Charles Dance

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,…

Filmography

  • The Imitation Game as Commander Denniston
  • Woman in Gold as Sherman
  • Frankenstein as Leopold Frankenstein
  • Me Before You as Stephen Traynor
  • Swimming Pool as John Bosload
  • The Golden Child as Sardo Numspa
  • For Your Eyes Only as Claus
  • Gosford Park as Raymond Stockbridge
  • Twice Upon a Time as Battar Master of Ceremonies
  • Alien³ as Clemens

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