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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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July 1st, 2024 | Rumours | Edison Wolcott | 4.9 | |
October 27th, 2023 | Savage Waters | TBD | 7 | |
September 12th, 2022 | The Hanging Sun | Jacob | 5.6 | |
May 27th, 2022 | Lancaster | Narrator (voice) | 6.8 | |
November 16th, 2019 | Master Moley by Royal Invitation | Mr. James Moley (voice) | 5.8 | |
February 4th, 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Mr. Bennet | 6.2 | |
November 10th, 2015 | Instruments of Darkness | Duncan | 9.5 | |
March 20th, 2015 | Woman in Gold | Sherman | 7.3 | |
January 29th, 2015 | Admiral | King Charles II | 6.5 | |
January 29th, 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Tywin Lannister | 8.6 | |
November 14th, 2014 | The Imitation Game | Commander Denniston | 8 | |
October 1st, 2014 | Dracula Untold | Master Vampire | 6.5 | |
November 14th, 2013 | The Science of Doctor Who | Self | 7.3 | |
October 15th, 2013 | Patrick | Doctor Roget | 5 | |
August 9th, 2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Legantir (voice) | 5.9 | |
January 1st, 2013 | The Relics of Buddha | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
September 7th, 2012 | St George's Day | Trenchard | 4.7 | |
January 19th, 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Thomas | 6.3 | |
April 8th, 2011 | Your Highness | King Tallious | 5.3 | |
March 25th, 2011 | There Be Dragons | Solono | 5.1 | |
March 3rd, 2011 | Ironclad | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | 6.1 | |
September 6th, 2010 | Paris Connections | Aleksandr Borinski | 3.3 | |
September 4th, 2007 | Consenting Adults | Jack Wolfenden | 5 | |
May 11th, 2007 | The Contractor | DCS Andrew Windsor | 5.5 | |
February 3rd, 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | TBD | |
November 8th, 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Battar Master of Ceremonies | 5.9 | |
September 13th, 2006 | Starter for 10 | Michael Harbinson | 6.4 | |
May 5th, 2005 | Titanic: Birth of a Legend | Narrator (voice) | 7.7 | |
September 22nd, 2004 | Saint John Bosco Mission to Love | Marchese Clementi | 6.8 | |
December 2nd, 2003 | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 | |
May 21st, 2003 | Swimming Pool | John Bosload | 6.5 | |
March 21st, 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton | 6.1 | |
December 26th, 2001 | Gosford Park | Raymond Stockbridge | 6.8 | |
October 12th, 2001 | Alien Evolution | Self / Clemens | 5.9 | |
August 6th, 2001 | Jurij | TBD | 8 | |
May 17th, 2001 | Dark Blue World | Wing Commander Bentley | 6.9 | |
April 8th, 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | 7.7 | |
January 5th, 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Sir Henry Carlyle | 8 | |
February 12th, 1999 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Frank | 5.2 | |
December 30th, 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Derek du Pré | 6.6 | |
September 7th, 1997 | The Blood Oranges | Cyril | 3.9 | |
April 20th, 1997 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Captain Richter | 5.7 | |
October 4th, 1996 | Space Truckers | Nabel / Macanudo | 5.5 | |
March 26th, 1996 | Undertow | Lyle Yates | 5.7 | |
January 13th, 1995 | The Surgeon | Dr. Ed Mittlesbay | 5.2 | |
August 14th, 1994 | Shortcut to Paradise | Quinn | 5.4 | |
March 4th, 1994 | China Moon | Rupert Munro | 6.1 | |
December 31st, 1993 | Century | Professor Mandry | 5.1 | |
June 18th, 1993 | Last Action Hero | Benedict | 6.5 | |
May 22nd, 1992 | Alien³ | Clemens | 6.4 | |
August 26th, 1989 | Goldeneye | Ian Fleming | 5.8 | |
September 2nd, 1988 | Out of the Shadows | Michael Hayden | 6.5 | |
July 22nd, 1988 | Pascali's Island | Anthony Bowles | 6.5 | |
November 10th, 1987 | White Mischief | Josslyn Hay | 6.1 | |
May 13th, 1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | D.W. Griffith | 6.1 | |
December 12th, 1986 | The Golden Child | Sardo Numspa | 5.9 | |
September 20th, 1985 | Plenty | Raymond Brock | 5.7 | |
July 19th, 1982 | Little Eyolf | Borghejm | 7 | |
