Charles Dance

Mank (2020)

As: William Randolph Hearst

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: David Fincher

Stars: Gary Oldman | Amanda Seyfried | Charles Dance | Arliss Howard | Lily Collins

The King's Man (2020)

As: Arthur

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Gemma Arterton | Tom Hollander | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Harris Dickinson

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

As: John Lye

Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Thomas Clay

Stars: Charles Dance | Maxine Peake | Freddie Fox | Tanya Reynolds | Zak Adams

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

As: Alan Jonah

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species - thought to be mere myths - rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Michael Dougherty

Stars: Ken Watanabe | Kyle Chandler | Vera Farmiga | Zhang Ziyi | Millie Bobby Brown

The Book of Vision (2018)

Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life and is forced to confront his own nature, as Eva faces the biggest decision of her life.

Directed by: Carlo Shalom Hintermann

Stars: Charles Dance | Lotte Verbeek | Sverrir Gudnason | Isolda Dychauk | Vera Graziadei

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

As: Uncle Bertie

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Ben Wheatley

Stars: Neil Maskell | Bill Paterson | Sam Riley | Doon Mackichan | Sura Dohnke

Spitfire (2018)

As: Narrator (voice)

A feature documentary about the people and the planes that helped win World War War II. Through people personally connected to the events, the film investigates the story of how the Spitfire, its stable-mate, the Hawker Hurricane and its great adversary, the Messerschmitt 109 came into being during the huge advances in aviation in the interwar period—and then how the pilots fared in combat, three miles ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: David Fairhead | Ant Palmer

Stars: Charles Dance | Mary Ellis | Geoffrey Wellum

Journey to China: The Iron Mask Mystery (2017)

As: Lord Dudley

The English traveler Jonathan Green receives from Peter the Great an order to map the Russian Far East. Once again he sets out for a long journey full of incredible adventures that will eventually lead him to China. The cartographer will unexpectedly face a lot of breathtaking discoveries, encounter bizarre creatures, meet with Chinese princesses, and confront deadly martial arts masters and even the ...

Directed by: Oleg Stepchenko

Stars: Jason Flemyng | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Jackie Chan | Charles Dance | Yao Xing-Tong

Wimbledon Official Film 2017 (2017)

As: Narrator

The Official Wimbledon Film 2017 delivers an insight into the very best action, on and off the court, at the most famous and revered tennis tournament in the world. Documenting the progress of former champions, challengers and eventual winners as they progress through the Fortnight, witnessing the shock results unfold and delving into Wimbledon's unique attributes across the Grounds.

Stars: Charles Dance | Roger Federer | Garbiñe Muguruza

Euphoria (2017)

As: Mr. Daren

The story of two sisters on a journey, where they try to get close to each other and approach the tough questions in life. Euphoria is a contemporary drama about responsibility and reconciliation, in a world where these concepts are gradually being lost.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Lisa Langseth

Stars: Charlotte Rampling | Eva Green | Adrian Lester | Charles Dance | Alicia Vikander

That Good Night (2017)

As: The Visitor

A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Eric Styles

Stars: John Hurt | Charles Dance | Sofia Helin | Max Brown | Erin Richards

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

As: Thomas

Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Anna Foerster

Stars: Theo James | Kate Beckinsale | Tobias Menzies | Lara Pulver | Bradley James

Ghostbusters (2016)

As: Harold Fillmore

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Paul Feig

Stars: Melissa McCarthy | Kristen Wiig | Chris Hemsworth | Kate McKinnon | Leslie Jones

Me Before You (2016)

As: Stephen Traynor

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and ...

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Thea Sharrock

Stars: Charles Dance | Brendan Coyle | Janet McTeer | Emilia Clarke | Sam Claflin

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

As: Mr. Bennet

A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie ...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Burr Steers

Stars: Jack Huston | Douglas Booth | Bella Heathcote | Sam Riley | Lily James

Despite the Falling Snow (2016)

As: Old Alexander Ivanov

New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Shamim Sarif

Stars: Thure Lindhardt | Ben Batt | Rebecca Ferguson | Sam Reid | Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Victor Frankenstein (2015)

As: Frankenstein

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Stars: Andrew Scott | James McAvoy | Charles Dance | Daniel Radcliffe | Jessica Brown Findlay

Woman in Gold (2015)

As: Sherman

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Simon Curtis

Stars: Helen Mirren | Katie Holmes | Tatiana Maslany | Ryan Reynolds | Max Irons

Enemy of Man (2015)

As: Duncan

A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.

