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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
Old Senator Gaius Cassius
for Old Senator Gaius Cassius in Total War – Rise of Empires
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In an age where empires clash and alliances crumble, the ancient world stands at the brink of chaos. Rome, fractured into rival families—the Julii, Brutii, and Scipii—fights for dominance as civil war brews within the Republic. While internal ambition threatens to tear Rome apart, powerful forces rise across the seas: Carthage prepares for revenge, Greece fights for survival, and the mysterious Egyptian court weaves shadows and seduction into their conquests. As warlords, queens, generals, and spies shape the fate of nations, honor and betrayal walk hand-in-hand. From the blood-soaked arenas of Capua to the burning temples of Carthage, heroes will be born—and legends will fall. Total War – Rise of Empires is an epic political-military saga of conquest, sacrifice, loyalty, and power that reimagines the ancient world through a grounded, cinematic lens.
