Cast of Game of Thrones

House Stark

• Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell.
• Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark, originally of House Tully.
• Richard Madden as Robb Stark, Eddard's eldest son and heir.
• Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Eddard's eldest daughter.
• Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, Eddard's youngest daughter.
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark, Eddard's middle son.
• Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark, Eddard's youngest son.
• Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Eddard's bastard son by an unknown mother.
• Joseph Mawle as Benjen Stark, Eddard's younger brother, First Ranger of the Night's Watch.

Retainers at Winterfell

• Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy, a ward and hostage for his rebellious father's good behavior.
• Ron Donachie as Ser Rodrik Cassel, master of arms.
• Jamie Sives as Jory Cassel, Rodrik's nephew, captain of the guards.
• Phil Dixon as Tomard, a guardsman.
• Graham Charles as Varly, a guardsman.
• Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin, a maester of the Citadel.
• Kristian Nairn as Hodor, a simple stableboy.
• Margaret John as Old Nan, a retired servant and Hodor's great-grandmother.
• Susan Brown as Septa Mordane, a religious tutor and governess to Arya and Sansa.
• Esme Bianco as Ros, a prostitute working in Winterfell's outlying town.

Vassals and allies of House Stark

• Clive Mantle as Lord Greatjon Umber, Lord of Last Hearth, a loyal vassal of House Stark.
• Mark Coney as Lord Galbart Glover, Lord of Deepwood Motte, a vassal of House Stark.
• Steven Blount (Season 1)/John Stahl (Season 2) as Lord Rickard Karstark, Lord of Karhold, a vassal and distant kinsman of House Stark.
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jojen Reed, the son and heir of Lord Howland Reed, one of Eddard Stark's closest friends and allies.
• Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed, Jojen's older sister.

House Bolton and retainers

• Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort, a vassal of Eddard Stark.
• Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Snow, Lord Roose's bastard son.
• Noah Taylor as Locke, a vassal and hunter in Lord Bolton's service.
• Charlotte Hope as Myranda, a prostitute at the Dreadfort.

House Lannister

• Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister, the widowed patriarch of House Lannister and father of Jaime, Cersei and Tyrion.
• Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, twin sister of Jaime, mother of Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen.
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister, a knight of the Kingsguard, twin brother of Cersei.
• Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, called the Imp for his size.
• Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister, Lord Tywin's younger brother and closest adviser.
• Eugene Simon as Lancel Lannister, Ser Kevan's son, a squire to King Robert.
• Karl Davies as Alton Lannister, a distant cousin of the main branch of the family.

Vassals and allies of House Lannister

• Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne, a squire, a member of one of the Lannisters' vassal families.
• Fintan McKeown as Ser Amory Lorch, a loyal vassal and retainer of House Lannister.
• Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane, Prince Joffrey's bodyguard and sworn sword, long in the service of House Lannister.
• Conan Stevens (Season 1)/Ian Whyte (Season 2)/Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Season 4) as Ser Gregor Clegane, Sandor Clegane's brother and the most feared knight in Westeros, known as 'Lord Tywin's Mad Dog'.
• Anthony Morris as the Tickler, a noted interrogator and torturer in the service of Ser Gregor Clegane.
• Vinnie McCabe as Lord Leo Lefford, a Lannister bannerman.

House Baratheon

• Mark Addy as King Robert Baratheon, King of the Seven Kingdoms.
• Jack Gleeson as Prince Joffrey Baratheon, King Robert's eldest son and heir.
• Aimee Richardson as Myrcella Baratheon, King Robert's eldest daughter.
• Callum Wharry as Tommen Baratheon, King Robert's youngest son.
• Gethin Anthony as Lord Renly Baratheon, King Robert's youngest brother, Lord of Storm's End.
• Stephen Dillane as Lord Stannis Baratheon, King Robert's middle brother, Lord of Dragonstone.
• Tara Fitzgerald as Lady Selyse Baratheon, Lord Stannis's wife, originally of House Florent.
• Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon, Lord Stannis's daughter and only child.

