Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Birthday

10.10.1946

Place of birth

Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Biography

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.

Movies

Jurij

Jurij

8/6/2001

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

10/17/2025

Kabloonak

Kabloonak

1/1/1994

Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

3/20/2015

Spitfire

Spitfire

7/20/2018

Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

7/19/1982

Savage Waters

Savage Waters

10/27/2023

First Born

First Born

10/30/1988

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

10/25/1996

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

12/26/2001

Lancaster

Lancaster

5/27/2022

The King's Man

The King's Man

12/22/2021

Mank

Mank

11/13/2020

Scoop

Scoop

7/27/2006

The McGuffin

The McGuffin

1/12/1986

The Mapmaker

The Mapmaker

9/21/2012

Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

5/21/2003

Admiral

Admiral

1/29/2015

Alien³

Alien³

5/22/1992

Euphoria

Euphoria

2/1/2018

Child 44

Child 44

3/15/2015

Wildcat

Wildcat

11/19/2025

Black and White

Black and White

10/31/2002

Ironclad

Ironclad

3/3/2011

China Moon

China Moon

3/4/1994

Iron Mask

Iron Mask

8/16/2019

White Mischief

White Mischief

11/10/1987

Alien Evolution

Alien Evolution

10/12/2001

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

8/26/1989

Plenty

Plenty

9/20/1985

Undertow

Undertow

3/26/1996

Intervention

Intervention

1/1/2007

Father's Day

Father's Day

6/12/2013

The Commuter

The Commuter

10/26/2010

Hidden City

Hidden City

6/24/1987

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

7/14/2016

The Surgeon

The Surgeon

1/13/1995

Century

Century

12/31/1993

Patrick

Patrick

10/15/2013

Rumours

Rumours

7/1/2024

The Door

The Door

10/12/2012

Creditors

Creditors

10/17/2025

Retrospective

Retrospective

7/14/2014

A Patriot

A Patriot

Invalid Date

Ladies First

Ladies First

5/22/2026

The Liar

The Liar

Invalid Date

Fatal Spring

Fatal Spring

11/7/1980

TV Series

Raffles

Raffles

2/25/1977

The Crown

The Crown

11/4/2016

Bleak House

Bleak House

10/27/2005

The Sandman

The Sandman

8/5/2022

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

10/27/2002

Merlin

Merlin

9/20/2008

Savage Kingdom

Savage Kingdom

11/25/2016

Top Gear

Top Gear

10/20/2002

Strike Back

Strike Back

5/5/2010

Natural World

Natural World

10/30/1983

Fingersmith

Fingersmith

3/27/2005

Going Postal

Going Postal

5/30/2010

Screen Two

Screen Two

1/6/1985

Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

3/26/2023

Secret State

Secret State

11/7/2012

Last Rights

Last Rights

3/24/2005

Playhouse

Playhouse

3/13/1974

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

10/12/2003

Childhood's End

Childhood's End

12/14/2015

The Great Fire

The Great Fire

10/16/2014

The Widow

The Widow

2/28/2019

Father Brown

Father Brown

9/26/1974

Play for Today

Play for Today

10/15/1970

Room 101

Room 101

7/4/1994

Hang Ups

Hang Ups

8/8/2018

First Born

First Born

10/30/1988

Neverland

Neverland

12/4/2011

Moley

Moley

10/6/2021

Rebecca

Rebecca

1/5/1997

This England

This England

9/28/2022

Trinity

Trinity

9/20/2009

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

1/18/1987

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

3/11/2007

The One Show

The One Show

8/14/2006

Drama Trails

Drama Trails

8/1/2010

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