June 24th, 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Claus | 6.5 | |
TBD | A Patriot | Dr. Hastings | TBD | |
September 30th, 2027 | Untitled The Batman Sequel | Charles Dent | TBD | |
May 22nd, 2026 | Ladies First | TBD | TBD | |
January 9th, 2026 | The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self - Guest | TBD | |
December 12th, 2025 | World of Westeros Ambient Video | Tywin Lannister | TBD | |
November 19th, 2025 | Wildcat | Frasier Mahoney | 6.2 | |
October 17th, 2025 | Frankenstein | Leopold Frankenstein | 7.6 | |
October 17th, 2025 | Creditors | Gustaf | TBD | |
November 8th, 2024 | Samaná Sunrise | Noah Blum | 5.7 | |
October 31st, 2024 | Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Narrator | 8.2 | |
August 23rd, 2024 | The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self | TBD | |
April 3rd, 2024 | The First Omen | Father Harris | 6.8 | |
November 22nd, 2022 | Portrait of the Queen | TBD | 6 | |
February 10th, 2022 | Against the Ice | Minister Neergaard | 6.8 | |
December 22nd, 2021 | The King's Man | Kitchener | 6.7 | |
July 8th, 2021 | The Book Of Vision | Dr. Johan Anmuth | 6.3 | |
February 27th, 2021 | The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank | Self | TBD | |
November 13th, 2020 | Mank | William Randolph Hearst | 6.7 | |
October 10th, 2019 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | John Lye | 6.3 | |
August 16th, 2019 | Iron Mask | Lord Dudley | 6.1 | |
May 29th, 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Alan Jonah | 6.7 | |
October 11th, 2018 | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Uncle Bertie | 6.4 | |
September 13th, 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Seven | 6.3 | |
July 20th, 2018 | Spitfire | Narrator (voice) | 7.1 | |
July 13th, 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | 9.5 | |
February 1st, 2018 | Euphoria | Mr. Daren | 6.3 | |
October 23rd, 2017 | Wimbledon Official Film 2017 | Narrator (voice) | 5.5 | |
June 20th, 2017 | That Good Night | The Visitor | 6.9 | |
November 24th, 2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars | Thomas | 5.9 | |
July 14th, 2016 | Ghostbusters | Harold Fillmore | 5.3 | |
June 1st, 2016 | Me Before You | Stephen Traynor | 7.9 | |
January 29th, 2016 | Despite the Falling Snow | Old Alexander Ivanov | 5.6 | |
November 10th, 2015 | Victor Frankenstein | Frankenstein | 6 | |
March 15th, 2015 | Child 44 | Major Grachev | 6.3 | |
July 14th, 2014 | Retrospective | Jonathan Hoyle | TBD | |
January 30th, 2014 | Forbidden Empire | Lord Dudley | 5.9 | |
November 6th, 2013 | Speeches That Shook the World | Self | TBD | |
June 12th, 2013 | Father's Day | Don | 5.5 | |
October 12th, 2012 | The Door | Thomas Arlington | TBD | |
September 21st, 2012 | The Mapmaker | Rowan | 6.5 | |
August 31st, 2012 | Midnight's Children | William Methwold | 5.4 | |
October 26th, 2010 | The Commuter | The Traffic Warden | 5.5 | |
May 20th, 2010 | The Clerk's Tale | Ralph | TBD | |
June 16th, 2008 | Dickens' Secret Lover | Self - Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
January 1st, 2007 | Intervention | Private Investigator | 5.5 | |
July 27th, 2006 | Scoop | Mr. Malcolm | 6.6 | |
October 31st, 2002 | Black and White | Roderic Chamberlain | 6.2 | |
June 18th, 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | 5.3 | |
December 12th, 1999 | Chrono-Perambulator | James 'Dougie' Douglas | 10 | |
July 1st, 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Gerald Burton Jr | 5 | |
October 25th, 1996 | Michael Collins | Soames | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Kabloonak | Robert Flaherty | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1992 | La valle di pietra | Surveyor | 7 | |
October 30th, 1988 | First Born | Edward Forester | 7 | |
June 24th, 1987 | Hidden City | James Richards | 5.4 | |
January 12th, 1986 | The McGuffin | Paul Hatcher | 6.5 | |
April 10th, 1984 | Rainy Day Women | John Truman | 7 | |
November 7th, 1980 | Fatal Spring | Siegfried Sassoon | TBD | |
January 17th, 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | Colin | 7 | |
TBD | The Liar | Tickford | TBD | |
TBD | Viy 3: Travel to India | TBD | TBD |