Directed by: Vincent Regan

Stars: Jason Flemyng | Rupert Grint | Charles Dance | Joseph Gilgun | James D'Arcy

Child 44 (2015)

As: Major Grachev

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

Runtime: 137 min.

Directed by: Daniel Espinosa

Stars: Tom Hardy | Gary Oldman | Paddy Considine | Joel Kinnaman | Noomi Rapace

Admiral (2015)

As: King Charles II

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.

Runtime: 151 min.

Directed by: Roel Reiné

Stars: Frank Lammers | Charles Dance | Rutger Hauer | Aurélie Meriel | Sanne Langelaar

The Imitation Game (2014)

As: Commander Denniston

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Morten Tyldum

Stars: Keira Knightley | Allen Leech | Benedict Cumberbatch | Matthew Goode | Rory Kinnear

Dracula Untold (2014)

As: Master Vampire

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Gary Shore

Stars: Luke Evans | Dominic Cooper | Charles Dance | Sarah Gadon | Art Parkinson

Retrospective (2014)

As: Jonathan Hoyle

A wartime photographer takes the last photograph of his career in Palestine, and later uses it to save his own life...

Runtime: 20 min.

Directed by: Garrick Hamm

Stars: Omid Djalili | Vincent Regan | Emilia Fox | Charles Dance

Viy (2014)

As: Lord Dudley

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The ...

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Oleg Stepchenko

Stars: Jason Flemyng | Aleksey Chadov | Yuriy Tsurilo | Olga Zaytseva | Agniya Ditkovskite

Speeches That Shook the World (2013)

As: Self

Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of the famous speeches of the modern age, talking to ...

Runtime: 60 min.

Stars: Charles Dance | George W. Bush | Tony Blair | Winston Churchill | Simon Armitage

Patrick (2013)

As: Doctor Roget

Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Mark Hartley

Stars: Sharni Vinson | Rachel Griffiths | Charles Dance | Peta Sergeant | Jackson Gallagher

Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)

As: Legantir (voice)

A heart-warming tale about friendship, honour & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Manuel Sicilia

Stars: Mark Strong | Antonio Banderas | Saoirse Ronan | Freddie Highmore | Julie Walters

Midnight's Children (2012)

As: William Methwold

The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.

Runtime: 146 min.

Directed by: Deepa Mehta

Stars: Shahana Goswami | Rajat Kapoor | Siddharth | Shabana Azmi | Satya Bhabha

The Door (2012)

As: Thomas Arlington

A man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.

Directed by: Andrew Steggall

Stars: Dudley Sutton | Harriet Walter | Charles Dance | Tobias Menzies | Katie Bignell

The Mapmaker (2012)

As: Rowan

A short UK drama following an ageing couple who return to the seaside where they were happy 50 years earlier. Now their lives have changed and they face sadness and a difficult decision. The film includes flashbacks to their youthful romance.

Runtime: 15 min.

Directed by: Stephen Johnson

Stars: Rachel Hurd-Wood | Charles Dance | Jenny Agutter | Harry Eden

St George's Day (2012)

As: Trenchard

Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, the story races across Europe at breakneck speed as Micky and Ray attempt to stay one step ahead of the Police. Can they pull off a daring diamond heist in time ...

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Frank Harper

Stars: Dexter Fletcher | Vincent Regan | Craig Fairbrass | Sean Pertwee | Charles Dance

Underworld: Awakening (2012)

As: Thomas

After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Måns Mårlind | Björn Stein

Stars: Michael Ealy | Stephen Rea | Theo James | Kate Beckinsale | India Eisley

There Be Dragons (2011)

As: Solono

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a ...

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Roland Joffé

Stars: Jordi Mollà | Dougray Scott | Wes Bentley | Charlie Cox | Rodrigo Santoro

Your Highness (2011)

As: King Tallious

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: David Gordon Green

Stars: Natalie Portman | Justin Theroux | James Franco | Zooey Deschanel | Danny McBride

Ironclad (2011)

As: Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country ...

