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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
Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in Nightwing: Fear State
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After six years defending Blüdhaven, Dick Grayson has become more than Batman’s former protégé — he’s its protector, its symbol of hope, and sometimes its last light. But when Jonathan Crane, the twisted mastermind known as Scarecrow, resurfaces, that light begins to fade. Crane has formed an alliance with other Gotham rogues and planted four Fear Toxin bombs across the city, threatening to drown Blüdhaven in madness. As paranoia spreads and innocent people turn violent, Nightwing is pushed to his limits, forced to battle both Crane’s growing network and the demons buried deep within himself — guilt, failure, and the fear that he’ll never live up to the Bat he left behind. Nightwing: Fear State is a dark, R-rated psychological thriller that tests every ounce of Dick Grayson’s will. With time running out, the Batfamily — Batman, Batgirl, and Robin — arrives to help, reigniting old rivalries and buried pain. As the team races to disarm the bombs, Blüdhaven becomes a war zone of terror and betrayal. In the explosive finale, Nightwing confronts Scarecrow in a battle that’s as much mental as physical, proving that courage isn’t the absence of fear — it’s the strength to face it head-on, even when the whole city is burning.
