Showing posts with label Game of Thrones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Game of Thrones. Show all posts

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny (born 18 September 1956 in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England) is an English actor, known for his many roles on stage and television. I know him best for his roles as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the British comedy series Blackadder (1983-89). He also appeared as Robett Glover in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2016-17).

I purchased Tim's autograph from Only Authentics in November 2021. Unfortunately the character name is slightly smudged.

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Monday, August 22, 2022

Natalia Tena

Natalia Gastiain Tena (born 1 November 1984 in London, England) is an English-Spanish actress and musician. She is best know for portraying Nymphadora Tonks in four Harry Potter films (2007-11), and the wildling Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-13, 2016).

I met Natalia at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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Jack Gleeson

Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish actor who is best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–14). Following this role, Gleeson took a hiatus from acting, but has since taken part in independent theatre and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind.

I met Jack at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2022.

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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Ron Donachie

Ronald Eaglesham Porter (born 26 April 1956 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland), known professionally as Ron Donachie, is a Scottish actor. I know him for his supporting roles in films The Jungle Book (1994), Titanic (1997) and the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011-12). He is the father of fellow Game of Thrones actor Daniel Portman.

I met Ron at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2012.

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Miltos Yerolemou

Miltos Yerolemou (born in London, England) is a British actor best known for his role as Syrio Forel in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones (2011).

Yerolemou has also made appearances in films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Danish Girl (2015) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).

I met Miltos at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2013.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Monday, May 25, 2020

Ian Whyte

Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. He is known for his roles as Predators in Alien vs. Predator (2004) and its sequel Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Sheikh Suleiman in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans and The Last Engineer in Prometheus (2012).

He also portrayed various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011-2017) including White Walkers in season 1 and season 2 and a giant in the opening episode of season 3. For these roles he was unrecognisable under make-up and computer effects. In season 2, he also had a speaking role as Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane. In season 5 and season 6, Whyte portrayed the giant Wun Wun. He later played a giant wight in episode 3 of Season 8.

I met Ian at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2014 and at a double bill screening of Predator and Alien vs. Predator organised by the Burnt Church Film Club at The Flying Duck in Glasgow on 12 August 2018.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia





  



Friday, May 22, 2020

Ben Crompton

Benjamin Lorton Crompton (born 1974 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) is an English actor and stand-up comedian. I know him for his role as Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012-2019).

I met Ben at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Daniel Portman

Daniel Porter (born 13 February 1992 in Glasgow, Scotland), known professionally as Daniel Portman, is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing the role of Podrick Payne in 35 episodes of the HBO series Game of Thrones from 2012 to 2019.

I met Daniel at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2012.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Sunday, May 17, 2020

Mark Stanley

Mark Stanley (born 29 April 1988 in England) is an English actor best known for playing the role of Grenn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-14). He appears briefly in the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as a member of the Knights of Ren.

I met Mark at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Friday, May 15, 2020

Sahara Knite

Saeeda Vorajee (born 4 February 1975 in London, England), better known by her stage name Sahara Knite, is an English model, actress and adult film star. She worked as a clothing technologist in the fashion industry for six years before beginning her adult film career. She appeared as Armea in four episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-12).

I met Sahara at the Entertainment Media Show in October 2012.

Link:
IMDb (warning: filmography contains adult film titles)


Friday, May 8, 2020

Laura Pradelska

Laura Pradelska (born 7 April 1988 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German actress, best known to me for her role as Quaithe in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012).

I met Laura at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012.

Links:
IMDb
Twitter


James Cosmo

James Ronald Gordon Copeland MBE (born 27 October 1947 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland), known professionally as James Cosmo, is a Scottish actor known for his appearances in films including Highlander (1986), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Troy (2004), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Ben-Hur (2016), T2:Trainspotting (2017) and Wonder Woman (2017), as well as television series such as Sons of Anarchy (2010), Game of Thrones (2011-13) and His Dark Materials (2019).

I met James Cosmo at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia
Official website

James Cosmo as Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones

James Cosmo as Angus MacLeod in Highlander

Ian Hanmore

Ian Hanmore (born 16 October 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish actor I know best for his role as the warlock Pyat Pree in the second season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012).

I met Ian at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Thursday, May 7, 2020

Gemma Whelan

Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981 in Leeds, England) is an English actress and comedian, best known for playing Yara Greyjoy in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2012-14, 2016-19).

I met Gemma at the Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Friday, March 27, 2020

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie (born 23 March 1971 in East Kilbride, Scotland) is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is known for her television roles as Lex in the BBC series Tinsel Town (2000–01) and Lysa Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-14). She appeared as Ford in Prometheus (2012), as Katherine in The Witch (2015) and as First Order Officer in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

I have met Kate twice: at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2014 and at a Matchbox Cineclub screening of The Witch at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow in October 2018.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia






Friday, March 13, 2020

Charlotte Hope

Charlotte Hope (born 15 October 1990 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Myranda in the HBO drama series Game of Thrones (2013–16), Catherine of Aragon in the Starz historical drama The Spanish Princess (2019–present), Philippa Hawking in the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything (2014) and Sister Victoria in the supernatural horror film The Nun (2018).

I met Charlotte at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2015.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Sunday, March 8, 2020

Jessica Henwick

Jessica Yu Li Henwick (born 30 August 1992 in Surrey England) is an English actress. She was the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series, having starred in the children's show Spirit Warriors (2009–10). She is also known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in HBO series Game of Thrones (2015–17), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and the character Colleen Wing in Iron Fist (2017–2018), The Defenders (2017) and the second season of Luke Cage (2018).

I met Jessica at Sheffield Film & Comic Con in August 2015.

Links:
IMDb
Wikipedia


Friday, March 6, 2020

Tom Hopper

Thomas Edward Hopper (born 28 January 1985 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England) is an English actor. He has appeared as Sir Percival in Merlin (2010-12), Billy Bones in Black Sails (2014-17), Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones (2017) and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019-20). He also had a part in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), as William Hardell, Grace's commanding officer in the Resistance.

I met Tom at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017.

Link:
IMDb
Wikipedia



Staz Nair

Staz Nair (born 17 June 1991 in London, England) is a British actor and model of Russian and Indian origins. He is best known for playing Qhono in the television series Game of Thrones (2016-19) and as William Dey in the television series Supergirl (2019-20).

I met Staz at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017.

Link:
IMDb