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.
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| 1 | Frankenstein (2025) | Leopold Frankenstein | 7.1 | |
| 2 | Rumours (2024) | Edison Wolcott | 6 | |
| 3 | The First Omen (2024) | Father Harris | 6.6 | |
| 4 | Against the Ice (2022) | Minister Neergaard | 5.5 | |
| 5 | The King's Man (2021) Most waited movies 2021 | Kitchener | 6.6 | |
| 6 | The Book Of Vision (2021) | Dr. Johan Anmuth | - | - |
| 7 | Mank (2020) | William Randolph Hearst | 7.1 | |
| 8 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019) | John Lye | 5 | |
| 9 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) | Alan Jonah | 6.5 | |
| 10 | Iron Mask (2019) | Lord Dudley | 6 | |
| 11 | Euphoria (2018) | Mr. Daren | 7.5 | |
| 12 | Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) | Agent Seven | 6.6 | |
| 13 | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) | Uncle Bertie | 7 | |
| 14 | Despite the Falling Snow (2016) | Old Alexander Ivanov | 7 | |
| 15 | Ghostbusters (2016) | Harold Fillmore | 6.1 | |
| 16 | Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) | Thomas | 6.1 | |
| 17 | Me Before You (2016) | Stephen Traynor | 7.8 | |
| 18 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) | Mr. Bennet | 6.6 | |
| 19 | Victor Frankenstein (2015) | Frankenstein | 6.4 | |
| 20 | Child 44 (2015) | Major Grachev | 6.4 | |
| 21 | Woman in Gold (2015) | Sherman | 7 | |
| 22 | Admiral (2015) | King Charles II | 5.8 | |
| 23 | Instruments of Darkness (2015) | Duncan | - | - |
| 24 | Forbidden Empire (2014) | Lord Dudley | 5.5 | |
| 25 | The Imitation Game (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Commander Denniston | 8.2 | |
| 26 | Dracula Untold (2014) | Master Vampire | 6.4 | |
| 27 | Patrick (2013) | Doctor Roget | 4.3 | |
| 28 | Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013) | Legantir (voice) | 5.8 | |
| 29 | The Science of Doctor Who (2013) | Self | 7.5 | |
| 30 | Midnight's Children (2012) | William Methwold | 6.5 | |
| 31 | Underworld: Awakening (2012) | Thomas | 6.6 | |
| 32 | St George's Day (2012) | Trenchard | 4.5 | |
| 33 | Your Highness (2011) | King Tallious | 5.2 | |
| 34 | Ironclad (2011) | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | 6.1 | |
| 35 | There Be Dragons (2011) | Solono | 6 | |
| 36 | Intervention (2007) | Private Investigator | - | - |
| 37 | The Contractor (2007) | DCS Andrew Windsor | 5.5 | |
| 38 | Twice Upon a Time (2006) | Battar Master of Ceremonies | - | - |
| 39 | Starter for 10 (2006) | Michael Harbinson | 6.3 | |
| 40 | Scoop (2006) | Mr. Malcolm | 6.3 | |
| 41 | Ladies in Lavender (2004) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 42 | Swimming Pool (2003) | John Bosload | 5.5 | |
| 43 | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 44 | Ali G Indahouse (2002) | Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton | 6.2 | |
| 45 | Gosford Park (2001) Oscars 2003 | Raymond Stockbridge | 7 | |
| 46 | Alien Evolution (2001) | Self / Clemens | - | - |
| 47 | Dark Blue World (2001) | Wing Commander Bentley | 3.7 | |
| 48 | What Rats Won't Do (1998) | Gerald Burton Jr | 8 | |
| 49 | Hilary and Jackie (1998) Oscars 1999 | Derek du Pré | 8.5 | |
| 50 | Space Truckers (1996) | Nabel / Macanudo | 5.5 | |
| 51 | Michael Collins (1996) | Soames | 7.3 | |
| 52 | China Moon (1994) | Rupert Munro | 3 | |
| 53 | Last Action Hero (1993) | Benedict | 6.5 | |
| 54 | Alien³ (1992) | Clemens | 6.6 | |
| 55 | White Mischief (1987) | Josslyn Hay | 5 | |
| 56 | Hidden City (1987) | James Richards | 5 | |
| 57 | The Golden Child (1986) | Sardo Numspa | 6.8 | |
| 58 | Plenty (1985) | Raymond Brock | 2 | |
| 59 | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | Claus | 6.9 | |
| 60 | Viy 3: Travel to India | - | - | - |
