1946 - Today
Walter Charles Dance (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dance has received more than 8,993,821 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Charles Dance is the 333rd most popular actor (up from 378th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 542nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Actor.
Charles Dance is most famous for his role as Tywin Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Among actors, Charles Dance ranks 333 out of 9,996. Before him are Michael Keaton, Michael Landon, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Andy García, and Janet Leigh. After him are Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, Ron Perlman, Errol Flynn, Jeff Goldblum, and Telly Savalas.
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 327
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 328
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 329
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 330
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 331
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 332
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 333
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 334
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 335
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 336
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 337
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 338
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 339
Among people born in 1946, Charles Dance ranks 48. Before him are Marianne Faithfull, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Barry Gibb, Liza Minnelli, Robert Fripp, and Masoud Barzani. After him are Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Arrigo Sacchi, André the Giant, Lars Vilks, Talia Shire, and Sally Field.
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 43
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 45
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 46
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 48
1946 - 2022
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 49
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 50
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 51
1946 - 2021
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 52
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 53
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 54
Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Dance ranks 449 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Fox Talbot (1800), David Attenborough (1926), James I of Scotland (1394), Robert II of Scotland (1316), Kate Winslet (1975), and Thomas Harriot (1560). After him are Morrissey (1959), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Robert Plant (1948), William Shockley (1910), and Mike Oldfield (1953).
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 443
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 444
1394 - 1437
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 445
1316 - 1390
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 446
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 447
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 448
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 449
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 450
1020 - 1076
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 451
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 452
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 453
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 454
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 455
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Charles Dance ranks 51. Before him are David Niven (1910), Ian Holm (1931), Robbie Coltrane (1950), Deborah Kerr (1921), Hugh Grant (1960), and Kate Winslet (1975). After him are Donald Pleasence (1919), John Cleese (1939), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Albert Finney (1936), Emma Thompson (1959), and Diana Rigg (1938).
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 45
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 46
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 47
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 48
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 49
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 51
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 52
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 53
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 54
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 55
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 56
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 57