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Charles Dance
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Charles is an English actor, screen writer and film director with a career spanning 40 years. Dance was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during the mid- to late-1970s.
Interesting Facts:
- He played the role of Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones, based on the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin. Dance was wooed for the role by the producers whilst filming Your Highness in Belfast. He appeared in the first four seasons of the show, and stated that he would reprise the role in Season 5, despite his character's death in the previous season.
- Dance's debut film as a writer and director was Ladies in Lavender (2004), which starred Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. In 2009, he directed his own adaptation of Alice Thomas Ellis's The Inn at the Edge of the World.
- Charles originally planned to become a graphic designer after graduating from the Plymouth college of Art before becoming interested in Acting.
