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Charles Dance is a British actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Walter Charles Dance in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, on October 10, 1946, he holds United Kingdom citizenship. He is an English person who speaks British English and resides in Kentish Town. Dance began his work period in 1974 and has been educated at De Montfort University.
He is recognized for his work in acting, including Shakespearean comedy. Dance has received the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He has three children and was in an unmarried partnership with Sophia Myles. His native name is Charles Dance.
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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…
Known for
- Untitled The Batman Sequel — Charles Dent2027
- Ladies First — Fred Powell2026
- The Big Fat Quiz of Telly — Self - Guest2026
- Frankenstein — Leopold Frankenstein2025
- Creditors — Gustaf2025
- Wildcat — Frasier Mahoney2025
- World of Westeros Ambient Video — Tywin Lannister2025
- Rumours — Edison Wolcott2024
- The First Omen — Father Harris2024
- Samaná Sunrise — Noah Blum2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Redditch
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- De Montfort University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Field of work
- acting
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- Charles Dance 2012 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- Kentish Town
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- Charles Dance
- date of birth
- 1946-10-10
- unmarried partner
- Sophia Myles
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- name in native language
- Charles Dance
- ethnic group
- English people
- birth name
- Walter Charles Dance
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Encyclopedic overview
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 acted in a string of critically acclaimed period films such as 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.
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