Charles Dance: movies and TV shows
Charles Dance has 194 credits in the archive: 122 films and 72 TV series, from 1965 to 2028. Highest rated: Game of Thrones (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2028 · busiest year: 2015 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | The Batman: Part II | Charles Dent | Film | — | 81 |
| 2026 | Ladies First | Fred Powell | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2026 | The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self - Guest | Film | — | 79 |
| 2025 | Wildcat | Frasier Mahoney | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2025 | Frankenstein | Leopold Frankenstein | Film | 7.6 | 78 |
| 2025 | Creditors | Gustaf | Film | — | 78 |
| 2024 | The Day of the Jackal | Timothy Winthrop | TV | 8.2 | 77 |
| 2024 | The First Omen | Father Harris | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2024 | Testament: The Story of Moses | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2024 | Churchill at War | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2024 | Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Narrator | Film | 8.2 | 77 |
| 2024 | Rumours | Edison Wolcott | Film | 4.9 | 77 |
| 2024 | Samaná Sunrise | Noah Blum | Film | 5.7 | 77 |
| 2024 | The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2024 | Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty | Old Michaelangelo | TV | 5.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Rabbit Hole | Dr. Ben Wilson | TV | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2023 | Savage Waters | Film | 7.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Roderick Burgess | TV | 7.9 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Clement VII | TV | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2022 | This England | Max Hastings | TV | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | Against the Ice | Minister Neergaard | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2022 | Lancaster | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Hanging Sun | Jacob | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 2022 | Portrait of the Queen | Film | 6.0 | 75 | |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Kitchener | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2021 | Moley | Mr. Moley (voice) | TV | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2021 | The Book Of Vision | Dr. Johan Anmuth | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2021 | The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2020 | Rise of Empires: Ottoman | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2020 | Mank | William Randolph Hearst | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2020 | The Singapore Grip | Mr Webb | TV | 5.7 | 73 |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Alan Jonah | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2019 | Iron Mask | Lord Dudley | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2019 | The Widow | Martin Benson | TV | 6.8 | 72 |
| 2019 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | John Lye | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2019 | Master Moley by Royal Invitation | Mr. James Moley (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | Agent Seven | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2018 | The Little Drummer Girl | Commander Picton | TV | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2018 | Hang Ups | Jeremy Pitt | TV | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2018 | Euphoria | Mr. Daren | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2018 | The Woman in White | Frederick Fairlie | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2018 | Spitfire | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2018 | Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Uncle Bertie | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Self | Film | 8.3 | 71 |
| 2017 | That Good Night | The Visitor | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2017 | Wimbledon Official Film 2017 | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Lord Mountbatten | TV | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2016 | Me Before You | Stephen Traynor | Film | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Harold Fillmore | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars | Thomas | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Mr. Bennet | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2016 | Savage Kingdom | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | Despite the Falling Snow | Old Alexander Ivanov | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | Justice Lawrence Wargrave | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2015 | Child 44 | Major Grachev | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2015 | Childhood's End | Karellen | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2015 | Victor Frankenstein | Frankenstein | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2015 | Deadline Gallipoli | Sir Ian Hamilton | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Sherman | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2015 | Admiral | King Charles II | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Tywin Lannister | Film | 8.6 | 68 |
| 2015 | Instruments of Darkness | Duncan | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Commander Denniston | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2014 | Dracula Untold | Master Vampire | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2014 | The Great Fire | Lord Denton | TV | 6.9 | 67 |
| 2014 | Forbidden Empire | Lord Dudley | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2014 | Retrospective | Jonathan Hoyle | Film | — | 67 |
| 2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Legantir (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2013 | Father's Day | Don | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2013 | Was It Something I Said? | Self - Narrator | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2013 | The Relics of Buddha | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2013 | Patrick | Doctor Roget | Film | 4.9 | 66 |
| 2013 | Speeches That Shook the World | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2013 | The Science of Doctor Who | Self | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Thomas | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2012 | Secret State | John Hodder | TV | 7.1 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Mapmaker | Rowan | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | Midnight's Children | William Methwold | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 2012 | St George's Day | Trenchard | Film | 4.7 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Door | Thomas Arlington | Film | — | 65 |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Tywin Lannister | TV | 8.5 | 64 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2011 | Your Highness | King Tallious | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2011 | Neverland | Dr. Fludd | TV | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2011 | There Be Dragons | Solono | Film | 5.1 | 64 |
| 2011 | Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love | Edmund Aird | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2010 | Strike Back | Conrad Knox | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2010 | Going Postal | Lord Vetinari | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2010 | Drama Trails | TV | — | 63 | |
