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Charles Dance(I)

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Charles Dance
A private espionage operative battles over the preservation of democracy in a world constantly at odds.
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Rabbit Hole (2023– )
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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.
BornOctober 10, 1946
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BornOctober 10, 1946
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  • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys

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Eddie Murphy and Charles Dance in The Golden Child (1986)
Charles Dance, Enzo Cilenti, Adam Garcia, and Liv Hill in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance, Enzo Cilenti, Adam Garcia, Kiruna Stamell, Ruby Bentall, Amrita Acharia, and Liv Hill in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance, Adam Garcia, and Liv Hill in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance, Enzo Cilenti, Adam Garcia, Kiruna Stamell, Ruby Bentall, Amrita Acharia, and Liv Hill in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Colm Meaney, Charles Dance, Memet Ali Alabora, Louis Landau, Rebecca Gethings, Pietro Botte, and Queen Eleanor in The Serpent Queen (2022)
Charles Dance, Enzo Cilenti, Adam Garcia, Kiruna Stamell, Ruby Bentall, Amrita Acharia, and Liv Hill in The Serpent Queen (2022)

Known for

Gosford Park (2001)
Gosford Park
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  • Raymond Stockbridge
  • 2001
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game
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  • Commander Denniston
  • 2014
Game of Thrones (2011)
Game of Thrones
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TV Series
  • Tywin Lannister
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien in Last Action Hero (1993)
Last Action Hero
6.4
  • Benedict
  • 1993

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Actor

  • Rabbit Hole
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  • Washington Black
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  • The Liar
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  • The Inn at the Edge of the World
    • Pre-production
  • A Patriot
    • Pre-production
  • Rebecca Ferguson and Mark Rylance in Spark Hunter (2022)
    Spark Hunter
    • (voice)
  • This England (2022)
    This England
  • The Serpent Queen (2022)
    The Serpent Queen
  • The Hanging Sun (2022)
    The Hanging Sun
  • Stephen Fry, Tom Sturridge, Vanesu Samunyai, Jenna Coleman, Boyd Holbrook, Donna Preston, Gwendoline Christie, Mason Alexander Park, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Vivienne Acheampong in The Sandman (2022)
    The Sandman
  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole in Against the Ice (2022)
    Against the Ice
  • Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arterton, and Harris Dickinson in The King's Man (2021)
    The King's Man
  • Warwick Davis in Moley (2021)
    Moley
    • (voice)
  • Charles Dance in Hindsight (2020)
    Hindsight
    • (voice)
  • Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
    The Crown
  • Gary Oldman in Mank (2020)
    Mank
  • The Book of Vision (2020)
    The Book of Vision
  • Charles Dance, David Morrissey, Elizabeth Tan, Luke Treadaway, and Georgia Blizzard in The Singapore Grip (2020)
    The Singapore Grip
  • Cem Yigit Uzümoglu in Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
    Rise of Empires: Ottoman
    • (voice)
  • Master Moley (2019)
    Master Moley
    • (voice)

Producer

  • Rebecca Ferguson and Mark Rylance in Spark Hunter (2022)
    Spark Hunter
  • Judi Dench, Natascha McElhone, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Brühl in Ladies in Lavender (2004)
    Ladies in Lavender

Director

  • The Inn at the Edge of the World
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  • Judi Dench, Natascha McElhone, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Brühl in Ladies in Lavender (2004)
    Ladies in Lavender
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Personal details

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    • October 10, 1946
    • Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
    • 1970 - February 1, 2004 (divorced, 2 children)
    • (Half Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared as James Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" at the Lyric Theater, West End, London; 11/00-3/01.
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    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

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    Initially studied graphic design at an art school in Leicester, but on returning to Devon, a passion for acting took over his interest.
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    I hate the "suave and debonair" tag. I am neither.
    • Sophisticated British accent and rich yet calm voice

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