1946-10-10 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Batman: Part II | Charles Dent | 2027-09-30 |
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The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self - Guest | 2026-01-09 |
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Ladies First | Fred Powell | 2026-05-21 |
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World of Westeros Ambient Video | Tywin Lannister | 2025-12-12 |
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Wildcat | Frasier Mahoney | 2025-11-19 |
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Frankenstein | Leopold Frankenstein | 2025-10-17 |
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Creditors | Gustaf | 2025-10-17 |
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The First Omen | Father Harris | 2024-04-03 |
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Rumours | Edison Wolcott | 2024-07-01 |
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Amanece en Samaná | Noah Blum | 2024-11-08 |
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Narrator | 2024-10-31 |
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The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self | 2024-08-23 |
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La vague perdue | 2023-10-27 | |
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The Hanging Sun | Jacob | 2022-09-12 |
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Portrait of the Queen | 2022-11-22 | |
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Lancaster | Narrator (voice) | 2022-05-27 |
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Against the Ice | Minister Neergaard | 2022-02-10 |
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The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank | Self | 2021-02-27 |
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The King's Man | Kitchener | 2021-12-22 |
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The Book Of Vision | Dr. Johan Anmuth | 2021-07-08 |
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Mank | William Randolph Hearst | 2020-11-13 |
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Master Moley by Royal Invitation | Mr. James Moley (voice) | 2019-11-16 |
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Тайна печати Дракона | Lord Dudley | 2019-08-16 |
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd | John Lye | 2019-10-10 |
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Alan Jonah | 2019-05-29 |
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Uncle Bertie | 2018-10-11 |
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Spitfire | Narrator (voice) | 2018-07-20 |
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The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 2018-07-13 |
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Euphoria | Mr. Daren | 2018-02-01 |
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Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Seven | 2018-09-13 |
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That Good Night | The Visitor | 2017-06-20 |
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Wimbledon Official Film 2017 | Narrator (voice) | 2017-10-23 |
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Underworld: Blood Wars | Thomas | 2016-11-24 |
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Mr. Bennet | 2016-02-04 |
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Despite the Falling Snow | Old Alexander Ivanov | 2016-01-29 |
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Ghostbusters | Harold Fillmore | 2016-07-14 |
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Me Before You | Stephen Traynor | 2016-06-01 |
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Michiel de Ruyter | King Charles II | 2015-01-29 |
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Woman in Gold | Sherman | 2015-03-20 |
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Child 44 | Major Grachev | 2015-03-15 |
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Victor Frankenstein | Frankenstein | 2015-11-10 |
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Tywin Lannister | 2015-01-29 |
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Instruments of Darkness | Duncan | 2015-11-10 |
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The Imitation Game | Commander Denniston | 2014-11-14 |
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Dracula Untold | Master Vampire | 2014-10-01 |
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Вий | Lord Dudley | 2014-01-30 |
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Retrospective | Jonathan Hoyle | 2014-07-14 |
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Speeches That Shook the World | Self | 2013-11-06 |
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Patrick | Doctor Roget | 2013-10-15 |
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The Science of Doctor Who | Self | 2013-11-14 |
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Father's Day | Don | 2013-06-12 |
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Les reliques du Bouddha | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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Justin and the Knights of Valour | Legantir (voice) | 2013-08-09 |
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The Mapmaker | Rowan | 2012-09-21 |
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St George's Day | Trenchard | 2012-09-07 |
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Midnight's Children | William Methwold | 2012-08-31 |
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Underworld: Awakening | Thomas | 2012-01-19 |
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The Door | Thomas Arlington | 2012-10-12 |
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Your Highness | King Tallious | 2011-04-08 |
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Ironclad | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | 2011-03-03 |
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There Be Dragons | Solono | 2011-03-25 |
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Paris Connections | Aleksandr Borinski | 2010-09-06 |
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The Commuter | The Traffic Warden | 2010-10-26 |
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The Clerk's Tale | Ralph | 2010-05-20 |
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Dickens' Secret Lover | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-16 |
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Consenting Adults | Jack Wolfenden | 2007-09-04 |
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Intervention | Private Investigator | 2007-01-01 |
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The Contractor | DCS Andrew Windsor | 2007-05-11 |
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
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Scoop | Mr. Malcolm | 2006-07-27 |
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Starter for 10 | Michael Harbinson | 2006-09-13 |
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Désaccord Parfait | Battar Master of Ceremonies | 2006-11-08 |
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Titanic: Birth of a Legend | Narrator (voice) | 2005-05-05 |
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Don Bosco | Marchese Clementi | 2004-09-22 |
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Swimming Pool | John Bosload | 2003-05-21 |
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Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-12-02 |
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Black and White | Roderic Chamberlain | 2002-10-31 |
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Ali G Indahouse | Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton | 2002-03-21 |
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The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | 2002-06-18 |
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Alien Evolution | Self / Clemens | 2001-10-12 |
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Gosford Park | Raymond Stockbridge | 2001-12-26 |
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | 2001-04-08 |
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Jurij | 2001-08-06 | |
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Tmavomodrý svět | Wing Commander Bentley | 2001-05-17 |
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Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Sir Henry Carlyle | 2000-01-05 |
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Chrono-Perambulator | James 'Dougie' Douglas | 1999-12-12 |
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Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Frank | 1999-02-12 |
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Hilary and Jackie | Derek du Pré | 1998-12-30 |
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What Rats Won't Do | Gerald Burton Jr | 1998-07-01 |
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The Blood Oranges | Cyril | 1997-09-07 |
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Captain Richter | 1997-04-20 |
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Michael Collins | Soames | 1996-10-25 |
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Undertow | Lyle Yates | 1996-03-26 |
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Space Truckers | Nabel / Macanudo | 1996-10-04 |
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Exquisite Tenderness | Dr. Ed Mittlesbay | 1995-01-13 |
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Desvío al paraíso | Quinn | 1994-08-14 |
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Kabloonak | Robert Flaherty | 1994-01-01 |
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China Moon | Rupert Munro | 1994-03-04 |
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Last Action Hero | Benedict | 1993-06-18 |
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Century | Professor Mandry | 1993-12-31 |
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La valle di pietra | Surveyor | 1992-01-01 |
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Alien³ | Clemens | 1992-05-22 |
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Goldeneye | Ian Fleming | 1989-08-26 |
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First Born | Edward Forester | 1988-10-30 |
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Pascali's Island | Anthony Bowles | 1988-07-22 |
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Out of the Shadows | Michael Hayden | 1988-09-02 |
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White Mischief | Josslyn Hay | 1987-11-10 |
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Hidden City | James Richards | 1987-06-24 |
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Good Morning, Babilonia | D.W. Griffith | 1987-05-13 |
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The McGuffin | Paul Hatcher | 1986-01-12 |
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The Golden Child | Sardo Numspa | 1986-12-12 |
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Plenty | Raymond Brock | 1985-09-20 |
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Rainy Day Women | John Truman | 1984-04-10 |
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Little Eyolf | Borghejm | 1982-07-19 |
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For Your Eyes Only | Claus | 1981-06-24 |
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Fatal Spring | Siegfried Sassoon | 1980-11-07 |
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Dreams of Leaving | Colin | 1980-01-17 |
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A Patriot | Dr. Hastings | |
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The Liar | Tickford | |
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