Charles Dance
Walter Charles Dance OBE (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 appeared in a string of critically acclaimed period films, including 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 Lannisterin 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Liar
as Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India
as Unknown
The Batman: Part II
as Christopher Dent
Ladies First
as Fred Powell
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self - Guest
Wildcat
as Frasier Mahoney
Creditors
as Gustaf
Churchill at War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
as Old Michaelangelo
Samaná Sunrise
as Noah Blum
The Day of the Jackal
as Timothy Winthrop
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Narrator
Rumours
as Edison Wolcott
The First Omen
as Father Harris
Testament: The Story of Moses
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Savage Waters
as Unknown
Rabbit Hole
as Dr. Ben Wilson
Portrait of the Queen
as Unknown
This England
as Max Hastings
The Hanging Sun
as Jacob
The Serpent Queen
as Clement VII
The Sandman
as Roderick Burgess
Lancaster
as Narrator (voice)
Against the Ice
as Minister Neergaard
The King's Man
as Kitchener
Moley
as Mr. Moley (voice)
The Book Of Vision
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
as Self
Mank
as William Randolph Hearst
The Singapore Grip
as Mr Webb
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as John Lye
Iron Mask
as Lord Dudley
The Widow
as Martin Benson
The Little Drummer Girl
as Commander Picton
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Uncle Bertie
Johnny English Strikes Again
as Agent Seven
Hero
as Charles Reynard
Hang Ups
as Jeremy Pitt
Spitfire
as Narrator (voice)
The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie
Euphoria
as Mr. Daren
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
as Narrator (voice)
That Good Night
as The Visitor
Savage Kingdom
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Thomas
The Crown
as Lord Mountbatten
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Mr. Bennet
Despite the Falling Snow
as Old Alexander Ivanov
And Then There Were None
as Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Childhood's End
as Karellen
Instruments of Darkness
as Duncan
Victor Frankenstein
as Frankenstein
Deadline Gallipoli
as Sir Ian Hamilton
Woman in Gold
as Sherman
Child 44
as Major Grachev
Admiral
as King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Tywin Lannister
The Imitation Game
as Commander Denniston
The Great Fire
as Lord Denton
Dracula Untold
as Master Vampire
Retrospective
as Jonathan Hoyle
Forbidden Empire
as Lord Dudley
The Science of Doctor Who
as Self
Speeches That Shook the World
as Self
Patrick
as Doctor Roget
Was It Something I Said?
as Self - Narrator
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Legantir (voice)
Father's Day
as Don
The Relics of Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
Secret State
as John Hodder
The Door
as Thomas Arlington
St George's Day
as Trenchard
Midnight's Children
as William Methwold
Underworld: Awakening
as Thomas
Neverland
as Dr. Fludd
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Going Postal 2in1
as Lord Vetinari
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
as Edmund Aird
Your Highness
as King Tallious
There Be Dragons
as Solono
Ironclad
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Paris Connections
as Aleksandr Borinski
Going Postal
as Lord Vetinari
Strike Back
as Conrad Knox
Trinity
as Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Merlin
as Aredian
Consenting Adults
as Jack Wolfenden
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
The Contractor
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Fallen Angel
as David Byfield
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Intervention
as Private Investigator
Jam and Jerusalem
as Self
Starter for 10
as Michael Harbinson
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
The One Show
as Self
Scoop
as Mr. Malcolm
Bleak House
as Mr. Tulkinghorn
To the Ends of the Earth
as Sir Henry Somerset
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
as Narrator (voice)
Fingersmith
as Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Last Rights
as Richard Wheeler
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Septimus Bligh
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
as Marchese Clementi
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
Henry VIII
as Duke of Buckingham
Swimming Pool
as John Bosload
Black and White
as Roderic Chamberlain
Foyle's War
as Guy Spencer
Top Gear
as Self
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
as Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self (uncredited)
Ali G Indahouse
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Gosford Park
as Raymond Stockbridge
Alien Evolution
as Self / Clemens
Jurij
as Unknown
Dark Blue World
as Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
as Frank
Hilary and Jackie
as Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
as Gerald Burton Jr
The Blood Oranges
as Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Captain Richter
Rebecca
as Maxim de Winter
Michael Collins
as Soames
Space Truckers
as Nabel / Macanudo
Undertow
as Lyle Yates
The Surgeon
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Shortcut to Paradise
as Quinn
Room 101
as Self
China Moon
as Rupert Munro
Kabloonak
as Robert Flaherty
Century
as Professor Mandry
Last Action Hero
as Benedict
Alien³
as Clemens
La valle di pietra
as Surveyor
The Making of 'Alien³'
as Self
The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik/The Phantom
Goldeneye
as Ian Fleming
First Born
as Edward Forester
First Born
as Edward Forester
Out of the Shadows
as Michael Hayden
Pascali's Island
as Anthony Bowles
White Mischief
as Josslyn Hay
Hidden City
as James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
as D.W. Griffith
Out on a Limb
as Gerry Stamford
The Golden Child
as Sardo Numspa
The Flying Doctors
as Minister
The McGuffin
as Paul Hatcher
Time for Murder
as James Latimer
Plenty
as Raymond Brock
Screen Two
as Paul Hatcher
Screen Two
as Professor Mandry
The Secret Servant
as SAS Major Harry Maxim
Rainy Day Women
as John Truman
The Jewel in the Crown
as Guy Perron
Natural World
as Unknown
Little Eyolf
as Borghejm
For Your Eyes Only
as Claus
Fatal Spring
as Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
as Colin
Tales of the Unexpected
as Robert Smythe
An Audience with...
as Self
The Professionals
as Parker
Raffles
as Unknown
Father Brown
as Commandant Neil O'Brien
Playhouse
as Siegfried Sassoon
Play for Today
as Unknown
BBC Play of the Month
as Borghejm