Walter Charles Dance, OBE is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown , Dr Clemens, the doctor who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante, in Alien 3 , the main villain in The Golden Child and Last Action Hero , a politician who recruits an activist after watching a blind pensioner masturbate him in Ali G In Da House , and Lord Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones. Dance was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 17 June 2006. Dance was born... in Redditch, Worcestershire, the son of Eleanor , a cook, and Walter Dance, an engineer. He attended Widey Technical School for Boys in Manadon. He was set for a career in graphic design after graduating from the Plymouth College of Art before turning to acting. Dance was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during the mid- to late-1970s and was in many of their productions in London and Stratford upon Avon.
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| Birthdate: | October 10, 1946 |
| Birthplace: | Redditch |
| Age: | 65 |
| Height: | 6' 3" |
| Also known as: | Walter Charles Dance, Walter Charles Dance, OBE |