Charles Dance was born Walter Charles Dance OBE in Redditch, England. He is an English actor best known for playing stern, authoritarian characters and villains. has more than three decades of professional acting experience.
He gained fame for his roles in a variety of movies and TV shows, including Last Action Hero (1993), Alien3 (1992), Dracula Untold (2014), and most recently The Sandman (since 2022).
Charles Dance children: Meet Oliver Matthew Dance, Rebecca Dance, Rose Boorman Dance
He has been engaged to Italian painter and director Alessandra Alma Masi since October 2019.
He was married to Joanna Haythorn. They were married from 1970 to 2004. His three children include two daughters and a son named Rose Boorman Dance and Oliver Matthew Dance.
Dance played the character Guy Perron, Tywin Lannister, and Lord Mountbatten in the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2015), respectively. He also played Guy Perron in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown (2019–2020).
For his work in the latter, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
