Charles Dance

Actor / Producer / Director

Birthdate – October 10, 1946 (78 Years Old)

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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(2024)

The First Omen

Father Harris (2024)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Alan Jonah (2019)

Ghostbusters

Harold Filmore (2016)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Mr. Bennet (2016)

Me Before You

Stephen Traynor (2016)

Underworld: Blood Wars

Thomas (2017)

Woman in Gold

Sherman (2015)

Dracula Untold

Master Vampire (2014)

The Imitation Game

Commander Denniston (2014)

Underworld: Awakening

Thomas (2012)

Labyrinth

Charles Lushington (1986)

Alien³

Dr. Jonathan Clemens (1992)