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Charles Dance
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Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) 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
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The Professionals
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Agatha Christie's Marple
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Foyle's War
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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The Serpent Queen
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Merlin
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The Crown
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For Your Eyes Only
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Game Of Thrones
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Game of Thrones
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Mank
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Michael Collins
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The Little Drummer Girl
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Underworld: Blood Wars
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Your Highness
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Nancy Astor
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Child 44
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The King's Man
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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The First Omen
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Ghostbusters
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Dark Blue World
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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The Imitation Game
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The Sandman
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
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The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
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Woman in Gold
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Rabbit Hole
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Last Action Hero
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Underworld: Awakening
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Victor Frankenstein
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Gosford Park
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The Contractor
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Me Before You
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Dracula Untold
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The Widow
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Euphoria
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The Day of the Jackal
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Iron Mask
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Undertow
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies
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The Golden Child
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The Liar
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Rise of Empires: Ottoman
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And Then There Were None
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Lancaster
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Testament: The Story of Moses
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