Vassals and allies of House Baratheon

• Carice van Houten as Melisandre, Lord Stannis's adviser, a red priestess.
• Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth, a former smuggler, now Lord Stannis' most loyal vassal.
• Kerr Logan as Matthos Seaworth, Ser Davos's son.
• Oliver Ford Davies as Maester Cressen, Lord Stannis's maester.
• Lucian Msamati as Salladhor Saan, a freesail in Stannis's employ.
• Gordon Mahn as Ser Imry Florent, a knight sworn to Stannis's service.
• Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth, a fierce warrior from the Stormlands.
• Robert Sterne as the Royal Steward, a courtier in the service of Robert Baratheon in King's Landing.
• Rhodri Hosking as Mycah, son of a butcher in King Robert's retinue.

House Arryn and retainers

• Sir John Standing as Lord Jon Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and the King's Hand.
• Kate Dickie as Lady Lysa Arryn, originally of House Tully, Catelyn Stark's sister.
• Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn, Lord Jon's only surviving son and heir.
• Brendan McCormack as Ser Vardis Egen, the captain of the Eyrie's household guards.
• Ciaran Birmingham as Mord, the Eyrie's chief gaoler.
• Jefferson Hall as Ser Hugh of the Vale, Lord Jon's former squire.
• Rupert Vansittart as Lord Yohn Royce, one of the Arryns' most stalwart vassals and supporters.
• Paola Dionisotti as Lady Anya Waynwood, one of the Arryns' vassals.
• Alisdair Simpson as Ser Donnel Waynwood, the Knight of the Gate.

House Tyrell and retainers

• Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lord Mace Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden and the Reach. The son of Olenna Redwyne and the father of Loras and Margaery.
• Finn Jones as Ser Loras Tyrell, Lord Renly Baratheon's former squire and a famous tourney knight.
• Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell, Loras's sister.
• Dame Diana Rigg as Olenna Redwyne, nicknamed the Queen of Thorns, the mother of Mace, grandmother of Loras and Margaery and matriarch of the family.

House Greyjoy and retainers

• Patrick Malahide as Lord Balon Greyjoy, Lord of Pyke, father of Theon Greyjoy.
• Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy, the only daughter of Lord Balon.
• Forbes KB as Lorren, a noted raider and reaver in the service of House Greyjoy.
• Ralph Ineson as Dagmer, a noted raider, reaver and ship captain in the service of House Greyjoy.

House Tully and retainers

• Tobias Menzies as Ser Edmure Tully, the son and heir of the ailing Lord Hoster Tully and the brother of Lady Catelyn Stark.
• Clive Russell as Ser Brynden Tully, Lord Hoster's younger brother, a famous knight known as "The Blackfish".
• Gerry O'Brien as Lord Jonos Bracken, Lord of Stone Hedge, a vassal of House Tully.
• Kevin Keenan as Kurleket, a man-at-arms to House Bracken, a vassal of House Tully.
• Ryan McKenna as Ser Willis Wode, a sworn sword of House Whent, a vassal of House Tully.

House Frey and retainers

• David Bradley as Lord Walder Frey, Lord of the Twins, an old and prickly vassal of House Tully, past ninety years of age.
• Kelly Long as Joyeuse Erenford, Walder Frey's newest wife.
• Tim Plester as "Black Walder" Frey, the great-grandson of Walder Frey and a noted warrior with a hot temper.
• Alexandra Dowling as Roslin Frey, one of Lord Frey's youngest daughters.
• Elizabeth Webster as Fat Walda Frey, one of Lord Frey's granddaughters.

House Martell and retainers

• Pedro Pascal as Prince Oberyn Martell, popularly known as the Red Viper. The younger brother of the ruling Prince Doran Martell of Dorne.
• Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand, Oberyn's paramour and mother to several of his children.
• Daniel Rabin as Lord Blackmont, a senior vassal of the Martells.

