Best Actors on Game of Thrones
by BryanDowling93 | created - 16 Apr 2014 | updated - 05 Jun 2014 | PublicA List of the best actors on Game of Thrones and how well they fit the character description and how awesome they are at playing the character.
In No Order
1. 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 ...
As Jaime Lannister
Has one of the best acted scenes I've ever seen in Season 3 and you'll know which scene I am talking about when you see it as you can feel the emotion and the powerful of that particular scene while watching it.
Stand Out Acting: S03E05: Kissed by Fire
2. Alfie Allen
Actor | John Wick
Alfie Evan Allen (born 12 September 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
Allen was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of film producer Alison Owen and Welsh-born actor Keith Allen. His older sister is singer Lily Allen...
As Theon Greyjoy
Season 2-Present as he doesn't have a lot to do in Season 1 and is a minor character despite being credited for main cast in Season 1 but his performance from Season 2 to now has been outstanding acting
Stand Out Acting: S04E06: The Laws of Gods and Men
3. 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 ...
As Eddard 'Ned' Stark
Stand Out Acting: A tough one as he has many but S01E09: Baelor
4. 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),...
As Tywin Lannister
Stand Out Acting: S03E01: Valar Dohaeris
5. 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...
As Tyrion Lannister
Stand Out Acting: S04E06: The Laws of Gods and Men
6. 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 ...
As Arya Stark
Stand Out Acting: S02E05: The Ghost of Harrenhal
7. 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 ...
As Lord Varys
Stand Out Acting: S03E04: And Now His Watch Has Ended
8. David Bradley
Actor | The World's End
David Bradley was born on April 17, 1942 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The World's End (2013), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). He has been married to Rosanna Bradley since 1978. They have three children.
As Walder Frey
Stand Out Acting: S03E09: The Rains of Castamere
9. Michael McElhatton
Actor | Game of Thrones
Michael McElhatton was born on September 12, 1963 in Terenure, Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Jack Ryan (2018) and Chernobyl (2019).
As Roose Bolton
Season 3-Present as like Alfie in Season 1 he doesn't have much to do as he is first introduced in Season 2 and he does well in those scenes but it's in Season 3 where he really shines and he shines very bright.
Stand Out Acting: S04E02: The Lion and The Rose
10. 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 ...
As Lady Olenna Tyrell
Stand Out Acting: S03E02: Dark Wings, Dark Words
11. 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...
As Cersei Lannister
Stand Out Acting: S02E09: Blackwater
12. 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.
As Joffrey Baratheon
Stand Out Acting: S04E02: The Lion and The Rose
13. Carice van Houten
Actress | Game of Thrones
One of Europe's most celebrated actresses, Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as 'Melisandre' in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones, a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan...
As Melisandre
Stand Out Acting: S03E06: The Climb
14. 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...
As Sandor 'Hound' Clegane
Stand Out Acting: S04E07: Mockingbird
15. Liam Cunningham
Actor | Hunger
Irish actor Liam Cunningham was an electrician in the mid-'80s. He saw an ad for an acting school and he decided to give it a try. His first film role was as a policeman in "Into the West." Since then, he has been involved in many films and theater productions on both sides of the Atlantic.
As Davos Seaworth
Stand Out Acting: S03E10: Mhysa
16. Stephen Dillane
Actor | The Hours
Stephen Dillane was born on March 27, 1957 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Hours (2002), Game of Thrones (2011) and Darkest Hour (2017).
As Stannis Baratheon
Stand Out Acting: S03E08: Second Sons
17. Harry Lloyd
Actor | The Theory of Everything
Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Will Scarlet in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood, Jeremy Baines in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", Viserys Targaryen in the first season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, Peter ...
As Viserys Targaryen
Stand Out Acting: S01E06: A Golden Crown
18. 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 ...
As Catelyn Stark
Stand Out Acting: S03E09: The Rains of Castamere
19. 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...
As Oberyn 'Red Viper' Martell
Stand Out Acting: S04E07: Mockingbird
20. Iwan Rheon
Actor | Game of Thrones
Iwan Rheon (born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer and musician, best known for portraying Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits (2009) and Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious (2013).
Rheon was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. When he...
As Ramsay Snow, The bastard son of Roose Bolton
Stand Out Acting: S04E08: The Mountain and The Viper
21. Rose Leslie
Actress | Honeymoon
Rose Leslie is a Scottish actress. Her leading on screen debut was at age 21 in the television film New Town (2009). She is famous for playing Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011). Leslie also appeared in the films Now Is Good (2012) and The Last Witch Hunter (2015).
Leslie was ...
As Ygritte
Stand Out Acting: S03E10: Mhysa
22. 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...
As Robert Baratheon
Stand Out Acting: S01E05: The Wolf and the Lion
23. Paul Kaye
Actor | The Stranger
Paul Kaye was born on December 15, 1965 in Clapham, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Stranger (2020), Game of Thrones (2011) and Three Girls (2017). He has been married to Orly Katz since November 1989. They have two children.
As Thoros of Myr
Stand Out Acting: S03E05: Kissed by Fire
24. Kate Dickie
Actress | Red Road
Kate Dickie was born on April 25, 1971 in East Kilbride, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Red Road (2006), Prometheus (2012) and Filth (2013).
As Lysa Arynn
Stand Out Acting: S04E05: The First of His Name
25. 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, ...
As Sansa Stark
Season 4-Present
I've always liked Sophie in the show and thought from season 1-3 she was very good and she has improved every season but I never thought she was great......until this season as she has been knocking out of the park with every big scene she has been given and a particular stand out scene is episode 8 The Mountain and The Viper when she has to tell the council members what happened to Lysa Arynn just sensational acting along with a good few moments in season 4 worth mentioning but episode 8 is the big stand out scene.
Stand Out Acting: S04E08: The Mountain and The Viper
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