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Jonathan English

Stars: Brian Cox | Jason Flemyng | Paul Giamatti | Kate Mara | James Purefoy

The Commuter (2010)

As: The Traffic Warden

Dev battles a killer Traffic Warden, a blind ninja, parkour bankers and comes face-to-face with Pamela Anderson before getting stuck in a lift with Ed Westwick and stealing a Lotus...will he make it in time?

Runtime: 8 min.

Directed by: Edward McHenry | Rory McHenry

Stars: Dev Patel | Charles Dance | Pamela Anderson | Ed Westwick | Tom So

Paris Connections (2010)

As: Aleksandr Borinski

At the beginning of Paris fashion week, a beautiful young model is brutally murdered. Investigative journalist Madison Castelli, certain that it is more than the "crime of passion" the French press says, comes to Paris to follow her story.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Harley Cokeliss

Stars: Trudie Styler | Nicole Steinwedell | Hudson Leick | Anthony Delon | Caroline Chikezie

The Clerk's Tale (2010)

As: Ralph

Based on the eponymous poem by Spencer Reece, The Clerk's Tale is a psychological portrait of a gay man trapped in the monotonous routine of life at a high-end menswear store.

Runtime: 15 min.

Directed by: James Franco

Stars: Vince Jolivette | Charles Dance

Dickens' Secret Lover (2008)

As: Himself - Presenter

A docudrama about the relationship between writer Charles Dickens and his mistress Nelly Ternan.

Runtime: 48 min.

Directed by: Sarah Aspinall

Stars: Amy Shiels | Charles Dance | David Haig

Consenting Adults (2007)

As: Jack Wolfenden

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, there was an even more extraordinary story. Jack's son Jeremy, then a brilliant undergraduate at Oxford, was himself gay, something his ...

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Richard Curson Smith

Stars: Charles Dance | Samantha Bond | Matt Ryan | Sean Biggerstaff | Jamie Martin

The Contractor (2007)

As: DCS Andrew Windsor

Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Josef Rusnak

Stars: Ralph Brown | Eliza Bennett | Lena Headey | Wesley Snipes | Charles Dance

Twice Upon a Time (2006)

As: Moderator

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Antoine de Caunes

Stars: Charlotte Rampling | Isabelle Nanty | Jean Rochefort | Ian Richardson | James Thiérrée

Starter for 10 (2006)

As: Michael Harbinson

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Tom Vaughan

Stars: Alice Eve | Dominic Cooper | James McAvoy | Benedict Cumberbatch | Simon Woods

Scoop (2006)

As: Mt Malcolm

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Stars: Ian McShane | Woody Allen | Scarlett Johansson | Hugh Jackman | Kevin McNally

Titanic: Birth of a Legend (2005)

As: Narrator (voice)

Runtime: 75 min.

Stars: Charles Dance | Damian O'Hare | Gordon Langford Rowe | Charles Lawson | Christopher Wright

Don Bosco (2004)

As: Marchese Clementi

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ignorance and social distress, but it got for the first time, to feel loved. He fought with extraordinary faith and tenacity to overcome obstacles and ...

Runtime: 146 min.

Directed by: Lodovico Gasparini

Stars: Lina Sastri | Charles Dance | Flavio Insinna | Fabrizio Bucci | Daniel Tschirley

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003)

As: Himself (Archival)

The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew give us an idea of how hard of a time David Fincher had creating his first feature film, as well as present us with much information about every element that went into making this film, including how the plot and script changed drastically through filming.

Runtime: 161 min.

Directed by: Charles de Lauzirika

Stars: David Fincher | Sigourney Weaver | Charles Dance | Jon Landau | H.R. Giger

Henry VIII (2003)

As: Duke of Buckingham

Henry VIII is a two-part British television movie produced principally by Granada Television for ITV. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time. Additional production funding was provided by WGBH Boston, Powercorp and the Australian ...

Runtime: 193 min.

