10.0
10.0
Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Duncan
Charles Dance
Also known as: Walter Charles Dance
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Arts University Plymouth, De Montfort University
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Walter Charles Dance (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 acted in a string of critically acclaimed period films such as 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 Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011–2015), and Lord Mountbatten in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown (2019–2020), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Filmography (118 movies)
8.7
8.7
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Narrator
8.6
8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Tywin Lannister
8.0
8.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Sir Henry Carlyle
8.0
8.0
The Imitation Game
2014
as Commander Denniston
7.9
7.9
Me Before You
2016
as Stephen Traynor
7.8
7.8
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
as Ralph Nickleby
7.6
7.6
Frankenstein
2025
as Leopold Frankenstein
7.6
7.6
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
as Narrator (voice)
7.3
7.3
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as Self
7.3
7.3
Woman in Gold
2015
as Sherman
7.1
7.1
Spitfire
2018
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Dreams of Leaving
1980
as Colin
7.0
7.0
First Born
1988
as Edward Forester
6.9
6.9
That Good Night
2017
as The Visitor
6.9
6.9
Michael Collins
1996
as Soames
6.8
6.8
Dark Blue World
2001
as Wing Commander Bentley
6.8
6.8
The First Omen
2024
as Father Harris
6.8
6.8
Gosford Park
2001
as Raymond Stockbridge
6.8
6.8
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
as Marchese Clementi
6.8
6.8
Lancaster
2022
as Narrator (voice)
6.8
6.8
Against the Ice
2022
as Minister Neergaard
6.7
6.7
The King's Man
2021
as Kitchener
6.7
6.7
Kabloonak
1994
as Robert Flaherty
6.7
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Alan Jonah
6.7
6.7
Mank
2020
as William Randolph Hearst
6.6
6.6
Scoop
2006
as Mr. Malcolm
6.5
6.5
For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Claus
6.5
6.5
The Mapmaker
2012
as Rowan
6.5
6.5
Swimming Pool
2003
as John Bosload
6.5
6.5
Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Derek Du Pré
6.5
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
as Benedict
6.4
6.4
Dracula Untold
2014
as Master Vampire
6.4
6.4
Admiral
2015
as King Charles II
6.4
6.4
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Uncle Bertie
6.4
6.4
Ladies in Lavender
2004
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Starter for 10
2006
as Michael Harbinson
6.4
6.4
Alien³
1992
as Clemens
6.3
6.3
Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Thomas
6.3
6.3
The Book of Vision
2021
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
6.3
6.3
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
as John Lye
6.3
6.3
Child 44
2015
as Major Grachev
6.3
6.3
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Seven
6.2
6.2
Euphoria
2018
as Mr. Daren
6.2
6.2
Pascali's Island
1988
as Anthony Bowles
6.2
6.2
Wildcat
2025
as Frasier Mahoney
6.2
6.2
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Mr. Bennet
6.1
6.1
Ironclad
2011
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
6.1
6.1
China Moon
1994
as Rupert Munro
6.1
6.1
Iron Mask
2019
as Lord Dudley
6.1
6.1
Good Morning, Babylon
1987
as D.W. Griffith
6.1
6.1
Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
6.0
6.0
White Mischief
1987
as Josslyn Hay
6.0
6.0
La valle di pietra
1992
as Surveyor
6.0
6.0
Portrait of the Queen
2022
6.0
6.0
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Michael Hayden
6.0
6.0
Ladies First
2026
as Fred Powell
6.0
6.0
The McGuffin
1986
as Paul Hatcher
6.0
6.0
Little Eyolf
1982
as Borghejm
5.9
5.9
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Frankenstein
5.9
5.9
Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / Clemens
5.9
5.9
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Legantir (voice)
5.9
5.9
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Thomas
5.9
5.9
The Golden Child
1986
as Sardo Numspa
5.9
5.9
Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
5.9
5.9
Black and White
2002
as Roderic Chamberlain
5.8
5.8
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
5.8
5.8
Goldeneye
1989
as Ian Fleming
5.7
5.7
Plenty
1985
as Raymond Brock
5.7
5.7
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
as Old Alexander Ivanov
5.6
5.6
The Hanging Sun
2022
as Jacob
5.6
5.6
The Contractor
2007
as DCS Andrew Windsor
5.5
5.5
Undertow
1996
as Lyle Yates
5.5
5.5
The Commuter
2010
as The Traffic Warden
5.5
5.5
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
as Narrator (voice)
5.5
5.5
Samaná Sunrise
2024
as Noah Blum
5.5
5.5
Father's Day
2013
as Don
5.4
5.4
Midnight's Children
2012
as William Methwold
5.4
5.4
Space Truckers
1996
as Nabel / Macanudo
5.3
5.3
Ghostbusters
2016
as Harold Fillmore
5.3
5.3
Your Highness
2011
as King Tallious
5.1
5.1
The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
5.1
5.1
Hidden City
1987
as James Richards
5.0
5.0
There Be Dragons
2011
as Solono
5.0
5.0
Shortcut to Paradise
1994
as Quinn
5.0
5.0
Consenting Adults
2007
as Jack Wolfenden
5.0
5.0
Patrick
2013
as Doctor Roget
4.9
4.9
Rumours
2024
as Edison Wolcott
4.9
4.9
Century
1993
as Professor Mandry
4.8
4.8
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Captain Richter
4.8
4.8
What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Gerald Burton Jr
4.7
4.7
St George's Day
2012
as Trenchard
4.6
4.6
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
as Frank
4.0
4.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
3.6
3.6
The Blood Oranges
1997
as Cyril
3.3
3.3
Paris Connections
2010
as Aleksandr Borinski
1.0
1.0
Intervention
2007
as Private Investigator
Viy 3: Travel to India
TBA
The Relics of Buddha
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
A Patriot
TBA
as Dr. Hastings
The Door
2012
as Thomas Arlington
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
as Self
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Rainy Day Women
1984
as John Truman
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
Fatal Spring
1980
as Siegfried Sassoon
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
as Self
Creditors
2025
as Gustaf
Savage Waters
2023
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Retrospective
2014
as Jonathan Hoyle
The Clerk's Tale
2010
as Ralph
The Liar
TBA
as Tickford
Jurij
2001
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