Biography
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) 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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Frankenstein
2025
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoi...

Amanece en Samaná
2024
as Noah Blum

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Narrator
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre. The company, started by...

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
2024
as Self
Jimmy Carr tests Babatunde Aléshé, Daisy May Cooper, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, Judi Love and Russell Howard's knowledge of all things TV, fr...

Rumours
2024
as Edison Wolcott
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril whil...

The First Omen
2024
as Father Harris
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own fa...

Savage Waters
2023
The film follows renowned skipper Matt Knight, who teams up with world-class big wave surfer Andrew Cotton to adventure into the most dangerous waters...

Portrait of the Queen
2022
Queen Elizabeth II was the most photographed, the most loved and talked about, spied upon, praised, criticized, popular woman on the planet. All over ...

The Hanging Sun
2022
as Jacob
On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of...

Lancaster
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The story of the iconic WW2 bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial fo...

Against the Ice
2022
as Minister Neergaard
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

The King's Man
2021
as Kitchener
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop ...

The Book of Vision
2021
as Dr. Johan Anmuth
Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life an...

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
as Self
Join acclaimed director David Fincher, actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and the cast and crew of MANK, for a peek behind the curtain of Netflix...

Mank
2020
as William Randolph Hearst
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the sc...

Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
as Mr. James Moley (voice)
The story of a young Mole and his adventure to pick a rose from the Queen's Garden, not knowing that this simple act will change, not only his life, b...

Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
as John Lye
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with ...

Iron Mask
2019
as Lord Dudley
Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets off on a long journey of unbelievable adventures—...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Alan Jonah
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Uncle Bertie
Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother Davi...

Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as Agent Seven
Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only...

Spitfire
2018
as Narrator (voice)
A feature documentary about the people and the planes that helped win World War War II. Through people personally connected to the events, the film in...
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as Self
The Muppets Take the O2 is a live stage show starring the Muppets performed at the O2 Arena in London in July 2018. The show is a follow-up to 2017's ...

Euphoria
2018
as Mr. Daren
The story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the tough questions in life. Euphoria is a contemporary ...

Wimbledon Official Film 2017
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Official Wimbledon Film 2017 delivers an insight into the very best action, on and off the court, at the most famous and revered tennis tournament...

That Good Night
2017
as The Visitor
A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.

Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Thomas
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David a...

Ghostbusters
2016
as Harold Fillmore
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Pat...

Me Before You
2016
as Stephen Traynor
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his ...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Mr. Bennet
A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from differen...

Despite the Falling Snow
2016
as Old Alexander Ivanov
New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the ...

Woman in Gold
2015

Instruments of Darkness
2015
as Duncan
A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.

Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Frankenstein
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Woman in Gold
2015
as Sherman
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis ...

Child 44
2015
as Major Grachev
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the...

Admiral
2015
as King Charles II
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ru...

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Tywin Lannister
The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to de...

The Imitation Game
2014
as Commander Denniston
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant te...

Dracula Untold
2014
as Master Vampire
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to pr...

Retrospective
2014
as Jonathan Hoyle
A wartime photographer takes the last photograph of his career in Palestine, and later uses it to save his own life...

Forbidden Empire
2014
as Lord Dudley
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed...

The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as Self
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of th...

Speeches That Shook the World
2013
as Self
Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining th...

Patrick
2013
as Doctor Roget
Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her ...

Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Legantir (voice)
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

Father's Day
2013
as Don
Joe wants out but the Don won't take no for an answer. Carl lays a plan to use Alison as the bait. Will it work, or will Joe walk away?

The Relics of Buddha
2013
as Narrator (voice)

The Door
2012
as Thomas Arlington
A man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.
The Mapmaker
2012
as Rowan
A short UK drama following an ageing couple who return to the seaside where they were happy 50 years earlier. Now their lives have changed and they fa...

St George's Day
2012
as Trenchard
Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lo...

Midnight's Children
2012
as William Methwold
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their p...

Underworld: Awakening
2012
as Thomas
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Va...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
2011
Long-forgotten scandals from the Aird clan's ancestral history continue to be exposed, and the chain of revelations reaches a shocking conclusion.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
2011
Laura Aird becomes a successful publishing executive, returning from America and moving to London. However, when her grandmother Violet dies, she leav...

Your Highness
2011
as King Tallious
A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

There Be Dragons
2011
as Solono
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged fathe...

Ironclad
2011
as Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that u...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
2010
American executive Conrad Tucker sees a photograph in a magazine of the wealthy Aird family's youngest daughter, and begins a quest to discover if she...

Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
2010
In a flashback, Laura Aird is seen withdrawing totally from society after tragedy strikes. Hamish Balmerino is concerned about her state of mind, and ...
The Commuter
2010
as The Traffic Warden
Dev battles a killer Traffic Warden, a blind ninja, parkour bankers and comes face-to-face with Pamela Anderson before getting stuck in a lift with Ed...
Paris Connections
2010
as Aleksandr Borinski
At the beginning of Paris fashion week, a beautiful young model is brutally murdered. Investigative journalist Madison Castelli, certain that it is mo...
The Clerk's Tale
2010
as Ralph
Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped in the monotonous routine of life at a...
Dickens' Secret Lover
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A docudrama about the relationship between writer Charles Dickens and his mistress Nelly Ternan.

Consenting Adults
2007
as Jack Wolfenden
Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homose...

The Contractor
2007
as DCS Andrew Windsor
Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

Intervention
2007
as Private Investigator
An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.

Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Battar Master of Ceremonies
Alice d'Abanville and Louis Ruinard are two extraordinary personalities. They were the most strikingly glamorous couple of the 70s. But this pair have...

Starter for 10
2006
as Michael Harbinson
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of ...

Scoop
2006
as Mr. Malcolm
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Titanic: Birth of a Legend
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The "Titanic" was considered a masterpiece of modern merchant shipbuilding at the beginning of the 20th century. The documentary "Titanic" traces the ...

Ladies in Lavender
2004
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover ...

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
2004
as Marchese Clementi
Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to ...

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew...

Swimming Pool
2003
as John Bosload
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. Howev...

Black and White
2002
as Roderic Chamberlain
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation M...

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self (uncredited)
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prim...

Gosford Park
2001
as Raymond Stockbridge
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / Clemens
Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and...

Jurij
2001

Dark Blue World
2001
as Wing Commander Bentley
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends....

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
as Ralph Nickleby
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Sir Henry Carlyle
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, aft...
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
as James 'Dougie' Douglas
Teddy Knox, a failed inventor, finds the key to a Stone Age riddle.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
as Frank
Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony...

Hilary and Jackie
1998
as Derek Du Pré
The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Gerald Burton Jr
Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has...

The Blood Oranges
1997
as Cyril
Cyril and Fiona, a free-wheeling married couple, travel to a tropical coastal town to follow their sexual fantasies. Cyril is a manipulator. There, th...

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Captain Richter
In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at redempt...

Michael Collins
1996
as Soames
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a compl...

Space Truckers
1996
as Nabel / Macanudo
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions b...

Undertow
1996
as Lyle Yates
After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged ...

The Surgeon
1995
as Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years la...

Shortcut to Paradise
1994
as Quinn
Quinn shows up at an apartment building in Paradise, a small backwoods community in Puerto Rico, purporting to be the new caretaker the owner has been...

China Moon
1994
as Rupert Munro
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the...

Kabloonak
1994
as Robert Flaherty
In 1922 the first documentary in the genre sense came on the big screen, "Nanook of the North" (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this mo...

Century
1993
as Professor Mandry
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Last Action Hero
1993
as Benedict
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is ...

Alien³
1992
as Clemens
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfo...

La valle di pietra
1992
as Surveyor
In the 18th Century, in Bohemia, a government surveyor meet a priest during a lunch and remained intrigued by him. Years later, in a stony valley, th...

Goldeneye
1989
as Ian Fleming
British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

First Born
1988
as Edward Forester
Edward Forester is a genetic researcher, intent on breeding primate hybrids. But his experiments take a strange turn when he succeeds in breeding a hu...

Out of the Shadows
1988
as Michael Hayden
A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.

Pascali's Island
1988
as Anthony Bowles
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who ...

White Mischief
1987
as Josslyn Hay
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the...

Hidden City
1987
as James Richards
Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents. Will...

Good Morning, Babylon
1987
as D.W. Griffith
After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventu...

The Golden Child
1986
as Sardo Numspa
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the...

The McGuffin
1986
as Paul Hatcher
Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for awhi...

Plenty
1985
as Raymond Brock
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Rainy Day Women
1984
as John Truman
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of wa...

Little Eyolf
1982
as Borghejm
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can afford as a result of his marriage to the wealthy and beau...

For Your Eyes Only
1981
as Claus
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructi...

Fatal Spring
1980
as Siegfried Sassoon
'Can you imagine, just try to imagine the numbers of good men who are going to be slaughtered this summer ...' Using a remarkable blend of dramatic t...

Dreams of Leaving
1980
as Colin
William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Then he met Caroline and so it began, that very stra...
A Patriot
N/A
as Dr. Hastings

The Liar
N/A
as Tickford
Adrian Healey is clever, charming and witty, but above all he is an expert liar. His unparalleled ability to consummately cheat and deceive is a skill...

Viy 3: Travel to India
N/A
Jonathan Green with his beloved Miss Dudley, accompanied by Russian sailors, arrives to the shores of India. They expect to board an English ship boun...
Ladies First
N/A
An unrepentant womanizer finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women. A fiery female counterpart makes things even more complicated.