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Walter Charles Dance OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown. He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Prospero, a magician and rightful Duke of Milan, has been stranded on an island with his daughter Miranda for twelve years after his treacherous brother Antonio and King Alonso of Naples conspired to depose him and set him adrift at sea with the then 3-year-old Miranda. Possessing great magic from his years of study, he has bound an airy spirit named Ariel and Caliban, the deformed son of the witch Sycorax into his service. When Prospero divines the presence of his brother aboard a passing ship, he summons a tempest to force the vessel ashore, stranding several of the passengers on the island. Thus, Prospero begins his quest for absolution, complicated by the machinations of the disgruntled Caliban, the deceitful butler and jester Stephano and Trinculo, and the blossoming romance between Alonso's son Prince Ferdinand and Miranda.
