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Director
Charles Dance
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.9
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 4391
IMDb ID: nm0001097
Known for: Acting
Born: October 10, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2026
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q309690
Also known as
Walter Charles Dance • Волтер Чарльз Денс
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Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Charles Dance.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Charles Dance.
8.0
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
2014 Movie
7.9
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
2016 Movie
7.7
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
2025 Movie
7.3
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
2015 Movie
6.9
Michael Collins
as Soames
1996 Movie
6.8
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
2001 Movie
6.8
The First Omen
as Father Harris
2024 Movie
6.8
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
2001 Movie
6.8
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
2022 Movie
6.7
The King's Man
as Kitchener
2021 Movie
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
2019 Movie
6.7
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
2020 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Charles Dance.
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Tywin Lannister • 35 eps
2011 Series
8.2
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten • 5 eps
2016 Series
8.2
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.9
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Aredian • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.5
And Then There Were None
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave • 3 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Top Gear
as Self • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 eps
2020 Series
7.4
The Serpent Queen
as Clement VII • 1 eps
2022 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Charles Dance.
7.7
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
2025 Movie
6.2
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
2025 Movie
7.9
Me Before You
as Stephen Traynor
2016 Movie
8.0
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
2014 Movie
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Alan Jonah
2019 Movie
5.3
Ghostbusters
as Harold Fillmore
2016 Movie
6.7
The King's Man
as Kitchener
2021 Movie
5.9
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
2016 Movie
6.5
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
1981 Movie
6.3
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Charles Dance.
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Tywin Lannister • 35 eps
2011 Series
8.2
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten • 5 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Top Gear
as Self • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Aredian • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.9
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess • 1 eps
2022 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.2
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.3
Play for Today
1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Borghejm • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Charles Dance.
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
2026 Movie
World of Westeros Ambient Video
as Tywin Lannister
2025 Movie
6.2
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
2025 Movie
7.7
Frankenstein
as Leopold Frankenstein
2025 Movie
Creditors
as Gustaf
2025 Movie
5.5
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
2024 Movie
8.2
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
2024 Movie
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
2024 Movie
4.8
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
2024 Movie
6.8
The First Omen
as Father Harris
2024 Movie
Savage Waters
2023 Movie
6.0
Portrait of the Queen
2022 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Charles Dance.
5.0
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
as Old Michaelangelo • 3 eps
2024 Series
8.2
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Testament: The Story of Moses
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.1
Rabbit Hole
as Dr. Ben Wilson • 8 eps
2023 Series
5.8
This England
as Max Hastings • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.4
The Serpent Queen
as Clement VII • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.9
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.0
Moley
as Mr. Moley (voice) • 52 eps
2021 Series
5.7
The Singapore Grip
as Mr Webb • 6 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 eps
2020 Series
6.8
The Widow
as Martin Benson • 8 eps
2019 Series
7.1
The Little Drummer Girl
as Commander Picton • 6 eps
2018 Series