
Charles Dance: From builder’s labourer with a stammer to Tywin Lannister
From Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
Published 10/24/2025

From Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
Published 10/24/2025
Before he was Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones or the commanding presence of The Jewel in the Crown, Charles Dance was a boy from Worcestershire whose father died when he was three and whose mother built a new life for the family, remarried to their lodger. A childhood marked by loss, a stammer…