Opleiding: Leicester College of Art (graphic design)

Distinguished-looking lead who first established himself in the highly acclaimed 15-part
epic that became emblematic of English heritage TV, "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984-85).
With his blanched, foppish allure, Dance soon became a film actor, appearing in PLENTY
(1985) as Meryl Streep's long-suffering, high-rent beau. He later starred in the misbegotten
WHITE MISCHIEF (1988), as a sexual rogue. Other roles include a boobish archeologist in
PASCALI'S ISLAND (1988) and D.W. Griffith in the Taviani brothers' GOOD MORNING BABYLON (1987).

Dance has played class-act Brits in starring turns in several action pictures, among them
ALIEN³ (1992), as the love interest of Sigourney Weaver, and LAST ACTION HERO
(1993), as a villain with an explosive glass eye. Dance next had a bit of a stretch,
playing a high-toned Southern wife batterer in the somewhat muddy noir CHINA MOON (1994).

Filmografie van de acteur
1981   For Your Eyes Only  .... Claus       
1985   The McGuffin  .... Paul Hatcher     

1985   Plenty .... Raymond Brock 

1986   The Golden Child .... Sardo Numspa         
1987   Good Morning, Babylon  .... D.W. Griffith  
1987   Hidden City  .... James Richards    
1987   Out on a Limb  .... Gerry Stamford 
1988   Out of the Shadows .... Michael Hayden  

1988   Pascali's Island .... Anthony Bowles     

1988   White Mischief.... Josslyn Hay: Earl of Erroll       
1990   The Phantom of the Opera .... Erik The Phantom of the Opera  
1992   Alien³  .... Clemens  
1992   THE VALLEY OF STONE/ Valle di pietra, La .... Surveyor 
1993   Last Action Hero .... Benedict
1994   Century  .... Professor Mandry      
1994   China Moon .... Rupert Munro       
1995   Exquisite Tenderness  .... Dr. Ed Mittlesbay       
1996    Undertow.... Lyle Yates
1996    Potemkin: The Runner's Cut.... Sergei Eisenstein
1996   Michael Collins.... Soames
1997   Space Truckers.... Nabel/Macanudo
1997   Rebecca.... Maxim de Winter
1997   The Blood Oranges (1997) .... Cyril
1998   What Rats Won't Do (1998) .... Gerald Burton Jr.
1998   Hilary and Jackie.... Derek du Pré
1999   Chrono-Perambulator (1999) .... James 'Dougie' Douglas
1999   Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999) .... Frank
2001   Jurij .... Padre di Jurij
2001   Gosford Park .... Lord Raymond Stockbridge2002   Ali G Indahouse.... David Carlton
2002   Black and White .... Roderic Chamberlai
2003   City and Crimes .... Cox William
2003   Swimming Pool .... John Bosload
2003   Labyrinth.... Charles Lushington
2006   Scoop .... Mr. Malcolm
2006   Starter for Ten .... Michael Harbinson

2006   Désaccord parfait .... Le maître de cérémonie du Battar
... aka Twice Upon a Time (International: English title)