
Charles Dance
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Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) 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.
Known For

The Professionals

The Crown

Agatha Christie's Marple

Top Gear

Would I Lie to You?

Room 101

The One Show

Foyle's War

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Who Do You Think You Are?

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

The Serpent Queen

Merlin

To the Ends of the Earth

Strike Back

For Your Eyes Only

Game of Thrones

Mank

Michael Collins

The Little Drummer Girl

Child 44

Underworld: Blood Wars

Your Highness

BBC Play of the Month

Nancy Astor

The King's Man

Ghostbusters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Dreams of Leaving

Dark Blue World

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Sandman

The Woman in White

The Imitation Game

Underworld: Awakening

Last Action Hero

The First Omen

Victor Frankenstein

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

Rabbit Hole

Woman in Gold

Gosford Park

Dracula Untold

Bleak House

The Contractor

Little Eyolf

Euphoria

The Day of the Jackal

The Widow

Me Before You

Fingersmith

Alien³

Consenting Adults

Undertow

Iron Mask

The Phantom of the Opera

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

The Liar

The Golden Child

Century

Rainy Day Women

Testament: The Story of Moses

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

The McGuffin

And Then There Were None

First Born

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