Charles Dance
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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, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown.
He 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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Known For
The Professionals
The Flying Doctors
Agatha Christie's Marple
Top Gear
Would I Lie to You?
Room 101
The One Show
The Day of the Jackal
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Foyle's War
Who Do You Think You Are?
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
The Serpent Queen
Merlin
The Sandman
To the Ends of the Earth
The Crown
Strike Back
For Your Eyes Only
Game of Thrones
Mank
The Little Drummer Girl
Michael Collins
Frankenstein
Your Highness
Child 44
BBC Play of the Month
Nancy Astor
Underworld: Blood Wars
Ghostbusters
The King's Man
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Dreams of Leaving
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
The Woman in White
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Imitation Game
Dark Blue World
Last Action Hero
The First Omen
Underworld: Awakening
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Woman in Gold
Rabbit Hole
Victor Frankenstein
Bleak House
Dracula Untold
Gosford Park
Little Eyolf
The Contractor
Fingersmith
Me Before You
The Widow
Euphoria
Alien³
Consenting Adults
Undertow
Iron Mask
The Liar
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
The Golden Child
The Phantom of the Opera
The McGuffin
Century
Testament: The Story of Moses
Lancaster
Rainy Day Women
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
And Then There Were None
First Born
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