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Acting

Charles Dance

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 2015 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 70
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Bleak House
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 117 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Charles Dance Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 10
Character-Driven 9
Biographical Drama 7
Social Commentary 7
Historical Drama 7
Character Study 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Class Conflict 4
Literary Adaptation 4
Emotional Journey 4
Tragic Romance 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

171

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

The Liar

as Tickford

as Dr. Hastings

2020s

26 titles · average score 62

Ladies First

41

as Fred Powell

Frankenstein

79

as Leopold Frankenstein

Wildcat

46

as Frasier Mahoney

The First Omen

70

as Father Harris

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

42

TV show · as Old Michaelangelo

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

71

as Narrator

Rumours

58

as Edison Wolcott

Rabbit Hole

72

TV show · as Dr. Ben Wilson

Against the Ice

59

as Minister Neergaard

Lancaster

79

as Narrator (voice)

The Sandman

72

TV show · as Roderick Burgess

The Book Of Vision

65

as Dr. Johan Anmuth

2010s

58 titles · average score 59

Johnny English Strikes Again

48

as Agent Seven

Me Before You

63

as Stephen Traynor

Despite the Falling Snow

38

as Old Alexander Ivanov

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

50

as Mr. Bennet

And Then There Were None

80

TV show · as Justice Lawrence Wargrave

The Imitation Game

80

as Commander Denniston

Dracula Untold

46

as Master Vampire

Patrick

54

as Doctor Roget

Secret State

73

TV show · as John Hodder

Underworld: Awakening

46

as Thomas

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

TV show · as Edmund Aird

Going Postal

74

TV show · as Lord Vetinari

2000s

34 titles · average score 68

Trinity

61

TV show · as Dr. Edmund Maltravers

Fallen Angel

55

TV show · as David Byfield

Scoop

53

as Mr. Malcolm

Bleak House

87

TV show · as Mr. Tulkinghorn

Fingersmith

75

TV show · as Mr. Chistopher Lilly

Ladies in Lavender

65

Screenplay, Director

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

76

TV show · as Marchese Clementi

Swimming Pool

71

as John Bosload

Henry VIII

70

TV show · as Duke of Buckingham

Ali G Indahouse

55

as Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

72

TV show · as Ralph Nickleby

Gosford Park

80

as Raymond Stockbridge

1990s

20 titles · average score 56

What Rats Won't Do

53

as Gerald Burton Jr

Hilary and Jackie

78

as Derek du Pré

Rebecca

66

TV show · as Maxim de Winter

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

48

as Captain Richter

The Blood Oranges

42

as Cyril

Space Truckers

33

as Nabel / Macanudo

Undertow

54

as Lyle Yates

China Moon

48

as Rupert Munro

Last Action Hero

53

as Benedict

Century

56

as Professor Mandry

Alien³

54

as Clemens

The Phantom of the Opera

75

TV show · as Erik/The Phantom

1980s

23 titles · average score 64

Goldeneye

60

as Ian Fleming

First Born

67

TV show · as Edward Forester

Pascali's Island

66

as Anthony Bowles

First Born

71

as Edward Forester

Out of the Shadows

as Michael Hayden

White Mischief

70

as Josslyn Hay

Out on a Limb

63

TV show · as Gerry Stamford

Hidden City

47

as James Richards

The Golden Child

43

as Sardo Numspa

The McGuffin

as Paul Hatcher

The Secret Servant

TV show · as SAS Major Harry Maxim

Rainy Day Women

as John Truman

1970s

7 titles · average score 74

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Robert Smythe

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Parker

Raffles

81

TV show · as Teddy Garland

Playhouse

TV show · as Siegfried Sassoon

Father Brown

71

TV show · as Commandant Neil O'Brien

TV show · as Simon Leadbetter

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Captain John Truman / Colin

1960s

1 title · average score 61

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Borghejm