Actor, director, producer and screenwriter Walter Charles Dance is familiar to modern moviegoers in the role of Tywin Lannister in the series Game of Thrones. However, in his long acting career, there were other interesting works.
Biography
Dance was born on October 10, 1946, in the county of Worcestershire in England. Walter Dance, the father of the future famous actor, a former soldier who took part in the South African Boer Company, worked as an electrical engineer. Mother, Eleanor Marion Perks, worked as a cook, and then moved to the laundry room.
When Charles was 4 years old, his father died of a heart attack. Eleanor with her young son had to move to Plymouth. There he spent his childhood and youth, receiving education at the Technical School for Boys, a closed educational institution. Years later, Charles discovered that his father was much older than he believed in childhood and has Belgian roots.
The future actor acquired the desire to connect life with creativity back in Plymouth, actively participating in various creative productions of his school. After completing secondary education, Charles Dance moved to Leicester, where he studied photography and design at a local art school. However, after receiving a diploma, I decided to try myself in the acting field.
Actor career
Charles Dance began his acquaintance with the acting profession in 1974, having visited many castings and received secondary roles in the TV series “Heirs” and “Tales of Father Brown, ” thanks to his characteristic appearance. The roles in these paintings have not brought wide recognition and fame to the aspiring actor.
In 1984, the actor received the main role in the series "Jewel in the Crown", was warmly received by critics and the public. After such a success, Charles began to be offered roles in completely different budgetary films and television shows. He participated in the highly successful mini-series The Phantom of the Opera and Velvet Fingers.
In 1991, Charles received an invitation to take part in the filming of Alien 3. According to the actor, at that time it was the most memorable shooting process in his memory. Sometimes it was necessary to improvise, as the script of certain moments of the film changed on the go. However, he gained invaluable experience and was able to impress the most influential filmmakers of that time.
In 2010, Charles completed negotiations with HBO managers and accepted the invitation to play the role of Tywin Lannister (Guardian of the West) in the series Game of Thrones. According to representatives of the channel, the producers of the series decided to invite Charles to this role after watching his acting in the movie "Your Highness". The role of the Guardian allowed Dance to gain new fans and connoisseurs of his talent.
Also in 2014, at the invitation of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, Charles Dance took part in scoring an advertising promotion dedicated to the 21 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. In total, the piggy bank of an elderly artist has more than 120 roles in a wide variety of projects.
Dan's last acting job was a role in the new King'S Man movie, which will be released in 2020.
Other jobs
In 2004, Charles tried himself as a director, screenwriter and producer, releasing the musical melodrama "Ladies in Lilac" on the screens. This is a story about two sisters who live in solitude in a small coastal English town. Once on the shore of the sea throws a wounded youth Andrei, who changed the lives of the sisters and woke their feelings. The film has earned high ratings and critical acclaim.
In 2009, Dance filmed the novel by the famous writer Alice Thomas Ellis, The Inn at the Edge of the World, an intriguing story about five strangers gathered in a hotel on a secluded island to spend their Christmas here. At times, mysticism intervenes in their complex interwoven relationships. Unfortunately, this was the last directorial work of Charles, although his fans hope to continue.
In addition to acting in films, Charles has actively performed in various theaters: Greenwich, Chichester, the Sheffsbury Theater and others, playing many roles on the stage, transforming into a wide variety of images, from travesty to the great kings of the past. He was one of the participants in the so-called Royal Shakespeare Company in the mid-70s and repeatedly appeared on the stage of London.
In 2006, Dance received the long-awaited title from the hands of the Queen of Great Britain: he became an officer of the Order of the British Empire for his merit in art, and in 2007 Charles Dance was named the best actor in the opinion of the critical community.
In 2015, Charles Dance took part in the scoring of the sensational game hit The Witcher 3, where he became the voice of the harsh emperor Emgyr Var Emreis. Participating in another game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in 2018, was limited to voicing Butler.