| 2010 | The Commuter | The Traffic Warden | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2010 | Paris Connections | Aleksandr Borinski | Film | 3.3 | 63 |
| 2010 | The Clerk's Tale | Ralph | Film | — | 63 |
| 2009 | Trinity | Dr. Edmund Maltravers | TV | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Aredian | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2008 | Dickens' Secret Lover | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 61 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 2007 | The Contractor | DCS Andrew Windsor | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2007 | Fallen Angel | David Byfield | TV | 4.5 | 60 |
| 2007 | Intervention | Private Investigator | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2007 | Consenting Adults | Jack Wolfenden | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 59 |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Self | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2006 | Scoop | Mr. Malcolm | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | Michael Harbinson | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Battar Master of Ceremonies | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Mr. Tulkinghorn | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Fingersmith | Mr. Chistopher Lilly | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Sir Henry Somerset | TV | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2005 | Last Rights | Richard Wheeler | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Titanic: Birth of a Legend | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Septimus Bligh | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2004 | Saint John Bosco Mission to Love | Marchese Clementi | TV | — | 57 |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Saint John Bosco Mission to Love | Marchese Clementi | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 2003 | Swimming Pool | John Bosload | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2003 | Henry VIII | Edward Stafford | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2003 | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria | Charles Greville | TV | — | 56 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Guy Spencer | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2002 | Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future | Colonel Simon Lasker (voice) | TV | — | 55 |
| 2002 | Black and White | Roderic Chamberlain | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Raymond Stockbridge | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | TV | — | 54 |
| 2001 | Dark Blue World | Wing Commander Bentley | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | Alien Evolution | Self / Clemens | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2001 | Jurij | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | TV | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Sir Henry Carlyle | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Frank | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1999 | Chrono-Perambulator | James 'Dougie' Douglas | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Derek du Pré | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Gerald Burton Jr | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | Rebecca | Maxim de Winter | TV | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1997 | The Blood Oranges | Cyril | Film | 3.9 | 50 |
| 1997 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Captain Richter | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Soames | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1996 | Space Truckers | Nabel / Macanudo | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1996 | Undertow | Lyle Yates | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1995 | The Surgeon | Dr. Ed Mittlesbay | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1994 | China Moon | Rupert Munro | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1994 | Shortcut to Paradise | Quinn | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1994 | Kabloonak | Robert Flaherty | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Benedict | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1993 | Century | Professor Mandry | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1992 | Alien³ | Clemens | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1992 | La valle di pietra | Surveyor | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik/The Phantom | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1989 | Goldeneye | Ian Fleming | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1988 | First Born | Edward Forester | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island | Anthony Bowles | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1988 | Out of the Shadows | Michael Hayden | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1988 | First Born | Edward Forester | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1987 | White Mischief | Josslyn Hay | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | Gerry Stamford | TV | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | D.W. Griffith | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1987 | Hidden City | James Richards | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Minister | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1986 | The Golden Child | Sardo Numspa | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1986 | The McGuffin | Paul Hatcher | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Paul Hatcher | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Professor Mandry | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1985 | Plenty | Raymond Brock | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | James Latimer | TV | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Guy Perron | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | The Secret Servant | SAS Major Harry Maxim | TV | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1984 | Rainy Day Women | John Truman | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1983 | Natural World | TV | 7.4 | 36 | |
| 1982 | Little Eyolf | Borghejm | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | Claus | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1980 | Fatal Spring | Siegfried Sassoon | Film | — | 33 |
| 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | Colin | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Robert Smythe | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Parker | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 1977 | Raffles | TV | 8.4 | 30 | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Siegfried Sassoon | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | Father Brown | Commandant Neil O'Brien | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1974 | The Inheritors | Simon Leadbetter | TV | — | 27 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 24 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 23 | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Borghejm | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| Viy 3: Travel to India | Film | — | — | ||
| The Liar | Tickford | Film | — | — | |
| A Patriot | Dr. Hastings | Film | — | — |