Charles Dance

Actor, Producer, Director

Birthdate: Oct 10, 1946

Birthplace: Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in Alien³ (1992), Benedict in Last Action Hero (1993), the Master Vampire in Dracula Untold (2014), Lord Havelock Vetinari in Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010), Alastair Denniston in The Imitation Game (2014) and William Randolph Hearst in Mank (2020).

He played the role of Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), based on the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin.

In 1989, he played Bond creator Ian Fleming in Anglia Television's drama biography.

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Known For

Gosford Park

(2001)

The Imitation Game

(2014)

Game of Thrones

(2011)

Alien³

(1992)

Charles Dance Movies

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2025 |
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025
R
2h 29m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
7.5
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
asLeopold Frankenstein
2024 |
Rumours
Rumours
2024
R
1h 44m
Comedy, Drama, Horror
5.2
The leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger as they attempt to find their way out.
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2024 |
The First Omen
The First Omen
2024
R
1h 59m
Horror
6.5
A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
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asFather Harris
2022 |
Against the Iceas Neergaard
2022 |
Lancasteras Narrator
2022 |
Savage Watersas Narrator
2022 |
The Hanging Sunas Jacob
2022 |
Portrait of the Queenas Narrator
2021 |
The King's Manas Kitchener
2021 |
The King’s Man
The King’s Man
2021
R
2h 11m
Action, Adventure, Thriller
6.3
In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
asKitchener
2020 |
The Book of Visionas Dr. Johan Anmuth
2019 |
The Deliveredas John Lye
2019 |
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
PG-13
2h 12m
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
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asAlan Jonah
2018 |
Spitfireas Narrator
2018 |
Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
PG
1h 29m
Action, Adventure, Comedy
6.2
After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.
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asAgent Seven
2017 |
Euphoriaas Mr. Daren
2017 |
That Good Nightas The Visitor
2017 |
Underworld: Blood Wars
Underworld: Blood Wars
2017
R
1h 31m
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
5.8
Vampire death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.
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asThomas
2016 |
Despite the Falling Snowas Old Alexander
2016 |
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
2016
PG-13
1h 57m
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6.8
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
asHarold Filmore
2016 |
Me Before You
Me Before You
2016
PG-13
1h 50m
Drama, Romance
7.4
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
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asStephen Traynor
2016 |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
PG-13
1h 48m
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
5.8
Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.
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asMr. Bennet
2015 |
The Admiralas Charles II
2015 |
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
2015
PG-13
1h 50m
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
6
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
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asFrankenstein
2015 |
Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold
2015
PG-13
1h 49m
Biography, Drama, History
7.3
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
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asSherman
2014 |
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
2014
PG-13
1h 54m
Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
8
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
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asCommander Denniston
2014 |
Dracula Untold
Dracula Untold
2014
PG-13
1h 32m
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
6.2
As his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.
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asMaster Vampire
2013 |
Justin and the Knights of Valouras Legantir
2013 |
Patrick: Evil Awakensas Dr Roget
2012 |
St George's Dayas Trenchard
2012 |
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening
2012
R
1h 28m
Action, Fantasy, Thriller
6.3
When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind.
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asThomas
2011 |
Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle
2011 |
Ironcladas Archbishop Langton
2011 |
Your Highnessas King Tallious
2010 |
Paris Connectionsas Aleksandr Borinski
2007 |
Interventionas Private Investigator
2006 |
Twice Upon a Timeas Le maître de cérémonie du Battar
2004 |
Ladies in Lavender
2003 |
City and Crimesas Cox William
2003 |
Swimming Poolas John Bosload
2002 |
Black and Whiteas Roderic Chamberlain
2001 |
Jurijas K. (Padre di Jurij)
2001 |
Dark Blue Worldas Wing Commander Bentley
2001 |
Gosford Parkas Raymond Stockbridge
1999 |
Don't Go Breaking My Heartas Frank
1998 |
Hilary and Jackieas Derek Du Pré
1997 |
The Blood Orangesas Cyril
1996 |
Space Truckersas Nabel
1995 |
The Surgeonas Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
1994 |
Kabloonakas Robert Flaherty
1994 |
Shortcut to Paradiseas Quinn
1993 |
Centuryas Professor Mandry
1994 |
China Moonas Rupert Munro
1993 |
Last Action Heroas Benedict
1992 |
La valle di pietraas L'agrimensore
1992 |
Alien³
Alien³
1992
R
1h 54m
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
6.4
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
asDr. Jonathan Clemens
1988 |
Pascali's Islandas Anthony Bowles
1987 |
White Mischiefas Erroll
1987 |
Hidden Cityas James Richards
1986 |
The Golden Childas Sardo Numspa
1986 |
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
1986
PG
1h 41m
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
7.3
Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King.
asCharles Lushington
1985 |
Plentyas Raymond Brock
1981 |
For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only
1981
PG
2h 7m
Action, Adventure, Thriller
6.7
Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
asClaus