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.
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Movies (126)
The Batman: Part II
2028 · Christopher Dent
My Duchess
2026 · Lord Mountbatten
Las damas primero
2026 · Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2026 · Self - Guest
Instinto salvaje
2025 · Frasier Mahoney
Frankenstein
2025 · Leopold Frankenstein
Creditors
2025 · Gustaf
Samaná Sunrise
2024 · Noah Blum
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Narrator
Rumours
2024 · Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
2024 · Father Harris
Savage Waters
2023 · Narrator
Portrait of the Queen
2022 · Narrator
Sol de Sangre
2022 · Jacob
Lancaster
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Dos Contra El Hielo
2022 · Minister Neergaard
The King's Man: El Origen
2021 · Kitchener
The Book Of Vision
2021 · Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021 · Self
MANK
2020 · William Randolph Hearst
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019 · Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019 · John Lye
Iron Mask
2019 · Lord Dudley
Godzilla 2: El rey de los monstruos
2019 · Alan Jonah
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018 · Uncle Bertie
Johnny English 3.0
2018 · Agent Seven
Hero
2018 · Charles Reynard
Spitfire
2018 · Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Take The O2
2018 · Self
Euphoria
2018 · Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017 · Narrator (voice)
That Good Night
2017 · The Visitor
Inframundo 5: Guerras de sangre
2016 · Thomas
Ghostbusters
2016 · Harold Fillmore
Yo Antes de Ti
2016 · Stephen Traynor
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016 · Mr. Bennet
Cuando cae la Nieve
2016 · Old Alexander Ivanov
Instruments of Darkness
2015 · Duncan
Victor Frankenstein
2015 · Frankenstein
La dama de oro
2015 · Sherman
Crímenes Ocultos
2015 · Major Grachev
Admiral
2015 · King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015 · Tywin Lannister
El código enigma
2014 · Commander Denniston
Drácula: La Historia Jamás Contada
2014 · Master Vampire
Retrospective
2014 · Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire
2014 · Lord Dudley
The Science of Doctor Who
2013 · Self
Speeches That Shook the World
2013 · Self
Patrick
2013 · Doctor Roget
Justin y los Caballeros del Valor
2013 · Legantir (voice)
Father's Day
2013 · Don
The Relics of Buddha
2013 · Narrator (voice)
The Door
2012 · Thomas Arlington
The Mapmaker
2012 · Rowan
St George's Day
2012 · Trenchard
Midnight's Children
2012 · William Methwold
Inframundo 4: El despertar
2012 · Thomas
Going Postal 2in1
2011 · Lord Vetinari
Una loca aventura medieval
2011 · King Tallious
Encontrarás Dragones
2011 · Solono
El Templario
2011 · Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
The Commuter
2010 · The Traffic Warden
Paris Connections
2010 · Aleksandr Borinski
The Clerk's Tale
2010 · Ralph
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Consenting Adults
2007 · Jack Wolfenden
La Trampa Del Asesino
2007 · DCS Andrew Windsor
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Self
Intervention
2007 · Private Investigator
Un Chico Listo
2006 · Michael Harbinson
Twice Upon a Time
2006 · Battar Master of Ceremonies
Scoop: La primicia
2006 · Mr. Malcolm
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005 · Narrator (voice)
El Violinista que Llegó del Mar
2004 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004 · Marchese Clementi
When Hitler Invaded Britain
2004 · Narrator
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Swimming Pool
2003 · John Bosload
Black and White
2002 · Roderic Chamberlain
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Ali G anda suelto
2002 · Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Muerte a la media noche
2001 · Raymond Stockbridge
Alien Evolution
2001 · Self / Clemens
Jurij
2001 · K (Padre di Jurij)
Dark Blue World
2001 · Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Ralph Nickleby
Justice in Wonderland
2000 · Neil Hamilton
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000 · Sir Henry Carlyle
Chrono-Perambulator
1999 · James 'Dougie' Douglas
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999 · Frank
Hilary and Jackie
1998 · Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Gerald Burton Jr
The Blood Oranges
1997 · Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997 · Captain Richter
El precio de la libertad
1996 · Soames
Space Truckers
1996 · Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