Directed by: Pete Travis

Stars: Ray Winstone | Mark Strong | Sid Mitchell | Joss Ackland | Charles Dance

Swimming Pool (2003)

As: John Bosload

In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this film of psychological imagery and an erotic exploration of the female body.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: François Ozon

Stars: Ludivine Sagnier | Charlotte Rampling | Jean-Marie Lamour | Charles Dance | Marc Fayolle

Black and White (2002)

As: Roderic Chamberlain

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing and signs a statement that will send him to the gallows. With no Court of Appeal established in the country, and with a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics and the stain of institutional racism, the skills of his two ...

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Craig Lahiff

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn | Kerry Fox | Charles Dance | David Ngoombujarra | Robert Carlyle

Ali G Indahouse (2002)

As: Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Mark Mylod

Stars: Michael Gambon | Sacha Baron Cohen | Charles Dance | Martin Freeman | Kellie Bright

Gosford Park (2001)

As: Lord Raymond Stockbridge

Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.

Runtime: 131 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Helen Mirren | Maggie Smith | Clive Owen | Jeremy Northam | Geraldine Somerville

Alien Evolution (2001)

As: Himself / Clemens

Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott. This documentary is featured on the 9th disc of the Alien Quadrilogy DVD set, released in 2003.

Runtime: 75 min.

Directed by: Russell Leven | Andrew Abbott

Stars: Michael Biehn | Ralph Brown | Veronica Cartwright | James Cameron | Ron Cobb

Jurij (2001)

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Stefano Gabrini

Stars: Fabrizia Sacchi | Charles Dance

Dark Blue World (2001)

As: Wing Commander Bentley

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse ...

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Jan Svěrák

Stars: Tara Fitzgerald | Charles Dance | David Novotný | Kryštof Hádek | Oldřich Kaiser

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)

As: Ralph Nickleby

Adaptation of the Dickens novel.

Runtime: 200 min.

Directed by: Stephen Whittaker

Stars: Charles Dance | Diana Kent | Sophia Myles | Gregor Fisher | James D'Arcy

Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)

As: Frank

Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Willi Patterson

Stars: Tom Conti | Charles Dance | Anthony Edwards | Jenny Seagrove | Susannah Doyle

Hilary and Jackie (1998)

As: Derek Du Pré

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Anand Tucker

Stars: Emily Watson | James Frain | David Morrissey | Rachel Griffiths | Charles Dance

The Blood Oranges (1998)

As: Cyril

Cyril and Fiona are a long-married couple who travel to an unnamed tropical coastal town to follow their sexual fantasies. There they meet another couple, Catherine, Hugh and their three children. Hugh is a photographer who specializes in nude photographs of peasant women. The Cyril/Catherine and Hugh/Fiona relationships start.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Philip Haas

Stars: Laila Robins | Sheryl Lee | Charles Dance | Colin Lane

In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)

As: Captain Richter

In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver

Stars: Don McKellar | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Charles Dance | Elina Löwensohn | Chad Lowe

Michael Collins (1996)

As: Soames

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: Neil Jordan

Stars: Aidan Quinn | Liam Neeson | Stephen Rea | Julia Roberts | Alan Rickman

Undertow (1996)

As: Lyle Yates

After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his young wife. As the storm rages on, tension mounts in the small cabin. Matters reach a climax when Jack falls for the beautiful woman and tries persuading her to escape with him. Soon, the situation escalates into deadly ...

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Eric Red

Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips | Charles Dance | Mia Sara

Space Truckers (1996)

As: Nabel / Macanudo

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer robots.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Stuart Gordon

Stars: Stephen Dorff | Charles Dance | Dennis Hopper | Debi Mazar | George Wendt

The Surgeon (1995)

As: Dr. Ed Mittlesbay

Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years later, he returns to the hospital that condemned his work to begin practicing his grizzly experiments once more.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Carl Schenkel

Stars: Malcolm McDowell | James Remar | Peter Boyle | Isabel Glasser | Sean Haberle

Shortcut to Paradise (1994)

As: Quinn

Quinn shows up at an apartment building in Paradise, a small backwoods community in Puerto Rico, purporting to be the new caretaker the owner has been expecting. He gets right to work, making a good impression on everybody, except Gus, the reclusive teenage gas station attendant. Soon, sinister things come to pass

