Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
119
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 10, 1946 ( 78 years old )
Place of Birth
Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Also Known As
찰스 댄스
Чарльз Дэнс
查尔斯·丹斯
Walter Charles Dance
Charles Dance
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
Swimming Pool
2003-05-21The Golden Child
1986-12-12The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03For Your Eyes Only
1981-06-24Gosford Park
2001-11-07Désaccord Parfait
2006-11-08Alien³
1992-05-22China Moon
1994-03-04Last Action Hero
1993-06-18Plenty
1985-09-20