
Actor
Born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
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.

The Batman: Part II
Charles Dent

The Liar
Tickford

Viy 3: Travel to India

Ladies First
Fred Powell

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self - Guest

Wildcat
Frasier Mahoney

Frankenstein
Leopold Frankenstein

Creditors
Gustaf

Churchill at War
Self - Narrator (voice)

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
Old Michaelangelo

Samaná Sunrise
Noah Blum

The Day of the Jackal
Timothy Winthrop

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Narrator

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self

Rumours
Edison Wolcott

The First Omen
Father Harris

Testament: The Story of Moses
Self - Narrator (voice)

Savage Waters

Rabbit Hole
Dr. Ben Wilson

Portrait of the Queen

This England
Max Hastings

The Hanging Sun
Jacob

The Serpent Queen
Clement VII

The Sandman
Roderick Burgess

Lancaster
Narrator (voice)

Against the Ice
Minister Neergaard

The King's Man
Kitchener

Moley
Mr. Moley (voice)

The Book Of Vision
Dr. Johan Anmuth

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Self

Mank
William Randolph Hearst

The Singapore Grip
Mr Webb

Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Self - Narrator (voice)

Master Moley by Royal Invitation
Mr. James Moley (voice)

Fanny Lye Deliver'd
John Lye

Iron Mask
Lord Dudley

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Alan Jonah

The Widow
Martin Benson

The Little Drummer Girl
Commander Picton

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Uncle Bertie

Johnny English Strikes Again
Agent Seven

Hang Ups
Jeremy Pitt

Spitfire
Narrator (voice)

The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie

Euphoria
Mr. Daren

Wimbledon Official Film 2017
Narrator (voice)

That Good Night
The Visitor

Savage Kingdom
Self - Narrator (voice)

Underworld: Blood Wars
Thomas

The Crown
Lord Mountbatten

Ghostbusters
Harold Fillmore

Me Before You
Stephen Traynor

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Mr. Bennet

Despite the Falling Snow
Old Alexander Ivanov

And Then There Were None
Justice Lawrence Wargrave

Childhood's End
Karellen

Instruments of Darkness
Duncan

Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein

Deadline Gallipoli
Sir Ian Hamilton

Woman in Gold
Sherman

Child 44
Major Grachev

Admiral
King Charles II

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Tywin Lannister

The Imitation Game
Commander Denniston

The Great Fire
Lord Denton

Dracula Untold
Master Vampire

Retrospective
Jonathan Hoyle

Forbidden Empire
Lord Dudley

The Science of Doctor Who
Self

Speeches That Shook the World
Self

Patrick
Doctor Roget

Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator

Justin and the Knights of Valour
Legantir (voice)

Father's Day
Don

The Relics of Buddha
Narrator (voice)

Secret State
John Hodder

The Door
Thomas Arlington

St George's Day
Trenchard

Midnight's Children
William Methwold

Underworld: Awakening
Thomas

Neverland
Dr. Fludd

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
Edmund Aird

Game of Thrones
Tywin Lannister

Your Highness
King Tallious

There Be Dragons
Solono

Ironclad
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury

Paris Connections
Aleksandr Borinski

Going Postal
Lord Vetinari

Strike Back
Conrad Knox

Trinity
Dr. Edmund Maltravers

Merlin
Aredian

Consenting Adults
Jack Wolfenden

Would I Lie to You?
Self

The Contractor
DCS Andrew Windsor

Fallen Angel
David Byfield

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self

Intervention
Private Investigator

Jam and Jerusalem
Self

Twice Upon a Time
Battar Master of Ceremonies

Starter for 10
Michael Harbinson

The One Show
Self

Scoop
Mr. Malcolm

Bleak House
Mr. Tulkinghorn

To the Ends of the Earth
Sir Henry Somerset

Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Narrator (voice)

Fingersmith
Mr. Chistopher Lilly

Last Rights
Richard Wheeler

Agatha Christie's Marple
Septimus Bligh

Ladies in Lavender

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
Marchese Clementi

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)

Henry VIII
Edward Stafford

Swimming Pool
John Bosload

Black and White
Roderic Chamberlain

Foyle's War
Guy Spencer

Top Gear
Self

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Colonel Simon Lasker (voice)

The Making of Gosford Park
Self (uncredited)

Ali G Indahouse
Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

Gosford Park
Raymond Stockbridge

Alien Evolution
Self / Clemens

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

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Henry Carlyle

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank

Hilary and Jackie
Derek du Pré

What Rats Won't Do
Gerald Burton Jr

The Blood Oranges
Cyril

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Captain Richter

Rebecca
Maxim de Winter

Michael Collins
Soames

Space Truckers
Nabel / Macanudo

Undertow
Lyle Yates

The Surgeon
Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

Shortcut to Paradise
Quinn

Room 101
Self

China Moon
Rupert Munro

Kabloonak
Robert Flaherty

Century
Professor Mandry

Last Action Hero
Benedict

Alien³
Clemens

La valle di pietra
Surveyor

The Phantom of the Opera
Erik/The Phantom

Goldeneye
Ian Fleming

First Born
Edward Forester

First Born
Edward Forester

Out of the Shadows
Michael Hayden

Pascali's Island
Anthony Bowles

White Mischief
Josslyn Hay

Hidden City
James Richards

Good Morning, Babylon
D.W. Griffith

Out on a Limb
Gerry Stamford

The Golden Child
Sardo Numspa

The Flying Doctors
Minister

The McGuffin
Paul Hatcher

Time for Murder
James Latimer

Plenty
Raymond Brock

Screen Two
Paul Hatcher

The Secret Servant
SAS Major Harry Maxim

Rainy Day Women
John Truman

The Jewel in the Crown
Guy Perron

Natural World

Little Eyolf
Borghejm

For Your Eyes Only
Claus

Fatal Spring
Siegfried Sassoon

Dreams of Leaving
Colin

Tales of the Unexpected
Robert Smythe

An Audience with...
Self

The Professionals
Parker

Raffles

Father Brown
Commandant Neil O'Brien

Playhouse
Siegfried Sassoon

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month
Borghejm