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Gerardo Herrero

Stars: Axel Anderson | Charles Dance | Assumpta Serna | Gladys Rodríguez | Marian Pabón

China Moon (1994)

As: Rupert Munro

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: John Bailey

Stars: Ed Harris | Charles Dance | Madeleine Stowe | Patricia Healy | Benicio del Toro

Kabloonak (1994)

As: Robert Flaherty

In 1922 the first documentary in the genre sense came on the big screen, _Nanook of the North_ (1922) . Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie for which the story was partially stage by his director 'Robert Flaherty'.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Claude Massot

Stars: Charles Dance | Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk | Seporah Q. Ungalaq

Last Action Hero (1993)

As: Benedict

Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: John McTiernan

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger | F. Murray Abraham | Charles Dance | Frank McRae | Art Carney

Century (1993)

As: Professor Mandry

Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff

Stars: Miranda Richardson | Clive Owen | Charles Dance | Robert Stephens | Joan Hickson

Alien³ (1992)

As: Jonathan Clemens

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: David Fincher

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Charles S. Dutton | Ralph Brown | Sigourney Weaver | Charles Dance

La valle di pietra (1992)

As: Surveyor

In the 18th Century, in Bohemia, a government surveyor meet a priest during a lunch and remained intrigued by him. Years later, in a stony valley, the two men meet again and form a deep friendship.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Maurizio Zaccaro

Stars: Charles Dance | Aleksander Bardini | Fabio Bussotti | Rudolf Hrušínský | Miroslav Knoz

Goldeneye (1989)

As: Ian Fleming

Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures which ultimately led to his creation of the super-spy.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Don Boyd

Stars: Charles Dance | Ed Devereaux | Phyllis Logan | Patrick Ryecart | Marsha Fitzalan

Pascali's Island (1988)

As: Anthony Bowles

1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: James Dearden

Stars: Helen Mirren | Ben Kingsley | Nadim Sawalha | Charles Dance | Kevork Malikyan

First Born (1988)

As: Edward Forester

Stars: Charles Dance | Philip Madoc | Peter Elliott | Ralph Harvey | Ralph Harvey

Out of the Shadows (1988)

As: Michael Hayden

A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Willi Patterson

Stars: Alexandra Paul | Charles Dance | David de Keyser | Wanda Ventham | Michael Shannon

White Mischief (1987)

As: Josslyn Hay

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break ...

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Michael Radford

Stars: Geraldine Chaplin | Greta Scacchi | Joss Ackland | Charles Dance | Sarah Miles

Good Morning, Babylon (1987)

As: D.W. Griffith

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood designing sets for D.W.Griffith and marry beautiful actresses, but tragedy strikes with the arrival of World War I, which finds the brothers fighting on opposite sides...

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Vittorio Taviani | Paolo Taviani

Stars: Greta Scacchi | Omero Antonutti | Joaquim de Almeida | Vincent Spano | Désirée Nosbusch

Hidden City (1987)

As: James Richards

Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents. Will the truth be out, or will the attempts of agents suppress the truth hidden within government propaganda films, classified as top secret by complete mistake, be successful. Or is it the mysterious medical records that are the true catch of the spies.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff

Stars: Alex Norton | Bill Paterson | Richard E. Grant | Charles Dance | Cassie Stuart

The Golden Child (1986)

As: Sardo Numspa

A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult. He battles a band of super-nasties, scrambles through a booby-trapped chamber of horrors and traverses Tibet to obtain a sacred dagger.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Michael Ritchie

Stars: Eddie Murphy | Peter Kwong | Victor Wong | Charles Dance | Charlotte Lewis

Plenty (1985)

As: Raymond Brock

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Stars: Ian McKellen | Sting | Tracey Ullman | Meryl Streep | John Gielgud

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

As: Claus

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: John Glen

Stars: Carole Bouquet | Julian Glover | Roger Moore | Lynn-Holly Johnson | Chaim Topol

A Patriot ()

Set in a futuristic authoritarian state, a loyal government official makes a startling discovery that causes her to doubt her allegiance.

Directed by: Dan Pringle

Stars: Helen Hunt | Scot Williams | Eva Green | Charles Dance