In the Riverlands

• Susie Kelly as Masha Heddle, the innkeeper of the Crossroads Inn.
• Jerome Flynn as Bronn, a sellsword met at the Crossroads Inn.
• Emun Elliott as Marillion, a singer and troubadour met at the Crossroads Inn.
• Sibel Kekilli as Shae, a camp-follower and prostitute attached to the Lannister army.
• Mark Lewis Jones as Shagga, a warrior clan chief from the Mountains of the Moon.
• Oona Chaplin as Talisa Maegyr, a battlefield doctor.
• Paul Kealyn as Weasel, a worker at Harrenhal.
• Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr, a red priest, warrior, famed drinker and friend of King Robert.
• Philip McGinley as Anguy, an exceptionally-skilled archer.
• Anton Lesser as Qyburn, a disgraced maester.

In King's Landing

• Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish, the Master of Coin on the king's small council.
• Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle, the master of wisdom on the king's small council.
• Conleth Hill as Varys, the Master of Whisperers on the king's small council.
• Ian McElhinney as Lord Commander Barristan Selmy, the head of the Kingsguard.
• Ian Beattie as Ser Meryn Trant, a knight of the Kingsguard.
• James Doran as Ser Mandon Moore, a knight of the Kingsguard.
• Wilko Johnson as Ser Ilyn Payne, the king's headsman and executioner.
• David Michael Scott (Season 1)/Richard Dormer (Season 3) as Lord Beric Dondarrion, a young lord and popular tourney knight.
• Dominic Carter as Commander Janos Slynt, the commander of the City Watch.
• Miltos Yerolemou as Syrio Forel, a master swordsman from Braavos.
• Andrew Wilde as Tobho Mott, a master armorer and smith.
• Joe Dempsie as Gendry, Mott's apprentice.
• Antonia Christophers as Mhaegen, a prostitute.
• Sahara Knite as Armeca, a prostitute.
• Emily Diamond as a prostitute.
• Josephine Gillan as Marei, a prostitute.
• Will Tudor as Olyvar, a male prostitute and spy.
• Pixie Le Knot as Kayla, a prostitute and contortionist.
• Eros Vlahos as Lommy Greenhands, a dyer's apprentice.
• Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie, a baker's apprentice.
• Andy Beckwith as Rorge, a street criminal imprisoned in the Red Keep.
• Gerard Jordan as Biter, a street criminal imprisoned in the Red Keep.
• Hugo Culverhouse as a stableboy in the Red Keep.
• Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar, a prisoner in the Red Keep.
• Roy Dotrice as Wisdom Hallyne, the head of the Alchemists' Guild.
• Simon Fisher-Becker as the High Septon, the head of the Faith of the Seven.
• Tony Way as Ser Dontos Hollard, a knight in service to the crown.
• Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos to the Iron Throne.

In the Night's Watch

• James Cosmo as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, commander of the Night's Watch.
• Owen Teale as Ser Alliser Thorne, in charge of training new recruits.
• Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon, Lord Mormont's closest adviser.
• Brian Fortune as Bowen Marsh, the First Steward of the Watch.
• Dennis McKeever as Othell Yarwyck, the First Builder of the Watch.
• Jeffrey O'Brien as Ser Jaremy Rykker, an officer in the rangers.
• Francis Magee as Yoren, a recruiter for the Watch.
• John Bradley-West as Samwell Tarly, a nobleman's son, a fresh recruit to the Wall.
• Josef Altin as Pypar, a fresh recruit to the Watch, a former actor.
• Mark Stanley as Grenn, a fresh recruit to the Watch.
• Luke McEwan as Rast, a fresh recruit to the Watch, arrested for rape.
• Rob Ostlere as Ser Waymar Royce, a newcomer to the Watch, a skilled knight.
• Dermot Keaney as Gared, an experienced ranger.
• Bronson Webb as Will, an experienced ranger and scout.
• Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett, a squire, noted for his pessimistic sense of humor.
• Simon Armstrong as Qhorin Halfhand, an elite scout from the Shadow Tower and one of the Watch's most respected rangers.
• Burn Gorman as Karl, a ranger.

