Acting

Charles Dance

Born 1946-10-10 · Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK68 series167 films

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 Mountbatt…

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Acting

2025Washington BlackJames Wilde2 ep.
2024Churchill at WarSelf - Narrator (voice)4 ep.
2024Renaissance: The Blood and the BeautyOld Michaelangelo3 ep.
2024The Day of the JackalTimothy Winthrop6 ep.
2024Testament: The Story of MosesSelf - Narrator (voice)3 ep.
2023Rabbit HoleDr. Ben Wilson8 ep.
2022This EnglandMax Hastings1 ep.
2022The Serpent QueenClement VII1 ep.
2022The SandmanRoderick Burgess1 ep.
2021MoleyMr. Moley (voice)52 ep.
2020The Singapore GripMr Webb1 ep.
2020Rise of Empires: OttomanSelf - Narrator (voice)12 ep.
2019The WidowMartin Benson8 ep.
2018The Little Drummer GirlCommander Picton6 ep.
2018Hang UpsJeremy Pitt2 ep.
2018The Woman in WhiteMr Fairle5 ep.
2016Savage KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice)19 ep.
2016The CrownLord Mountbatten5 ep.
2015And Then There Were NoneJustice Lawrence Wargrave3 ep.
2015Childhood's EndKarellen3 ep.
2015Deadline GallipoliSir Ian Hamilton2 ep.
2014The Great FireLord Denton4 ep.
2013Was It Something I Said?Self - Narrator1 ep.
2013Common GroundFloyd1 ep.
2012Secret StateJohn Hodder4 ep.
2011NeverlandDr. Fludd2 ep.
2011Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of LoveEdmund Aird4 ep.
2011Game of ThronesTywin Lannister35 ep.
2010Drama Trails1 ep.
2010Going PostalLord Vetinari2 ep.
2010Strike BackConrad Knox10 ep.
2009TrinityDr. Edmund Maltravers8 ep.
2008MerlinAredian1 ep.
2007Fallen AngelDavid Byfield3 ep.
2006Jam and JerusalemSelf2 ep.
2005Bleak HouseMr. Tulkinghorn15 ep.
2005To the Ends of the EarthSir Henry Somerset3 ep.
2005FingersmithMr. Chistopher Lilly3 ep.
2005Last RightsRichard Wheeler3 ep.
2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self1 ep.
2004Saint John Bosco Mission to LoveMarchese Clementi2 ep.
2003Looking for VictoriaCharles Greville2 ep.
2003Henry VIIIDuke of Buckingham2 ep.
2002Foyle's WarGuy Spencer1 ep.
2002Dan Dare: Pilot of the FutureColonel Simon Lasker (voice)2 ep.
2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesSir Henry Carlyle1 ep.
2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyRalph Nickleby2 ep.
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Kenneth Crisby1 ep.
1997Trial & RetributionGreg Harwood2 ep.
1997RebeccaMaxim de Winter2 ep.
1994Room 101Self1 ep.
1990The Phantom of the OperaErik/The Phantom2 ep.
1988First BornEdward Forester3 ep.
1988Mission: ImpossiblePrime Minister1 ep.
1987Out on a LimbGerry Stamford2 ep.
1985Time for MurderJames Latimer1 ep.
1985Screen TwoPaul Hatcher2 ep.
1984The Secret ServantSAS Major Harry Maxim3 ep.
1984The Jewel in the CrownGuy Perron5 ep.
1983Natural WorldSelf1 ep.
1982Frost in MayReynaud Callaghan1 ep.
1982Nancy AstorEdward Hartford-Jones1 ep.
1977RafflesTeddy Garland1 ep.
1975Edward the SeventhPrince Eddy2 ep.
1974Father BrownCommandant Neil O'Brien1 ep.
1974The InheritorsSimon Leadbetter1 ep.
1970Play for TodayCaptain John Truman2 ep.
1965Call My BluffSelf2 ep.

Guest appearances

2016Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant, Self - Participant (archive footage)2 ep.
2025Washington BlackJames Wilde2 ep.
2024The Day of the JackalTimothy Winthrop6 ep.
2022This EnglandMax Hastings1 ep.
2022The Serpent QueenClement VII1 ep.
2022The SandmanRoderick Burgess1 ep.
2022Big Fat QuizSelf - Guest1 ep.
2019The CrownLord Mountbatten5 ep.
2020The Singapore GripMr Webb1 ep.
2018The Little Drummer GirlCommander Picton2 ep.
2018Hang UpsJeremy Pitt2 ep.
2017Who Do You Think You Are?Self1 ep.
2011Game of ThronesTywin Lannister11 ep.
2014Room 101Self1 ep.
2013Was It Something I Said?Self - Narrator1 ep.
2013Top GearSelf1 ep.
2013Would I Lie to You?Self1 ep.
2013Common GroundFloyd1 ep.
2010Drama Trails1 ep.
2009MerlinAredian1 ep.
2009The One ShowSelf1 ep.
2009Jam and JerusalemSelf2 ep.
2006Agatha Christie's MarpleSeptimus Bligh1 ep.
2002Foyle's WarGuy Spencer1 ep.
2002Dan Dare: Pilot of the FutureColonel Simon Lasker (voice)2 ep.
2002Natural WorldSelf1 ep.
2000Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesSir Henry Carlyle3 ep.
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Kenneth Crisby1 ep.
1986Screen TwoPaul Hatcher, Professor Mandry2 ep.
1991The Flying DoctorsMinister1 ep.
1989Mission: ImpossiblePrime Minister1 ep.
1988Film '72Self1 ep.
1987Tales of the UnexpectedRobert Smythe1 ep.
1985Time for MurderJames Latimer1 ep.
1985An Audience with...Self1 ep.
1984WoganSelf1 ep.
1984Call My BluffSelf2 ep.
1980Play for TodayCaptain John Truman, Colin2 ep.
1984The Jewel in the CrownGuy Perron5 ep.
1983The ProfessionalsParker1 ep.
1982BBC Play of the MonthBorghejm1 ep.
1982Frost in MayReynaud Callaghan1 ep.
1982Nancy AstorEdward Hartford-Jones1 ep.
1980PlayhouseSiegfried Sassoon1 ep.
1977RafflesTeddy Garland1 ep.
1975Edward the SeventhPrince Eddy2 ep.
1974Father BrownCommandant Neil O'Brien1 ep.
1974The InheritorsSimon Leadbetter1 ep.

Also known as: Walter Charles Dance · Волтер Чарльз Денс