Bio: Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in Alien3 (1992), Benedict in Last Action Hero (1993), the Master Vampire in Dracula Untold (2014), Lord Havelock Vetinari in Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010), Alastair Denniston in The Imitation Game (2014) and William Randolph Hearst in Mank (2020).He played the role of Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), based on the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin.In 1989, he played Bond creator Ian Fleming in Anglia Television's drama biography.
Tivia: Initially studied graphic design at an art school in Leicester, but on returning to Devon, a passion for acting took over his interest.Despite frequently playing debonair characters, he claims he is not very fashionable in his personal life and usually dons a T-shirt and jeans at home.Played a Bond villain in ''For Your Eyes Only (1981)'' and Bond creator Ian Fleming in the miniseries ''Goldeneye (1989)''.Following the death of his father when he was age four, his mother moved him and his siblings to the Plymouth area of Devon. Charles went on to take an interest in acting and two retired RADA actors agreed to coach him part time.He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List.In 1975, he became supporting player with the Royal Shakespeare Company and played roles in "Hamlet", "Henry IV", "Richard III", "Henry V", "As You Like It" and "Coriolanus", among others.Engaged to sculptor Eleanor Boorman in 2010. Together they had a daughter, Rose, in March 2012 but have since separated.Found international notice after playing the leading part of Guy Perron in the television miniseries The Jewel in the Crown (1984).Has 3 children. Oliver Matthew Dance (born 1974), Rebecca (born 1980) and Rose (born 2012).As of 2021, he has been in 3 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: Gosford Park (2001), The Imitation Game (2014), and Mank (2020).Son of Eleanor Marion (Perks), a cook, and Walter Dance, an engineer. His father was of English and Irish descent, and his mother was of English ancestry.Originally planned to become a graphic designer after graduating from the Plymouth college of Art before becoming interested in Acting.Appeared on the London stage in "Shadowlands" with Janie Dee.Has a brother David but different fathers.