Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) 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 ...
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Swimming Pool
As John Bosload
The Golden Child
As Sardo Numspa
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
As Self
For Your Eyes Only
As Claus
Gosford Park
As Raymond Stockbridge
Twice Upon a Time
As Battar Master of Ceremonies
Alien³
As Clemens
China Moon
As Rupert Munro
Last Action Hero
As Benedict
Plenty
As Raymond Brock
Starter for 10
As Michael Harbinson
White Mischief
As Josslyn Hay
There Be Dragons
As Solono
Dark Blue World
As Wing Commander Bentley
Your Highness
As King Tallious
Ironclad
As Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Good Morning, Babylon
As D.W. Griffith
Hilary and Jackie
As Derek Du Pré
Underworld: Awakening
As Thomas
The Relics of Buddha
As Narrator (voice)
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
As Self (archive footage)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
As Captain Richter
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
As Frank
Saint John Bosco Mission to Love
As Marchese Clementi
Goldeneye
As Ian Fleming
The Blood Oranges
As Cyril
St George's Day
As Trenchard
Justin and the Knights of Valour
As Legantir (voice)
Pascali's Island
As Anthony Bowles
The Surgeon
As Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Master Moley By Royal Invitation
As Mr. James Moley (voice)
Alien Evolution
As Self / Clemens
Consenting Adults
As Jack Wolfenden
Shortcut to Paradise
As Quinn
Patrick
As Doctor Roget
Instruments of Darkness
As Duncan
The Hanging Sun
As Jacob
The Contractor
As DCS Andrew Windsor
Savage Waters
The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
As Sir Henry Carlyle
Paris Connections
As Aleksandr Borinski
The Science of Doctor Who
As Self
The Imitation Game
As Commander Denniston
Space Truckers
As Nabel / Macanudo
Out of the Shadows
As Michael Hayden
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
As Ralph Nickleby
Ali G Indahouse
As Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Little Eyolf
As Borghejm
Jurij
Undertow
As Lyle Yates
Century
As Professor Mandry
Dracula Untold
As Master Vampire
Titanic: Birth of a Legend
As Narrator (voice)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
As Mr. Bennet
Admiral
As King Charles II
Woman in Gold
As Sherman
Lancaster
As Narrator (voice)
Rumours
As Edison Wolcott
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
As Tywin Lannister
A Patriot
As Dr. Hastings
Frankenstein
Portrait of the Queen
Black and White
As Roderic Chamberlain
Child 44
As Major Grachev
Midnight's Children
As William Methwold
Me Before You
As Stephen Traynor
The McGuffin
As Paul Hatcher
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
As Self
The First Omen
As Father Harris
Father's Day
As Don
Despite the Falling Snow
As Old Alexander Ivanov
The Mapmaker
As Rowan
Underworld: Blood Wars
As Thomas
Scoop
As Mr. Malcolm
Forbidden Empire
As Lord Dudley
Retrospective
As Jonathan Hoyle
Ghostbusters
As Harold Fillmore
Euphoria
As Mr. Daren
The Clerk's Tale
As Ralph
Michael Collins
As Soames
Dickens' Secret Lover
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Iron Mask
As Lord Dudley
Victor Frankenstein
As Frankenstein
Kabloonak
As Robert Flaherty
Amanece en Samaná
The Commuter
As The Traffic Warden
Dreams of Leaving
As Colin
Hidden City
As James Richards
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
As John Lye
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
As Alan Jonah
That Good Night
As The Visitor
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-Family Secret
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-A Healing Heart
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Reunion
Rosamunde Pilcher: Shades of Love-The Scandal
First Born
As Edward Forester
The Book of Vision
As Dr. Johan Anmuth
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
As Uncle Bertie
Rainy Day Women
As John Truman
Speeches That Shook the World
As Self
The Door
As Thomas Arlington
Spitfire
As Narrator (voice)
Johnny English Strikes Again
As Agent Seven
Wimbledon Official Film 2017
As Narrator (voice)
The King's Man
As Kitchener
Chrono-Perambulator
As James 'Dougie' Douglas
Mank
As William Randolph Hearst
La valle di pietra
As Surveyor
The Muppets Take The O2
As Self
What Rats Won't Do
As Gerald Burton Jr
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
As Self (uncredited)
The Liar
As Tickford
Viy 3: Travel to India
Against the Ice
As Minister Neergaard
Intervention
As Private Investigator
Fatal Spring
As Siegfried Sassoon
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
As Narrator
Ladies First
Game of Thrones
As Tywin Lannister
The One Show
As Self
Tales of the Unexpected
As Robert Smythe
The Professionals
As Parker
Bleak House
As Mr. Tulkinghorn
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
The Jewel in the Crown
As Guy Perron
Foyle's War
Trinity
As Dr. Edmund Maltravers
Fallen Angel
As David Byfield
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
As Sir Henry Carlyle
Going Postal
As Lord Vetinari
Raffles
Trial & Retribution
Play for Today
Fingersmith
As Mr. Chistopher Lilly
Rebecca
As Maxim de Winter
Natural World
Neverland
As Dr. Fludd
Father Brown
Drama Trails
Strike Back
As Conrad Knox
Secret State
As John Hodder
Would I Lie to You?
As Self
BBC Play of the Month
As Borghejm
Big Fat Quiz
As Self - Guest
Who Do You Think You Are?
As Self
Childhood's End
As Karellen
The Phantom of the Opera
As The Phantom of the Opera
And Then There Were None
As Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Merlin
As Aredian
Edward the Seventh
As Prince Eddy
Deadline Gallipoli
As Sir Ian Hamilton
Moley
As Mr. Moley (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love
As Edmund Aird
An Audience with...
As Self
To the Ends of the Earth
As Sir Henry Somerset
The Flying Doctors
As Minister
The Crown
As Lord Mountbatten
Out on a Limb
As Gerry Stamford
Savage Kingdom
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Hole
As Dr. Ben Wilson
The Great Fire
As Lord Denton
Nancy Astor
As Edward Hartford-Jones
Room 101
As Self
The Woman in White
As Frederick Fairlie
The Widow
As Martin Benson
The Sandman
As Roderick Burgess
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
As Self - Participant
Testament: The Story of Moses
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Henry VIII
As Edward Stafford
This England
As Max Hastings
Time for Murder
As James Latimer
The Serpent Queen
As Clement VII
Agatha Christie's Marple
As Septimus Bligh
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
As Self - Narrator (voice)
First Born
Screen Two
As Paul Hatcher
The Singapore Grip
As Mr Webb
The Little Drummer Girl
As Commander Picton
Hang Ups
As Jeremy Pitt
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
As Old Michaelangelo
Top Gear
As Self
The Day of the Jackal
As Timothy Winthrop