The Capital
by henry-plantagenet-04 | created - 05 Aug 2017 | updated - 28 Aug 2017 | Public
1. Lena Headey
Actress | 300
Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, 300...
Cersei Lannister (57 Episodes, 2011-2017)
2. Julian Glover
Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Julian Wyatt Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, to Honor Ellen Morgan (Wyatt), a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He is of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Primarily a classical stage actor, Glover trained at the National Youth ...
Grand Maester Pycelle (31 Episodes, 2011-2016)
3. Peter Dinklage
Actor | Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) . For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a...
Tyrion Lannister (29 Episodes, 2012-2017)
4. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Actor | Game of Thrones
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre in Copenhagen in 1993. Coster-Waldau's breakthrough performance in Denmark was his role in the film Nightwatch (1994). Since then he has appeared in ...
Jaime Lannister (25 Episodes, 2011-2017)
5. Conleth Hill
Actor | Game of Thrones
Conleth Hill was born on November 24, 1964 in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His great work of exquisite artistic generosity, intelligence, sensation and insights both on stage and screen reflects the wide range of his unique acting qualities as a superb "chameleon" in memorable ...
Lord Varys (25 Episodes, 2011-2017)
6. Sophie Turner
Actress | Game of Thrones
Sophie Belinda Jonas (née Turner; born February 21, 1996) is an English actress. Turner made her professional acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019), which brought her international recognition and critical praise. For her performance, ...
Sansa Stark (25 Episodes, 2011-2014)
7. Jack Gleeson
Actor | Game of Thrones
Jack Gleeson was born on May 20, 1992 in Cork, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Batman Begins (2005) and A Shine of Rainbows (2009). He has been married to Roisin O'Mahony since August 27, 2022.
Joffrey Baratheon (24 Episodes, 2011-2014)
8. Natalie Dormer
Actress | Game of Thrones
Natalie Dormer born February 11, 1982 is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors (2007-10), as Margaery Tyrell on the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012-14), Irene Adler on the CBS series Elementary (2013-15), and as Cressida in the ...
Margaery Tyrell (23 Episodes, 2012-2016)
9. Aidan Gillen
Actor | Game of Thrones
Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series ...
Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish (21 Episodes, 2011-2015)
10. Jerome Flynn
Actor | Game of Thrones
Jerome Patrick Flynn (born 16 March 1963) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier, Fireman Kenny 'Rambo' Baines in the pilot of London's Burning, Bronn in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, and Bennet ...
Bronn (19 Episodes, 2012-2017)
11. Charles Dance
Actor | Gosford Park
Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986),...
Tywin Lannister (18 Episodes, 2012-2015)
12. Finn Jones
Actor | Awake
Finn Jones is a British actor best known for his role as Ser Loras Tyrell, The Knight of Flowers, in the HBO series "Game of Thrones (2011)". He also stars as the eponymous lead in the Netflix/Marvel series "Iron Fist (2017)".
Jones trained at The Arts Educational Schools on a three-year acting ...
Loras Tyrell (18 Episodes, 2011-2016)
13. Sibel Kekilli
Actress | Gegen die Wand
Sibel Kekilli is a German actress of Turkish origin. With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 and her acting performance received several national and international prizes, among them the highly ...
Shae (18 Episodes, 2012-2014)
14. Diana Rigg
Actress | Last Night in Soho
British actress Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She has had an extensive career in film and theatre, including playing the title role in "Medea", both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Rigg made her ...
Olenna Tyrell (16 Episodes, 2013-2016)
15. Eugene Simon
Actor | Game of Thrones
Eugene Simon is a British actor born in London on the 11th June 1992. His series regular role as Lancel Lannister on HBO's 'Game of Thrones' has been running for six seasons, formerly alongside his lead role in Nickelodeon's 'House of Anubis' for three seasons.
Eugene joined child agency Abacus at ...
Lancel Lannister (16 Episodes, 2011-2016)
16. Anton Lesser
Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
British actor Anton Lesser (b. 1952) has played many of the principal Shakespearian roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company (Associate Artist since 1990), including Petruchio, Romeo and Richard III. He is very active in radio (BBC) and spoken word audio. Over a dozen recordings range from Paradise ...
Qyburn (16 Episodes, 2013-2017)
17. Dean-Charles Chapman
Actor | 1917
Dean-Charles Chapman is an English actor. He is known for portraying Billy Elliot in the West End theatre production of Billy Elliot the Musical, Tom Blake in Sam Mendes's film 1917, and Tommen Baratheon in the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the HBO drama series Game of Thrones.