1996 · Lyle Yates
The Surgeon
1995 · Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise
1994 · Quinn
China Moon
1994 · Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
1994 · Robert Flaherty
Century
1993 · Professor Mandry
El último gran héroe
1993 · Benedict
Alien³
1992 · Clemens
La valle di pietra
1992 · Surveyor
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992 · Self
Goldeneye
1989 · Ian Fleming
First Born
1988 · Edward Forester
Out of the Shadows
1988 · Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
1988 · Anthony Bowles
White Mischief
1987 · Josslyn Hay
Hidden City
1987 · James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
1987 · D.W. Griffith
The Golden Child
1986 · Sardo Numspa
The McGuffin
1986 · Paul Hatcher
Plenty
1985 · Raymond Brock
Rainy Day Women
1984 · John Truman
Little Eyolf
1982 · Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only
1981 · Claus
Very Like a Whale
1981 · Party Guest
The Fatal Spring
1980 · Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
1980 · Colin
A Patriot
· Dr. Hastings
The Liar
· Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India
TV shows (81)
Washington Black
2025 · James Wilde
Churchill y la guerra
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
2024 · Old Michaelangelo
The Day of the Jackal
2024 · Timothy Winthrop
Testamento: La historia de Moisés
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Hole: Juego de mentiras
2023 · Dr. Ben Wilson
This England
2022 · Max Hastings
The Serpent Queen
2022 · Clement VII
Sandman
2022 · Roderick Burgess
Moley
2021 · Mr. Moley (voice)
El control de Singapur
2020 · Mr Webb
El Ascenso de un Imperio: Otomano
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
La Viuda
2019 · Martin Benson
La chica del tambor
2018 · Commander Picton
Hang Ups
2018 · Jeremy Pitt
The Woman in White
2018 · Mr Fairle
Imperio Salvaje
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Crown
2016 · Lord Mountbatten
Agatha Christie: Diez negritos
2015 · Justice Lawrence Wargrave
El fin de la infancia
2015 · Karellen
Deadline Gallipoli
2015 · Sir Ian Hamilton
The Great Fire
2014 · Lord Denton
Was It Something I Said?
2013 · Self - Narrator
Common Ground
2013 · Floyd
Secret State
2012 · John Hodder
Neverland
2011 · Dr. Fludd
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
2011 · Edmund Aird
Game of Thrones
2011 · Tywin Lannister
Drama Trails
2010
Going Postal
2010 · Lord Vetinari
Contraataque
2010 · Conrad Knox
Trinity
2009 · Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Merlín
2008 · Aredian
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
Fallen Angel
2007 · David Byfield
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self
Bleak House
2005 · Mr. Tulkinghorn
To the Ends of the Earth
2005 · Sir Henry Somerset
Cambio de Identidad
2005 · Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Last Rights
2005 · Richard Wheeler
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Septimus Bligh
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004 · Marchese Clementi
Looking for Victoria
2003 · Charles Greville
Henry VIII
2003 · Duke of Buckingham
Foyle's War
2002 · Guy Spencer
Top Gear
2002 · Self
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002 · Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001 · Sir Henry Carlyle
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Ralph Nickleby
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · Kenneth Crisby
Trial & Retribution
1997 · Greg Harwood
Rebecca
1997 · Maxim de Winter
Room 101
1994 · Self
The Phantom of the Opera
1990 · Erik/The Phantom
First Born
1988 · Edward Forester
Mission: Impossible
1988 · Prime Minister
Out on a Limb
1987 · Gerry Stamford
The Flying Doctors
1986 · Minister
Time for Murder
1985 · James Latimer
Screen Two
1985 · Paul Hatcher, Professor Mandry
The Secret Servant
1984 · SAS Major Harry Maxim
The Jewel in the Crown
1984 · Guy Perron
Natural World
1983 · Self
Frost in May
1982 · Reynaud Callaghan
Wogan
1982 · Self
Nancy Astor
1982 · Edward Hartford-Jones
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Robert Smythe
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Professionals
1977 · Parker
Raffles
1977 · Teddy Garland
Edward the Seventh
1975 · Prince Eddy
Father Brown
1974 · Commandant Neil O'Brien
The Inheritors
1974 · Simon Leadbetter
Playhouse
1974 · Siegfried Sassoon
Film '72
1971 · Self
Play for Today
1970 · Captain John Truman, Colin
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Borghejm
Call My Bluff
1965 · Self