Charles Dance, OBE (born Walter Charles Dance; 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains.[citation needed] His most famous roles are : Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitenciary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 (1992) and the one-eyed hitman Mr Benedict, memorable villain in Last Action Hero (1993)..