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Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown. He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Charles Dance
Maximilian Kohler
for Maximilian Kohler in Angels & Demons
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"Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown follows the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he is summoned to help solve a murder and prevent a catastrophic event within the Vatican. The story begins with the death of a prominent physicist, Leonardo Vetra, who is found murdered at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. His chest is branded with a symbol representing the Illuminati, an ancient secret society. Before his death, Vetra had been working on a highly dangerous antimatter experiment. Robert Langdon is called to CERN to investigate Vetra's murder. He learns that the Illuminati, long thought to be extinct, have resurfaced and are threatening to destroy the Catholic Church with a devastating weapon stolen from CERN: antimatter. Langdon is soon joined by Vittoria Vetra, Leonardo's daughter and a brilliant scientist in her own right. Together, they follow a series of cryptic clues left by Vetra that lead them to Rome, where the papal conclave is about to elect a new pope. As Langdon and Vittoria race against time to unravel the Illuminati's plan, they uncover a conspiracy that involves ancient symbols, secret passages, and a centuries-old vendetta against the Catholic Church. Along the way, they encounter danger at every turn, including assassination attempts and deadly traps set by the Illuminati.
