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Most of the following credits were kindly provided to me years ago by Charles Dance's agent. I've tried to be as accurate as possible in updating the information for the years since 1993, but if you notice any errors or omissions, !

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Director/Producer || Film || TV || Theatre


 


Director/Producer

Charles Dance on location with Ladies in Lavender

 



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 Film

2007

2006

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

Macanudo; Space Truckers

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

As Clemens in Alien 3

1990

1988

1986

1985

1981



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Television

"Consenting Adults" -- BBC4 2007
"Fallen Angel" -- ITV1 2007
Miniseries
"Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs" -- BBC TV 2006
Miniseries
"Bleak House" -- BBC TV 2005
Miniseries
"To the Ends of the Earth" -- BBC TV 2005
Miniseries
"Fingersmith" -- BBC TV 2005
"Last Rights" -- Channel 4 Television 2005
"Don Bosco" -- Lux Vide (Italy) 2004
"Henry VIII" -- Granada Television 2003
"Looking for Victoria" -- BBC TV 2003
"Trial & Retribution VII", Ep. 14 - "Suspicion (2)" -- ITV 2003
"Foyle's War" -- Carlton TV 2001
"Nicholas Nickleby" -- ITV 2001
Miniseries
"Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)", Ep. 1 - "Drop Dead" -- BBC TV 2000
"Justice in Wonderland - The Hamilton v Al Fayed Libel Trial" -- BBC2 2000
Docu-drama
"Murder Rooms - The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes" -- BBC2 2000
Miniseries
"In the Presence of Mine Enemies" -- Showtime 1997
"Rebecca" -- Carlton TV 1996
Miniseries.
NOTE: the US version had 15 minutes cut from it (read about the missing scenes). Please visit Amazon UK for the unedited version; check compatibility with your player before ordering.
"The Phantom of the Opera" -- NBC/USA 1989
Miniseries
"Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming" -- Anglia TV 1989
"First Born" -- BBC TV 1988
Miniseries
"Tales of the Unexpected", Ep. 103 - "Skeleton in the Cupboard" -- Anglia Television 1987
TV series, anthology
"Out of the Shadows" -- YTV 1987
"Out on a Limb" -- NBC/USA 1986
Miniseries
"The McGuffin" -- BBC TV 1986
"Thunder Rock" -- BBC TV 1986 ¹
"This Lightning Always Strikes Twice" -- Granada International 1985 ¹
"The Secret Servant" -- BBC TV 1984
Miniseries
"Play for Today", Ep. 14.10 - "Rainy Day Women" -- BBC TV 1984
"The Jewel in the Crown" -- Granada TV 1984
Miniseries
"Saigon - The Last Day" -- BBC TV 1982 ¹
"Nancy Astor" -- BBC TV 1982 ¹
Miniseries
"Frost in May" -- BBC TV 1981 ¹
Miniseries
"Little Eyolf" -- BBC TV 1980 ¹
"The Fatal Spring" -- BBC TV 1978 ¹
"Raffles", Ep. 1.10 - "Mr. Justice Raffles" -- BBC TV 1978 ¹

"Edward VII" -- ATV 1974 ¹
Miniseries

¹ Taped rather than filmed.


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Theatre

Charles joined The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975 and appeared as FORTINBRAS/REYNALDO in Hamlet; THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR in Perkin Warbeck; CATEXBY in Richard III; LANCASTER in Henry IV (Parts I & II); OLIVER in As You Like It; WILLIAMS in Henry V; BUCKINGHAM in Henry VI Part II; FREEMAN in The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs; TULLUS AUFIDIUS in Coriolanus.

While on tour with The Royal Shakespeare Company to New York in 1975, Charles took over the title role in Henry V, and in 1979 while with the Company in Paris he took over the title role in Coriolanus for two performances.

Charles Dance and Jessica Lange in Long Day's Journey Into NightCharles played the role of NESTOR in the West End production of Irma La Douce (1979), and then appeared as MORRIS TOWNSEND in the tour of The Heiress (1980).

In 1989, Charles joined The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford to play the title role in Coriolanus, directed by Terry Hands and John Barton, which was later seen in Newcastle and at the London Barbican Centre.

In 1996, Charles appeared as HARRY in the National Film Theatre's performance of Jim Barton's screenplay Dark Blood.

In 1998, Charles appeared as VERSHININ in The Three Sisters, directed by Bill Bryden, at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

In 1999, Charles appeared as JOHN HALDER in Good, directed by Michael Grandage, at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

In 2000, Charles appeared as JAMES TYRONE in Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed by Robin Phillips, at the Lyric Theatre in London.

In 2001-02, Charles guest-starred several times as HIMSELF in The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh, at the Wyndham Theatre in London and the Milton Keynes Theatre.

In 2007, Charles performed William Beckett's one-man play EH JOE at the Parade Theatre in Sydney, Australia. He also joined Ralph Fiennes and Barry McGovern along with Helen Morse in a reading of poetry and prose by Beckett at the Sydney Festival.

Beginning in September 2007, Charles appeared as C.S. LEWIS in Shadowlands as it toured the UK, and from October through December at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End.


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Images this page: Coriolanus © Ivan Kyncl; Pascali's Island © Avenue Pictures; Alien3 © 20th Century Fox; Space Truckers © Warner Bros.


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