Charles Dance was turned down for the role of Alastair Denniston for the movie The Imitation Game.
Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO 's Game of Thrones , Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown -LRB- 1984 -RRB- , Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , Jonathan Clemens in Alien 3 -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , Benedict in Last Action Hero -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , the Master Vampire in Dracula Untold -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , Lord Havelock Vetinari in Terry Pratchett 's Going Postal -LRB- 2010 -RRB- and Alastair Denniston in The Imitation Game -LRB- 2014 -RRB- .	Tywin Lannister	Tywin Lannister	HBO	HBO	Game of Thrones	Game of Thrones	The Jewel in the Crown	The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)	The Golden Child	The Golden Child	Alien 3	Alien 3	Last Action Hero	Last Action Hero	Dracula Untold	Dracula Untold	Lord Havelock Vetinari	Lord Vetinari	Alastair Denniston	Alastair Denniston	The Imitation Game	The Imitation Game
