episode
The Sandman
Roderick Burgess
1 Episode
Moley
Mr. Moley (voice)
52 Episodes
The Singapore Grip
Mr Webb
6 Episodes
The Widow
Martin Benson
8 Episodes
The Little Drummer Girl
Commander Picton
6 Episodes
Hang Ups
Jeremy Pitt
2 Episodes
The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie
5 Episodes
The Crown
Lord Mountbatten
5 Episodes
And Then There Were None
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
3 Episodes
Childhood's End
Karellen
3 Episodes
Deadline Gallipoli
Sir Ian Hamilton
2 Episodes
The Great Fire
Lord Denton
4 Episodes
Secret State
John Hodder
4 Episodes
Neverland
Dr. Fludd
2 Episodes
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Edmund Aird
4 Episodes
Game of Thrones
Tywin Lannister
35 Episodes
Drama Trails
1 Episode
Going Postal
Lord Vetinari
2 Episodes
Strike Back
Conrad Knox
10 Episodes
Trinity
Dr. Edmund Maltravers
8 Episodes
Merlin
Aredian
1 Episode
Fallen Angel
David Byfield
3 Episodes
Bleak House
Mr. Tulkinghorn
15 Episodes
To the Ends of the Earth
Sir Henry Somerset
3 Episodes
Fingersmith
Mr. Chistopher Lilly
3 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Marple
Septimus Bligh
1 Episode
Henry VIII
Edward Stafford
2 Episodes
Foyle's War
Guy Spencer
1 Episode
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
2 Episodes
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
1 Episode
Trial & Retribution
2 Episodes
Rebecca
Maxim de Winter
2 Episodes
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
2 Episodes
First Born
3 Episodes
Out on a Limb
Gerry Stamford
2 Episodes
The Flying Doctors
Minister
1 Episode
Time for Murder
James Latimer
1 Episode
Screen Two
Paul Hatcher
1 Episode
The Jewel in the Crown
Guy Perron
5 Episodes
Natural World
1 Episode
Tales of the Unexpected
Robert Smythe
1 Episode
The Professionals
Parker
1 Episode
Raffles
1 Episode
Father Brown
1 Episode
The Inheritors
Simon Leadbetter
1 Episode
Playhouse
Siegfried Sassoon
1 Episode
Play for Today
1 Episode
BBC Play of the Month
Borghejm
1 Episode