Walter Charles Dance OBE born October 10 1946 in Redditch Worcestershire 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 Kings Man Martin Benson in Amazon Primes The Widow Lord Mountbatten in Netflixs 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 oneeyed 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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