What is Charles Dance?
{{Infobox person | name = Charles Dance | honorific_suffix = [[OBE]] | image = Charles Dance 2012 (cropped).jpg | caption = Dance at the London Film and Comic Con, July 2012 | birth_name = Walter Charles Dance | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Redditch]], [[Worcestershire]], England, United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Actor]], [[screenwriter]], [[movie director]] | years_active = 1974–present | spouse = {{marriage|Joanna Haythorn|1970|2004|end=div}} | children = 3 | father = Walter Dance | mother = Eleanor Marion Perks | nationality = British | residence = | alma_mater = [[De Montfort University]]<br/> [[Plymouth College of Art]] | partner = Eleanor Boorman (2010–2012) }} '''Walter Charles Dance''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and movie director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/charles-dance/biography.html|title=Charles Dance - Biography|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015101722/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/charles-dance/biography.html|archive-date=15 October 2012|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref> He is known for playing [[:wikt:strict|strict]], [[:wikt:authoritarian|authoritarian]] characters and [[villain]]s. Dance is known for his roles as [[Tywin Lannister]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Guy Perron in ''[[The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)|The Jewel in the Crown]]'' (1984), Sardo Numspa in ''[[The Golden Child]]'' (1986), Jonathan Clemens in ''[[Alien 3]]'' (1992), Benedict in ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' (1993), the Master Vampire in ''[[Dracula Untold]]'' (2014), [[Lord Vetinari|Lord Havelock Vetinari]] in ''[[Terry Pratchett's Going Postal]]'' (2010), Legantir in ''[[Justin and the Knights of Valour]]'' (2013) and [[Alastair Denniston]] in ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Charles-Dance.html |title=Charles Dance Biography