
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

Michael Collins

The Little Drummer Girl

Your Highness

Frankenstein

BBC Play of the Month

Child 44

Nancy Astor

Underworld: Blood Wars

The King's Man

Ghostbusters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Dreams of Leaving

Dark Blue World

The Woman in White

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Imitation Game

Woman in Gold

Rabbit Hole

Underworld: Awakening

Last Action Hero

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

Victor Frankenstein

The First Omen

Gosford Park

Bleak House

The Contractor

Dracula Untold

Little Eyolf

Euphoria

Me Before You

Fingersmith

The Widow

Undertow

Iron Mask

Consenting Adults

Alien³

The Liar

The Phantom of the Opera

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

The Golden Child

Lancaster

And Then There Were None

Rainy Day Women

First Born

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

Century

Testament: The Story of Moses

The McGuffin
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