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.
Filmography
all 180
Movies 119
TV Shows 61
self 23
Narrator 8
Voice 4
Producer 1
The First Omen (2024)
Testament: The Story of Moses (2024)
Savage Waters (2023)
Rabbit Hole (2023)
Portrait of the Queen (2022)
This England (2022)
The Hanging Sun (2022)
The Serpent Queen (2022)
The Sandman (2022)
Lancaster (2022)
Against the Ice (2022)
The King's Man (2021)
Moley (2021)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2021)
The Book of Vision (2021)
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank (2021)
Mank (2020)
Master Moley By Royal Invitation (2020)
The Singapore Grip (2020)
Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
Iron Mask (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
The Widow (2019)
The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Hang Ups (2018)
Spitfire (2018)
The Muppets Take The O2 (2018)
The Woman in White (2018)
Euphoria (2018)
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)
That Good Night (2017)
Savage Kingdom (2016)
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
The Crown (2016)
Ghostbusters (2016)
Me Before You (2016)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
And Then There Were None (2015)
Childhood's End (2015)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Instruments of Darkness (2015)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Child 44 (2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
Admiral (2015)
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Great Fire (2014)
Dracula Untold (2014)
Retrospective (2014)
Forbidden Empire (2014)
The Science of Doctor Who (2013)
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
Patrick (2013)
Was It Something I Said? (2013)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Goodbye Granadaland (2013)
Father's Day (2013)
The Relics of Buddha (2013)
Secret State (2012)
Berlin Job (2012)
The Door (2012)
The Mapmaker (2012)
St George's Day (2012)
Midnight's Children (2012)
Words of the Titanic (2012)
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion (2011)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal (2011)
Neverland (2011)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love (2011)
Game of Thrones (2011)
Your Highness (2011)
There Be Dragons (2011)
Ironclad (2011)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart (2010)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret (2010)
The Commuter (2010)
The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off (2010)
Paris Connections (2010)
Drama Trails (2010)
Going Postal (2010)
The Clerk's Tale (2010)
Strike Back (2010)
Trinity (2009)
Merlin: Secrets and Magic (2009)
Merlin (2008)
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
Consenting Adults (2007)
The Contractor (2007)
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Fallen Angel (2007)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
Intervention (2007)
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Starter for 10 (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Scoop (2006)
Bleak House (2005)
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)
Fingersmith (2005)
Big Fat Quiz (2004)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
Henry VIII (2003)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Black and White (2002)
Foyle's War (2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Gosford Park (2001)
Alien Evolution (2001)
Jurij (2001)
Dark Blue World (2001)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Trial & Retribution (1997)
The Blood Oranges (1997)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Rebecca (1997)
Michael Collins (1996)
Undertow (1996)
Space Truckers (1996)
The Surgeon (1995)
Shortcut to Paradise (1994)
Room 101 (1994)
China Moon (1994)
Kabloonak (1994)
Century (1993)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Alien³ (1992)
The Making of 'Alien³' (1992)
La valle di pietra (1992)
The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
Goldeneye (1989)
First Born (1988)
First Born (1988)
Out of the Shadows (1988)
Pascali's Island (1988)
White Mischief (1987)
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
Out on a Limb (1987)
Hidden City (1987)
The Golden Child (1986)
The Flying Doctors (1986)
The McGuffin (1986)
Time for Murder (1985)
Plenty (1985)
Rainy Day Women (1984)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Natural World (1983)
Little Eyolf (1982)
Nancy Astor (1982)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
An Audience with... (1978)
The Professionals (1977)
Raffles (1977)
Edward the Seventh (1975)
Father Brown (1974)
Play for Today (1970)
A Patriot
The Day of the Jackal
Viy 3: Travel to India
The Liar
Frankenstein
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-10-10 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceRedditch, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsΤσαρλς Ντανς, 찰스 댄스, Чарльз Дэнс, 查尔斯·丹斯, Walter Charles Dance, Чарльз Денс
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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