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
Foyle's War
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Serpent Queen
Merlin
The Sandman
For Your Eyes Only
Game of Thrones
Mank
Michael Collins
Underworld: Blood Wars
Child 44
Nancy Astor
Your Highness
The Little Drummer Girl
The King's Man
The First Omen
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Dark Blue World
Ghostbusters
The Imitation Game
Rabbit Hole
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Woman in Gold
Underworld: Awakening
Last Action Hero
Victor Frankenstein
The Contractor
Gosford Park
Me Before You
Dracula Untold
Euphoria
The Day of the Jackal
The Widow
Undertow
The Liar
The Phantom of the Opera
The Golden Child
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
And Then There Were None
Lancaster
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Testament: The Story of Moses
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