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

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (2024)

The Day of the Jackal (2024)

Rumours (2024)

The First Omen (2024)

Testament: The Story of Moses (2024)

Rabbit Hole (2023)

This England (2022)

The Serpent Queen (2022)

The Sandman (2022)

Lancaster (2022)

Against the Ice (2022)

The King's Man (2021)

Moley (2021)

The Book of Vision (2021)

Mank (2020)

The Singapore Grip (2020)

Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)

Master Moley by Royal Invitation (2019)

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

Iron Mask (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 Woman in White (2018)

Euphoria (2018)

Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)

That Good Night (2017)

Savage Kingdom (2016)

The Crown (2016)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Me Before You (2016)

Despite the Falling Snow (2016)

And Then There Were None (2015)

Childhood's End (2015)

Victor Frankenstein (2015)

Deadline Gallipoli (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)

Patrick (2013)

Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)

The Relics of Buddha (2013)

Secret State (2012)

The Door (2012)

St George's Day (2012)

Midnight's Children (2012)

Words of the Titanic (2012)

Neverland (2011)

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love (2011)

Game of Thrones (2011)

Your Highness (2011)

Ironclad (2011)

The Commuter (2010)

Paris Connections (2010)

Going Postal (2010)

Strike Back (2010)

Trinity (2009)

Merlin (2008)

Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)

Consenting Adults (2007)

The Contractor (2007)

Fallen Angel (2007)

Intervention (2007)

Twice Upon a Time (2006)

Starter for 10 (2006)

Scoop (2006)

Bleak House (2005)

To the Ends of the Earth (2005)

Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)

Fingersmith (2005)

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)

Ladies in Lavender (2004)

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)

Henry VIII (2003)

Swimming Pool (2003)

Black and White (2002)

The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)

Ali G Indahouse (2002)

Gosford Park (2001)

Alien Evolution (2001)

Dark Blue World (2001)

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)

Chrono-Perambulator (1999)

Hilary and Jackie (1998)

What Rats Won't Do (1998)

In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)

Rebecca (1997)

Space Truckers (1996)

Undertow (1996)

The Surgeon (1995)

China Moon (1994)

Kabloonak (1994)

Century (1993)

Last Action Hero (1993)

Alien³ (1992)

La valle di pietra (1992)

The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

Goldeneye (1989)

First Born (1988)

Out of the Shadows (1988)

Pascali's Island (1988)

White Mischief (1987)

Hidden City (1987)

Good Morning, Babylon (1987)

Out on a Limb (1987)

The Golden Child (1986)

The Flying Doctors (1986)

The McGuffin (1986)

Time for Murder (1985)

Plenty (1985)

Screen Two (1985)

Rainy Day Women (1984)

The Jewel in the Crown (1984)

Little Eyolf (1982)

Nancy Astor (1982)

Fatal Spring (1980)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Edward the Seventh (1975)

A Patriot

The Liar
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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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