Highest rated as cast or director
Bleak House
2005 · 1 Season
Gosford Park
2001
Frankenstein
2025
And Then There Were None
2015 · 1 Season
Going Postal
2010 · 1 Season
Fingersmith
2005 · 1 Season
Charles Dance's 9 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 71, led by Bleak House (82) and Gosford Park (78), against 65 for those from the 2010s.
Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing intimidating, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance 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 OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his feature film debut in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). He has since appeared in a string of critically acclaimed period films, including Michael Collins (1996), Gosford Park (2001), The Imitation Game (2014), Mank (2020), and The King's Man (2021). He has also appeared in the films The Golden Child (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Last Action Hero (1993), Dracula Untold (2014), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive-produced. On television, Dance played Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Mr Tulkinghorn in Bleak House (2005), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Tywin Lannisterin Game of Thrones (2011–2015), and Lord Mountbatten in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown (2019–2020), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Dance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 158
2020s
- 2028
- 2026
- 2025
Creditors
Gustaf
- 2024
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Old Michaelangelo · 3 episodes
Samaná Sunrise
Noah Blum
- 2023
- 2022
The Hanging Sun
Jacob
- 2021
- 2020
The Singapore Grip
Mr Webb · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Uncle Bertie
Hang Ups
Jeremy Pitt · 2 episodes
The Woman in White
Mr Fairle · 5 episodes
- 2017
That Good Night
The Visitor
- 2016
- 2015
Instruments of Darkness
Duncan
Admiral
King Charles II
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tywin Lannister
- 2014
The Great Fire
Lord Denton · 4 episodes
Retrospective
Jonathan Hoyle
- 2013
Father's Day
Don
- 2012
The Door
Thomas Arlington
Midnight's Children
William Methwold
- 2011
Neverland
Dr. Fludd · 2 episodes
Going Postal 2in1
Lord Vetinari
- 2010
Paris Connections
Aleksandr Borinski
2000s
- 2009
Trinity
Dr. Edmund Maltravers · 8 episodes
- 2008
- 2007
Consenting Adults
Jack Wolfenden
Fallen Angel
David Byfield · 3 episodes
Intervention
Private Investigator
- 2006
Twice Upon a Time
Battar Master of Ceremonies
- 2005
Last Rights
Richard Wheeler · 3 episodes
- 2004
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi · 2 episodes
- 2003
Henry VIII
Duke of Buckingham · 2 episodes
- 2002
Black and White
Roderic Chamberlain
- 2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle · 1 episode
Jurij
K (Padre di Jurij)
Dark Blue World
Wing Commander Bentley
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby · 2 episodes
- 2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle
1990s
- 1999
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank
- 1998
Hilary and Jackie
Derek du Pré
What Rats Won't Do
Gerald Burton Jr
- 1997
The Blood Oranges
Cyril
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Captain Richter
Rebecca
Maxim de Winter · 2 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Shortcut to Paradise
Quinn
Kabloonak
Robert Flaherty
- 1993
Century
Professor Mandry
- 1992
La valle di pietra
Surveyor
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
First Born
Edward Forester
First Born
Edward Forester · 3 episodes
Out of the Shadows
Michael Hayden
- 1987
Hidden City
James Richards
Good Morning, Babylon
D.W. Griffith
Out on a Limb
Gerry Stamford · 2 episodes
- 1986
The McGuffin
Paul Hatcher
- 1985
Time for Murder
James Latimer · 1 episode
Plenty
Raymond Brock
- 1984
The Secret Servant
SAS Major Harry Maxim · 3 episodes
Rainy Day Women
John Truman
- 1982
Little Eyolf
Borghejm
Frost in May
Reynaud Callaghan · 1 episode
Nancy Astor
Edward Hartford-Jones · 1 episode
- 1981
Very Like a Whale
Party Guest
- 1980
The Fatal Spring
Siegfried Sassoon
Dreams of Leaving
Colin
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
Raffles
Teddy Garland · 1 episode
- 1975
Edward the Seventh
Prince Eddy · 2 episodes
- 1974
- 1970
No release date
The Liar
Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India
Movie
Wrote 1
2000s
- 2004
Directed 1
2000s
- 2004
Produced 1
2000s
- 2004
Appearances34
2020s
- 2026
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self - Guest
- 2024
- 2023
Savage Waters
Narrator
- 2022
- 2021
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Narrator (voice)
- 2016
- 2013
The Science of Doctor Who
Self
Speeches That Shook the World
Self
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator · 1 episode
The Relics of Buddha
Narrator (voice)
- 2011
2000s
- 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
- 2006
- 2005
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Narrator (voice)
- 2004
When Hitler Invaded Britain
Narrator
- 2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
- 2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)
- 2001
Alien Evolution
Self / Clemens
1990s
- 1994
- 1992
The Making of 'Alien³'
Self
1980s
- 1983
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
1960s
- 1965
