1946 - Today
Walter Charles Dance (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. His most notable film roles include Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in Alien 3 (1992), Benedict in Last Action Hero (1993), Lord Havelock Vetinari in Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010), the Master Vampire in Dracula Untold (2014), Alastair Denniston in The Imitation Game (2014), Alan Jonah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and William Randolph Hearst in Mank (2020). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Dance has received more than 8,117,398 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Charles Dance is the 378th most popular actor (down from 357th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 539th in 2019) and the 57th 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 378 out of 10,030. Before him are Carole Lombard, Danny Glover, Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, James Woods, and Bill Bixby. After him are James Cromwell, Maurice Chevalier, Brian Dennehy, Emmanuelle Riva, Lino Ventura, and Gloria Swanson.
1908 - 1942
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 372
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 373
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 374
1923 - 1985
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 375
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 376
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 377
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 378
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 379
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 380
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 381
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 382
1919 - 1987
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 383
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 384
Among people born in 1946, Charles Dance ranks 53. Before him are Arrigo Sacchi, Barry Gibb, Masoud Barzani, Nicos Anastasiades, Ed O'Neill, and Danny Glover. After him are Chris Slade, Isaias Afwerki, André the Giant, Uri Geller, Sally Field, and Bob Beamon.
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 48
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 49
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 51
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 52
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 53
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 54
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 55
1946 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 56
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 57
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 58
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 59
Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Dance ranks 542 out of 6,924. Before him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), John Bunyan (1628), Charles Laughton (1899), Richard Branson (1950), Thomas Chippendale (1718), and John Wallis (1616). After him are Pope Adrian IV (1100), Marie of Romania (1875), John Edward Gray (1800), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and J. L. Austin (1911).
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 536
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 537
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 538
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 539
1718 - 1779
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 540
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 541
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 542
1100 - 1159
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 543
1875 - 1938
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 544
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 545
880 - 1000
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 546
1473 - 1483
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 547
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 548
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Charles Dance ranks 57. Before him are Wentworth Miller (1972), John Cleese (1939), Daniel Craig (1968), Kate Winslet (1975), Bob Hoskins (1942), and Charles Laughton (1899). After him are Jonathan Pryce (1947), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jean Simmons (1929), Robbie Coltrane (1950), and Diana Rigg (1938).
1972 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 51
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 52
1968 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 53
1975 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 54
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 55
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 56
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 57
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 58
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 60
1929 - 2010
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 61
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 62
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 63