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Walter Charles Dance, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Dr Clemens, the doctor who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante, in Alien 3 (1992), the one-eyed hitman Mr. Benedict, the main villain in Last Action Hero (1993), and Lord Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011). Dance was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. Dance was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, the son of Eleanor... MORE

Walter Charles Dance, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Dr Clemens, the doctor who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante, in Alien 3 (1992), the one-eyed hitman Mr. Benedict, the main villain in Last Action Hero (1993), and Lord Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011). Dance was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. Dance was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, the son of Eleanor (née Perks), a cook, and Walter Dance, an engineer. He attended Widey Technical School for Boys (it closed when known as Widey High School in 1988) 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. Later he returned to the RSC to take the title role in Coriolanus at Stratford upon Avon and Newcastle in 1989, and at the Barbican Theatre in 1990. He received rave reviews LESS