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Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Acting

October 10, 1946 (79 years old)
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Male
123 Movies
69 TV Shows

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.

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

2011 8.5

as Tywin Lannister

Age 64 (now 79)
35 eps
Me Before You
Me Before You

Me Before You

2016 7.9

as Stephen Traynor

Age 69 (now 79)
Alien³
Alien³

Alien³

1992 6.4

as Clemens

Age 45 (now 79)
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

2014 8.0

as Commander Denniston

Age 68 (now 79)
Dracula Untold
Dracula Untold

Dracula Untold

2014 6.5

as Master Vampire

Age 67 (now 79)
The Golden Child
The Golden Child

The Golden Child

1986 5.9

as Sardo Numspa

Age 40 (now 79)
Ali G Indahouse
Ali G Indahouse

Ali G Indahouse

2002 6.1

as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

Age 55 (now 79)
Frankenstein
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2025 7.6

as Leopold Frankenstein

Age 79
Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

2003 6.5

as John Bosload

Age 56 (now 79)
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening

Underworld: Awakening

2012 6.3

as Thomas

Age 65 (now 79)
Against the Ice
Against the Ice

Against the Ice

2022 6.8

as Minister Neergaard

Age 75 (now 79)
Scoop
Scoop

Scoop

2006 6.6

as Mr. Malcolm

Age 59 (now 79)
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

1993 6.5

as Benedict

Age 46 (now 79)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019 6.7

as Alan Jonah

Age 72 (now 79)
Gosford Park
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001 6.8

as Raymond Stockbridge

Age 55 (now 79)
Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

2015 7.3

as Sherman

Age 68 (now 79)