Charles Dance
Actor
- Edward VII (TV Series) (1975)
- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Timothy West, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy…
- Superb period drama covers the complicated 'Royal' Edward VII, who was almost an old man by the time he finally became King of England in the early…
- Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik…
- One of the supreme TV events of the 1980s, this epic adaptation of Paul Scott's novels 'The Raj Quartet' is set in 1930–40s India: the 'jewel…
- Plenty (1985)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill…
- Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
- Time for Murder (1985)
- Feat. Claire Bloom, Charles Dance, Sylvia Syms…
- This unheralded, one–off British crime series commissioned six authors to conceive a series of murder mysteries for the small screen. A superb…
- Golden Child, The (1986)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance
- Hot off BEVERLY HILLS COP, Eddie Murphy plays a private detective specializing in missing children who is charged with finding a special child whom…
- White Mischief (1987)
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Sarah Miles…
- Popular tale of drugs, decadence, wife–swapping and murder–mystery in colonial Kenya, with an attractive cast.
- Out on a Limb (1987)
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Charles Dance, Anne Jackson…
- Unusual docudrama that follows the epic journey of self–discovery of actress Shirley MacLaine, as she travels the world in search of…
- Pascali's Island (1988)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance
- Polished thriller in which frustrated Turkish spy Ben Kingsley discovers little honour among thieves after he steals a Greek treasure with mysterious…
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Pete Postlethwaite…
- Third entry suffers from its plagued production history, but still emerges as an enjoyable piece of hokum and Sigourney is as terrific as always.
- Century (1993)
- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Clive Owen, Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance
- Medical researchers agonize over love, ethics and the future at the turn of the twentieth century. Though a period picture, it captures an excitable…
- Space Truckers (1996)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar…
- A non–villainous Dennis Hopper plays a long–haul truckie of the future, toting a lucrative sealed cargo across the galaxy. Stephen Dorff…
- Blood Oranges, The (1997)
- Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. Charles Dance, Sheryl Lee, Colin Lane…
- An obscure indie–psychodrama from the dir. of MUSIC OF CHANCE and ANGELS AND INSECTS, with Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee as a…
- Rebecca (1997)
- Dir. Jim O'Brien
Feat. Charles Dance, Diana Rigg, Emilia Fox…
- Late–90s British televisation of the classic Daphne Du Maurier gothic romance, with Charles Dance as the widowed aristocrat whose remarriage to…
- Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. James D'Arcy, Charles Dance
- An ITV version of Charles Dickens’ saga of family misfortune. Young Nicholas (James D’Arcy) must fight his malevolent uncle (Charles Dance) to…
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Paul Seed
Feat. Ian Richardson, Robin Laing, Charles Dance
- A rather fascinating speculation which dramatises the real–life relationship between "Sherlock Homes"–author Arthur Conan Doyle (Laing)…
- Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet) (2001)
- Dir. Jan Sverak
Feat. Krystof Hadek, Ondrej Vetchy, Charles Dance…
- From the dir. of KOLYA and based on the story of Czech pilots who fled the Nazis in WW2 to fly alongside the RAF, this is an unsentimental, yet…
- Black and White (2002)
- Dir. Craig Lahiff
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kerry Fox, Charles Dance…
- Stirring courtroom drama based on the dubious conviction for murder of an Aboriginal man in 1950s Adelaide, which dragged the government and press…
- Swimming Pool (2003)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance
- A beguiling psychological thriller, in which a British mystery–novelist (Rampling) travels to her publisher's holiday house in rural France for…
- Fingersmith (2005)
- Dir. Aisling Walsh
Feat. Elaine Cassidy, Charles Dance, Imelda Staunton…
- BBC teledrama set around a girlish pickpocket (Hawkins) in Victorian London who becomes involved in a nasty plan to defraud a wealthy heiress…
- Starter for 10 (Starter for Ten) (2006)
- Dir. Tom Vaughan
Feat. James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall, Alice Eve…
- Cute but formulaic youthful rom–com set in Thatcher's Britain, with the boyishly handsome James McAvoy as a working–class (yeah, right)…
- Fallen Angel (TV Series) (2007)
- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Emilia Fox, Charles Dance, Clare Holman
- Disquieting Brit crime thriller fixed on the story of a murderess, starting at her most recent crime then winding back through time to reveal her…
- Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)
- Dir. Sarah Aspinall
Feat. Charles Dance, David Haig, Amy Shiels
- Intelligent docu–drama that uncovers the torrid love life of Charles Dickens, who embarked on a clandestine affair with an actress young enough…
- Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010)
- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Richard Coyle, David Suchet, Claire Foy…
- Lavish adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel set once again in the discworld universe. A convicted conman gets a fate worse than death, in this case…
- Ironclad (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan English
Feat. Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, James Purefoy…
- Thumping medieval actioner has a group of Knights Templar fighting to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. Satisfyingly bloody…
- Your Highness (2011)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco…
- Deeply irreverent fantasy romp clearly conceived in a cloud of pot smoke has Franco and McBride desperate to rescue Deschanel from an evil wizard…
- Neverland (TV Mini-series) (2011)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins…
- Clever prequel to "Peter Pan" from the producers of TIN MAN and ALICE that gives a fresh, alternative take on the origins of Peter Pan and Captain…
- Blood and Country (There Be Dragons) (2011)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott…
- Roland Joffe (THE KILLING FIELDS) directs this epic, if overambitious Spanish Civil War drama spread across three different storylines: two…
- Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- Dir. Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance
- When the human race wages war on both the Vampire and Lycan species, leather–clad warrioress Kate Beckinsale goes to battle in this routine…
- Game of Thrones - Season 2 (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
- Secret State (TV Mini-series) (2012)
- Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Charles Dance, Rupert Graves…
- Gabriel Byrne stars in this political thriller that explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business and the banks.
