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Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Acting 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). 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

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
6.7
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Alan Jonah
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Wildcat
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Wildcat
2025
The Contractor
5.5
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The Contractor
2007
Johnny English Strikes Again
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Agent Seven
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
Dracula Untold
6.5
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Master Vampire
Dracula Untold
2014
The First Omen
6.8
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Father Harris
The First Omen
2024
Admiral
6.5
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King Charles II
Admiral
2015

TV Shows

Game of Thrones
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Tywin Lannister
Game of Thrones
2011
The Day of the Jackal
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Timothy Winthrop
The Day of the Jackal
2024
Merlin
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Aredian
Merlin
2008
The Sandman
7.9
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Roderick Burgess
The Sandman
2022
The Widow
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Martin Benson
The Widow
2019

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