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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.
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"The Corpse Bride" is a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson. Released in 2005, the movie is set in a Victorian-era village and follows the story of Victor Van Dort, a young man who inadvertently finds himself engaged to Emily, the Corpse Bride, after practicing his wedding vows in the woods. Victor is then transported to the Land of the Dead, where he must navigate the complexities of his predicament and choose between his arranged marriage in the world of the living or his unexpected connection with the Corpse Bride in the afterlife. The film explores themes of love, identity, and the boundary between life and death, all presented with Tim Burton's signature dark and whimsical style.