Tommen Baratheon (16 Episodes, 2014-2016)
18. Ian Beattie
Actor | Alexander
Ian Beattie is a Northern Irish actor best known for his roles as Antigonus in Oliver Stone's film Alexander, and as Ser Meryn Trant in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
For Beattie, acting has always been a part of his life, beginning at an early age when he toured Northern Ireland in a circus with ...
Meryn Trant (15 Episodes, 2011-2015)
19. Daniel Portman
Actor | Game of Thrones
Daniel was born in Glasgow and is the son of the actor Ron Donachie. Brought up in Strathbungo, Glasgow, he attended Shawlands Academy, where he was head boy, before gaining an HNC in acting at Reid Kerr Colege, Paisley. Aged sixteen he had his first role in supernatural thriller 'Outcast', ...
Podrick Payne (14 Episodes, 2012-2017)
20. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Actor | Game of Thrones
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.
On 31 January 2015, Björnsson beat a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 10 m (33 ft) long 650 kg (1,430...
Gregor Clegane (14 Episodes, 2014-2017)
21. Esmé Bianco
Actress | Game of Thrones
British-born Esmé Bianco is an internationally-acclaimed actress and performer, best-known for her role as "Ros" in the Emmy Award-winning show, Game of Thrones (2011).
Degree-educated in Drama and Theatre Arts at London's Goldsmiths University; Bianco's acting career started with performances in ...
Ros (12 Episodes, 2011-2013)
22. Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Actor | Game of Thrones
Dual Canadian/British nationalities. Read Music at Lancaster University (1975-78) before joining English National Opera as singer (1979-81). Theatre credits subsequently include Gloucester (King Lear) at Colchester, Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) at Liverpool and Watford, Algol (Space Queen Maladjusta...
Mace Tyrell (12 Episodes, 2014-2016)
23. Jonathan Pryce
Actor | The Two Popes
Jonathan Pryce was born on June 1, 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), The Wife (2017) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.
High Sparrow (12 Episodes, 2015-2016)
24. Rory McCann
Actor | Game of Thrones
Six foot six inches tall, with brown eyes and dark hair, Rory McCann from Glasgow began his working life at the top - as a painter on the Forth Bridge in Scotland. He came to notice in a television commercial for Scotts' Porridge Oats, in which he appeared as a scantily-clad hunk in a vest and kilt...
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane (12 Episodes, 2011-2017)
25. Ian Gelder
Actor | Torchwood
Ian Gelder is a British actor, best known for his roles as Mr. Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth, and as Kevan Lannister in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
With a long career as an actor, it is no question why Gelder is held in such a high regard, with his involvement extending to numerous ...
Kevan Lannister (8 Episodes, 2015-2016)
26. Hannah Waddingham
Actress | Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham was born in 1974, in Wandsworth, London. Her family was involved in performing arts as her mother, Melodie Kelly, and both her maternal grandparents were opera singers.
She is best known for her contribution to West End musical theatre, particularly her performances in the original...
Septa Unella (8 Episodes, 2015-2016)
27. Will Tudor
Actor | Humans
William James Sibree Tudor was born on April 11 1987, in London to two doctors and comes from a medical family, at one time considering following in his parents' foot-steps. Brought up in the Stratford-upon-Avon area Will read English at Leicester University graduating in 2008, and it was here, ...
Olyvar (7 Episodes, 2013-2015)
28. Sean Bean
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theatre, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a ...
Eddard 'Ned' Stark (7 Episodes, 2011)
29. Maisie Williams
Actress | The New Mutants
Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams (born April 15, 1997) is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut as Arya Stark in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, for which she won the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, the Portal Award for Best Supporting ...
Arya Stark (7 Episodes, 2011)
30. Pedro Pascal
Actor | The Last of Us
Pedro Pascal is a Chilean-born actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos (2015), the titular character in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and Joel Miller in the...
Oberyn Martell (7 Episodes, 2014)
31. Dominic Carter
Actor | Game of Thrones
Dominic Carter is a British actor best known for his recurring roles as DC Hooch in Coronation Street, and as Janos Slynt in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
Dominic is a veteran of television, appearing in several popular British television and film projects including credits in shows such as ...
Janos Slynt (6 Episodes, 2011-2012)
32. Ian McElhinney
Actor | Hamlet
Ian McElhinney is a Northern Irish actor and director best known for his roles as General Dodonna in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Val-El in Krypton, and as Ser Barristan Selmy in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
Over a career spanning more than thirty years, McElhinney has accumulated a number of ...
