Charles Dance

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BIRTHDAY

October 10, 1946

Reddich, Worcestershire, England, UK

RECENT CREDITS

Starter for 10 (FILM) Feb. 23, 2007

Scoop (FILM) Jul. 28, 2006

Ladies in Lavender (FILM) Apr. 29, 2005

Swimming Pool (FILM) Jul. 2, 2003

Ali G Indahouse (FILM) Aug. 1, 2002

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BIOGRAPHY

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Tall, sandy-haired British actor Charles Dance trained for a career in graphic design at Plymouth College of Art and Leicester College of Art. Dance developed a taste for the theatre by listening to the reminiscences of two elderly actors who ran a pub in his Dover neighborhood. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of 29, and made his first film, the James Bond picture For Your Eyes Only, six years later. Dance's widest professional exposure came in 1984 when he appeared in "The Jewel in the Crown," a 14-part British TV production seen in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre. Charles Dance's best-remembered performances have been as D.W. Griffith in Good Morning Babylon (1987); the role of Meryl Streep's husband in Plenty (1985); the title part in the 1990 TV adaptation of Phantom of the Opera; and the displaced "imaginary" villain in Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Last Action Hero (1993).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Box Office Analysis, July 6: The Machines Have It

Jul. 6, 2003

Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines wins the Fourth of July weekend box office race. Others in top 10 as follows: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Finding Nemo The Hulk Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 28 Days Later The Italian Job Bruce Almighty 2 Fast 2 Furious

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