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Charles Dance

1946-10-10

The 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.

Charles Dance in

Movies

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Me Before You

7.931 average rating
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The First Omen

6.9 average rating
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The Imitation Game

7.998 average rating
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The King's Man

6.8 average rating
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Rumours

4.6 average rating
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

6.702 average rating
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Underworld: Blood Wars

5.881 average rating
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Alien³

6.4 average rating
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Underworld: Awakening

6.319 average rating
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Ghostbusters

5.358 average rating
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Dracula Untold

6.417 average rating
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For Your Eyes Only

6.521 average rating
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Mank

6.686 average rating
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Johnny English Strikes Again

6.269 average rating
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

6.2 average rating
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Gosford Park

6.9 average rating
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Iron Mask

6.1 average rating
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Child 44

6.3 average rating
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Last Action Hero

6.462 average rating
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Victor Frankenstein

5.95 average rating