Barristan Selmy (6 Episodes, 2011)
33. Tony Way
Actor | Edge of Tomorrow
Tony Way was born on October 7, 1978 in Rochford, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and High-Rise (2015).
Dontos Hollard (6 Episodes, 2012-2014)
34. Paul Bentley
Actor | The Iron Lady
Paul Bentley is known for The Iron Lady (2011), Game of Thrones (2011) and Band of Brothers (2001).
High Septon (6 Episodes, 2013-2015)
35. Gwendoline Christie
Actress | Game of Thrones
London-based Gwendoline Christie is one of the most exciting and unique British actresses working today, having caught the industry's attention with her Emmy and Critics' Choice nominated role in the global hit HBO series "Game of Thrones." During her time on the show, she was also nominated ...
Brienne of Tarth (6 Episodes, 2013-2017)
36. Sara Dylan
Actress | Game of Thrones
Sara Dylan is known for Game of Thrones (2011), Peridot (2007) and Krypton (2018).
Bernadette (6 Episodes, 2012-2017)
Tommen Baratheon (6 Episodes, 2011-2012)
38. Aimee Richardson
Actress | Game of Thrones
Aimee Richardson is known for Game of Thrones (2011), Miss Conception (2008) and Haunted Ulster Live (2023).
Myrcella Baratheon (6 Episodes, 2011-2012)
39. Indira Varma
Actress | Bride & Prejudice
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand). In September 2016, she ...
Ellaria Sand (5 Episodes, 2014-2017)
40. Mark Addy
Actor | The Full Monty
Born in York, on leaving school he started work as a stage hand at York's Theatre Royal and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .from 1982 to 1984 after which he joined such companies as Hull Truck Theatre and The Royal National Theatre. He achieved international fame in his film debut...
Robert Baratheon (5 Episodes, 2011)
41. Gethin Anthony
Actor | Manhunt
Gethin Anthony was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon to Welsh parents and grew up in the UK and USA. He trained in acting at LAMDA, after graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature and Language.
Soon after completing his training Gethin featured as the ill-fated Renly Baratheon ...
Renly Baratheon (5 Episodes, 2011)
42. Joe Dempsie
Actor | Skins
Joseph Maxwell Dempsie is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007-2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011-2013; 2017-2019). Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (2001-2003), ...
Gendry (4 Episodes, 2011-2017)
43. Wilko Johnson
Actor | Game of Thrones
Guitarist/vocalist of Dr. Feelgood, a 70's pub rock band. The live album "Stupidity" reached number 1 on the UK album chart. He created his iconic style called the "Duck Walk" where he zig-zagged across the stage while playing his vintage 1962 Fender Telecaster. Wilko marked a profound influence in...
Ilyn Payne (4 Episodes, 2011-2012)
44. Susan Brown
Actress | Game of Thrones
Susan Brown was born on May 6, 1946 in Bristol, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), The Iron Lady (2011) and Torchwood (2006).
Septa Mordane (4 Episodes, 2011)
45. Pilou Asbæk
Actor | Ghost in the Shell
Pilou Asbæk graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2008. In the same year, he played the leading role in Niels Arden Oplev's drama Worlds Apart. In 2010 he had his breakthrough as the inmate Rune in Lindholm & Noer's prison drama R for which he won the prize for Best actor ...
Euron Greyjoy (3 Episodes, 2017)
46. Miltos Yerolemou
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Miltos Yerolemou is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
Syrio Forel (3 Episodes, 2011)
47. Jamie Sives
Actor | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Jamie Sives was born on August 14, 1973 in Lochend, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Valhalla Rising (2009) and Mean Machine (2001).
Jory Cassel (3 Episodes, 2011)
48. Mark Gatiss
Actor | The League of Gentlemen
Mark Gatiss is an accomplished author, actor and playwright. Originally from Sedgefield, County Durham, he graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA (honors) in Theatre Arts.
He was one-quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen (1999), and became heavily involved in ...
Tycho Nestoris (2 Episodes, 2017)
49. Conan Stevens
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A 7 foot tall extremely muscular and fit Australian of English/German ancestry, Conan is possibly the only Professional Wrestling Champion title holder to concurrently work in the Ballet, in Graeme Murphy's "Berlin" with Sydney Dance Company for not only the full season but also an additional five ...
Gregor Clegane (2 Episodes, 2011)
50. Francis Magee
Actor | Layer Cake
Francis Magee was raised in Ireland and on the Isle of Man. He spent eight years as a fisherman before becoming an actor and has also been a member of several music groups including Jo Jo Namoza - who released four singles and an album - and Disco D'Oro. He studied acting at the Poor School at ...
