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 perio
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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Born
Oct 10, 1946
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
120 acting
3 crew
Popularity
3.0
Known For
Frankenstein
2025
as Leopold Frankenstein
Wildcat
2025
as Frasier Mahoney
Me Before You
2016
as Stephen Traynor
The Imitation Game
2014
as Commander Denniston
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Alan Jonah
Alien³
1992
as Clemens
The King's Man
2021
as Kitchener
The First Omen
2024
as Father Harris
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Seven
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Thomas
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