- Game of Thrones - Season 3 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
- Patrick (2013)
- Dir. Mark Hartley
Feat. Charles Dance, Rachel Griffiths, Sharni Vinson…
- NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD director Mark Hartley pays homage to this Ozploitation classic by remaking it over with an all knowing wink. The stylish, if…
- Great Fire, The (TV Mini-series) (2014)
- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Andrew Buchan, Charles Dance, Jack Huston…
- Vivid dramatisation of The Great Fire of London that details the stories of a city and its people in crisis..
- Game of Thrones - Season 4 (TV Series) (2014)
- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
- Dracula Untold (2014)
- Dir. Gary Shore
Feat. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon…
- Another definitely–not–untold Dracula story, revamped in typical Hollywood action–adventure style that may leave you yearning for…
- Imitation Game, The (2014)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode…
- Entertaining, though hardly accurate, biopic of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who here claims full credit for his work leading a team of…
- Woman in Gold (2015)
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl…
- Helen Mirren elevates this polished if prosaic dramatisation of an elderly Jewish woman who teams with a rookie lawyer (Reynolds) to seek restorative…
- Deadline Gallipoli (TV Mini-Series) (2015)
- Feat. Sam Worthington, Hugh Dancy, Charles Dance…
- Sam Worthington heads this impressively told tale of three journalists who accompanied troops in the ill–fated Gallipoli Campaign.
- Victor Frankenstein (2015)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay…
- Mary Shelley's classic is given an interesting twist, this time told from the perspective of Igor, the hunchbacked assistant who teams with Dr…
- Childhood's End (TV Mini-series) (2015)
- Feat. Mike Vogel, Osy Ikhile, Daisy Betts…
- Sci–fi mini–series based on the 1953 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that posits the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious…
- And Then There Were None (Mini-series) (2015)
- Feat. Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody…
- A three–part miniseries based on the popular Agatha Christie novel, perhaps her darkest and most sinister work. Ten strangers are invited to an…
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
- Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston…
- The myriad charms of Jane Austen's classic novel are put to the test when zombies threaten the happiness of all who dwell on the Bennett estate.…
- Me Before You (2016)
- Dir. Thea Sharrock
Feat. Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer…
- Prestige weepy based on the Jojo Moyes bestseller features Emilia Clarke as a woman in a small town who forms an unlikely bond with a…
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon…
- Proving they're not always a "bridesmaid", Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig headline this riotous girl–powered reboot of the eighties comedy…
- Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
- Dir. Anna Foerster
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Charles Dance…
- Fifth installment in the blood–busting franchise sees death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) attempting to stop the eternal war between Lycans…
- Little Drummer Girl, The (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Michael Shannon, Alexander Skarsgard, Florence Pugh…
- Korean master Park Chan–Wook directs this typically savvy adaptation of the novel by John le Carré that follows the life of a young English…
- Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires, Sam Riley…
- Director Ben Wheatley (HIGH RISE, FREE FIRE) applies his absurd mix of humour and violence to the dysfunction family genre in this comedy about a man…
- Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)
- Dir. Thomas Clay
Feat. Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox
- British period thriller set in 1657 on a Shropshire farm, where Fanny Lye (the magnificent Maxine Peake) is living a quiet, puritan life until the…