Yoren (2 Episodes, 2011)
51. Roy Dotrice
Actor | Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The ever-impressive, chameleon-like British character actor Roy Dotrice was born on the Island of Guernsey, which is part of the United Kingdom, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of France. He was the first-born child of Louis and Neva Dotrice who prospered as bakers. The Germans occupied ...
Hallyne (2 Episodes, 2012)
52. Jefferson Hall
Actor | Oppenheimer
Jefferson Hall was born on December 6, 1977 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Oppenheimer (2023), Tenet (2020) and Halloween (2018).
Hugh of the Vale (2 Episodes, 2011)
53. Kit Harington
Actor | Game of Thrones
Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman. His mother named him after 16th-century British playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name ...
Jon Snow (1 Episode, 2017)
54. Michelle Fairley
Actress | Game of Thrones
Michelle was born in July 1965, the second child of publican Brian and nurse Theresa Fairley. As a teenager she attended the Ulster Youth Theatre before moving to Belfast , where she was a member of Fringe Benefit, a repertory company where she acted alongside Conleth Hill, with whom she would ...
Catelyn Stark (1 Episode, 2011)
55. Ben Hawkey
Actor | Ra.One
Ben Hawkey is known for Ra.One (2011), Game of Thrones (2011) and The Kid (2010).
Hot Pie (1 Episode, 2011)
56. Ron Donachie
Actor | Titanic
Ron Donachie was born Ronald Eaglesham Porter on April 26, 1956 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. He was educated at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working as a navvy, he joined the ...
Rodrik Cassel (1 Episode, 2011)
57. Gemma Whelan
Actress | Game of Thrones
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born April 23, 1981) is an English actress and comedian, best known for playing Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones.
Whelan attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick. In addition to being an actor and comedian, Whelan is also a professional...
Yara Greyjoy (1 Episode, 2017)
58. Rosabell Laurenti Sellers
Actress | Gli equilibristi
Rosabell Laurenti Sellers grew up in New York City, first performing at the legendary East Village experimental theater club La MaMa. As a child, with her Italian father and American mother, she moved to Rome, Italy where she grew and flourished as a young actress in film and television. Rosabell ...
Tyene Sand (1 Episode, 2017)
59. Keisha Castle-Hughes
Actress | Whale Rider
Keisha Castle-Hughes was born on March 24, 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Whale Rider (2002), The Nativity Story (2006) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Obara Sand (1 Episode, 2016)
60. Jessica Henwick
Actress | The Royal Hotel
Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron...
Nymeria Sand (1 Episode, 2016)
61. Toby Sebastian
Actor | After the Dark
Toby Sebastian is an English actor best known for his role as Trystane Martell in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
Raised in a creative household, Sebastian is one of four children, all of which have been heavily involved with the stage and screen. With a passion for music, Sebastian's first ...
Trystane Martell (1 Episode, 2016)
62. Eros Vlahos
Actor | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Eros Vlahos is an English actor and comedian born in London. He is probably best known for his roles of Cyril Gray in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Jake Farley in Summer in Transylvania and, last but not least, Lommy Greenhands in The Game of Thrones. In the summer of 2008, Eros wrote and ...
Lommy Greenhands (1 Episode, 2011)
63. James Faulkner
Actor | Paul, Apostle of Christ
James Faulkner is an English actor best known for his roles as Pope Sixtus IV in the historical fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons, and as Randyll Tarly in the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
When at school, Faulkner was never deemed as an academically minded student, however compensated by immersing ...
Randyll Tarly (1 Episode, 2017)
64. Tom Hopper
Actor | Black Sails
English-born Tom Hopper has come a long way in his acting career. A former student of Rose Bruford College where he studied acting, Tom Hopper has become widely known for his involvement in both films and in some of television's highly popular drama series including Merlin (2008) as the strongman ...
Dickon Tarly (1 Episode, 2017)
65. John Standing
Actor | V for Vendetta
Sir John Standing is one of England's most respected stage, film and television actors. From a distinguished acting dynasty which includes his great-grandfather Herbert Standing (1846-1923), grandfather Sir Guy Standing (1873-1937) and mother, the actress Kay Hammond, John Robert Leon Standing, ...
Jon Arryn (1 Episode, 2011)
66. David Rintoul
Actor | The Ghost Writer
David Rintoul was born on November 29, 1948 in Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), The Crown (2016) and The Protégé (2021).
Aerys Targaryen (1 Episode, 2016)
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