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.
Filmography
all 188
Movies 123
TV Shows 65
self 26
Voice 8
Narrator 2
Producer 1
Old Michaelangelo
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (2024)
TV
Timothy Winthrop
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
TV
9
Edison Wolcott
Rumours (2024)
Movie
Father Harris
The First Omen (2024)
Movie
1
Self - Narrator (voice)
Testament: The Story of Moses (2024)
TV
Dr. Ben Wilson
Rabbit Hole (2023)
TV
Max Hastings
This England (2022)
TV
Clement VII
The Serpent Queen (2022)
TV
Roderick Burgess
The Sandman (2022)
TV
4.33
Narrator (voice)
Lancaster (2022)
Movie
Minister Neergaard
Against the Ice (2022)
Movie
7.5
Kitchener
The King's Man (2021)
Movie
7.4
Mr. Moley (voice)
Moley (2021)
TV
Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Book of Vision (2021)
Movie
William Randolph Hearst
Mank (2020)
Movie
6
Mr Webb
The Singapore Grip (2020)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
TV
Mr. James Moley (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)
Movie
John Lye
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
Movie
Lord Dudley
Iron Mask (2019)
Movie
Martin Benson
The Widow (2019)
TV
5
Commander Picton
The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
TV
6.25
Uncle Bertie
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Movie
Agent Seven
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Movie
6
Jeremy Pitt
Hang Ups (2018)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Spitfire (2018)
Movie
Frederick Fairlie
The Woman in White (2018)
TV
6
Mr. Daren
Euphoria (2018)
Movie
2
Narrator (voice)
Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)
Movie
The Visitor
That Good Night (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Savage Kingdom (2016)
TV
Lord Mountbatten
The Crown (2016)
TV
8.25
Harold Fillmore
Ghostbusters (2016)
Movie
5.96
Stephen Traynor
Me Before You (2016)
Movie
8.52
Old Alexander Ivanov
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Movie
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
And Then There Were None (2015)
TV
5
Karellen
Childhood's End (2015)
TV
6.67
Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Movie
6
Sir Ian Hamilton
Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
TV
Major Grachev
Child 44 (2015)
Movie
6
Tywin Lannister
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
Movie
1
King Charles II
Admiral (2015)
Movie
Commander Denniston
The Imitation Game (2014)
Movie
8.41
Lord Denton
The Great Fire (2014)
TV
Master Vampire
Dracula Untold (2014)
Movie
6.31
Jonathan Hoyle
Retrospective (2014)
Movie
Lord Dudley
Forbidden Empire (2014)
Movie
Doctor Roget
Patrick (2013)
Movie
Legantir (voice)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Movie
5.5
Narrator (voice)
The Relics of Buddha (2013)
Movie
John Hodder
Secret State (2012)
TV
Thomas Arlington
The Door (2012)
Movie
Trenchard
St George's Day (2012)
Movie
William Methwold
Midnight's Children (2012)
Movie
6
Narrator
Words of the Titanic (2012)
Movie
Dr. Fludd
Neverland (2011)
TV
6
Self - Participant
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
TV
Edmund Aird
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love (2011)
TV
Tywin Lannister
Game of Thrones (2011)
TV
7.72
King Tallious
Your Highness (2011)
Movie
4.5
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Ironclad (2011)
Movie
1
The Traffic Warden
The Commuter (2010)
Movie
Aleksandr Borinski
Paris Connections (2010)
Movie
Lord Vetinari
Going Postal (2010)
TV
6
Conrad Knox
Strike Back (2010)
TV
6
Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Trinity (2009)
TV
Aredian
Merlin (2008)
TV
7.4
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
Movie
Jack Wolfenden
Consenting Adults (2007)
Movie
DCS Andrew Windsor
The Contractor (2007)
Movie
6
David Byfield
Fallen Angel (2007)
TV
Private Investigator
Intervention (2007)
Movie
Battar Master of Ceremonies
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Movie
Michael Harbinson
Starter for 10 (2006)
Movie
Mr. Malcolm
Scoop (2006)
Movie
4.33
Mr. Tulkinghorn
Bleak House (2005)
TV
Sir Henry Somerset
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
TV
Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)
Movie
Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Fingersmith (2005)
TV
4.79
Septimus Bligh
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Screenplay / Director / Executive Producer
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Movie
Marchese Clementi
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)
Movie
Edward Stafford
Henry VIII (2003)
TV
John Bosload
Swimming Pool (2003)
Movie
6
Roderic Chamberlain
Black and White (2002)
Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
Movie
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Movie
6.75
Raymond Stockbridge
Gosford Park (2001)
Movie
8
Self / Clemens
Alien Evolution (2001)
Movie
Wing Commander Bentley
Dark Blue World (2001)
Movie
Ralph Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
Movie
Sir Henry Carlyle
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Movie
James 'Dougie' Douglas
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
Movie
Derek Du Pré
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Movie
6
Gerald Burton Jr
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
Movie
Captain Richter
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Movie
Maxim de Winter
Rebecca (1997)
TV
Nabel / Macanudo
Space Truckers (1996)
Movie
Lyle Yates
Undertow (1996)
Movie
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
The Surgeon (1995)
Movie
5.33
Rupert Munro
China Moon (1994)
Movie
6
Robert Flaherty
Kabloonak (1994)
Movie
Professor Mandry
Century (1993)
Movie
Benedict
Last Action Hero (1993)
Movie
5.78
Clemens
Alien³ (1992)
Movie
5.85
Surveyor
La valle di pietra (1992)
Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
TV
Ian Fleming
Goldeneye (1989)
Movie
Edward Forester
First Born (1988)
Movie
Michael Hayden
Out of the Shadows (1988)
Movie
Anthony Bowles
Pascali's Island (1988)
Movie
Josslyn Hay
White Mischief (1987)
Movie
James Richards
Hidden City (1987)
Movie
D.W. Griffith
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
Movie
Gerry Stamford
Out on a Limb (1987)
TV
Sardo Numspa
The Golden Child (1986)
Movie
7.4
Minister
The Flying Doctors (1986)
TV
Paul Hatcher
The McGuffin (1986)
Movie
James Latimer
Time for Murder (1985)
TV
Raymond Brock
Plenty (1985)
Movie
Paul Hatcher
Screen Two (1985)
TV
John Truman
Rainy Day Women (1984)
Movie
Guy Perron
The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
TV
6
Borghejm
Little Eyolf (1982)
Movie
Edward Hartford-Jones
Nancy Astor (1982)
TV
Siegfried Sassoon
Fatal Spring (1980)
Movie
Robert Smythe
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Prince Eddy
Edward the Seventh (1975)
TV
Dr. Hastings
A Patriot
Movie
Tickford
The Liar
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-10-10 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceRedditch, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesKentish Town, United Kingdom
Also Known As찰스 댄스, Чарльз Дэнс, 查尔斯·丹斯, Walter Charles Dance, چارلز دنس
AwardsTime Machine Award, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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