Wildlings

• Natalia Tena as Osha, a wildling warrior-woman.
• Stephen Don as Stiv, a former member of the Watch who has turned his cloak.
• Robert Pugh as Craster, a wildling whose keep provides a safehaven for rangers of the Watch.
• Hannah Murray as Gilly, one of Craster's daughters.
• Rose Leslie as Ygritte, a wildling warrior-woman in the service of Mance Rayder.
• Edward Dogliani as Lord of Bones, a famed wildling warrior and leader of men, a fierce enemy of the Night's Watch.
• Mackenzie Crook as Orell, a sinister wildling with unnatural powers.
• Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane, a charismatic wildling leader.
• Ciarán Hinds as Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, the leader of all the wildlings by acclamation.
• Yuri Kolokolnikov as Styr, the Magnar of Thenn.

In Pentos and Vaes Dothrak

• Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen, an exiled Targaryen claimant to the Iron Throne.
• Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Viserys's younger sister.
• Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont, a knight of Westeros, exiled by Lord Eddard Stark.
• Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo, a warlord of the Dothraki.
• Roger Allam as Illyrio Mopatis, a magister of the Free City of Pentos.
• Dar Salim as Qotho, one of Drogo's bloodriders.
• Ivailo Dimitrov as Mago, a Dothraki warrior.
• Elyes Gabel as Rakharo, a Dothraki warrior in Daenerys's service as a bodyguard.
• Steven Cole as Kovarro, a Dothraki warrior.
• Amrita Acharia as Irri, a handmaiden gifted to Daenerys.
• Roxanne McKee as Doreah, a servant and adviser gifted to Daenerys.
• Sarita Piotrowski as Jhiqui, a handmaiden gifted to Daenerys.
• Rania Zouari as a Pentoshi servant in Illyrio's manse.
• Simon Lowe as a wineseller in Vaes Dothrak.

In Lhazar

• Mia Soteriou as Mirri Maz Duur, a healer of the Lhazareen people.

In Qarth

• Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos, a merchant lord of Qarth.
• Ian Hanmore as Pyat Pree, a warlock of Qarth.
• Laura Pradelska as Quaithe, a priestess of the Shadow Lands resident in Qarth.
• Nicholas Blane as the Spice King, the leader of the spice merchants of Qarth.

In Astapor and Yunkai

• Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, a slave and translator working in the city of Astapor.
• Dan Hildebrand as Kraznys mo Nakloz, a slave-trader and immensely rich merchant in Astapor.
• Ramon Tikaram as Prendahl na Ghezn, a mercenary commander.
• Ed Skrein (Season 3)/Michiel Huisman (Season 4) as Daario Naharis, a charismatic mercenary.
• Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm, a warrior-eunuch of the Unsullied.

In Meereen

• Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq, a lord of Meereen.

Credits

• David Benioff - writer/executive producer.
• D.B. Weiss - writer/executive producer.
• George R.R. Martin - writer/executive producer.
• Guymon Cassidy - executive producer.
• Carolyn Strauss - executive producer.
• Ralph Vincinaza - executive producer.
• Vincent Gerardis - executive producer.
• Frank Doelger - producer.
• Mark Huffam - producer
• Thomas McCarthy - director (pilot).
• Sean Bobbitt - director of photography.
• Sean Guest - 1st assistant director.
• Tatiana S. Riegel - editor.
• Gemma Jackson - production designer.
• Michele Clapton - costume designer.
• Marisa Clayton - digital post-production.
• Julia Frey - production supervisor/location scout (pilot).
• Robert Stromberg - VFX supervisor (pilot).
• Ramin Djawadi - music (series).
• Buster Reeves - stunt work (pilot).
• Corvus Corax - music (Winterfell feast scene).
• Nina Gold - London casting director.
• Amy Berman & Carrie Frazier - Los Angeles casting directors.
• Michelle Taylor Spellman - Los Angeles casting associate.
• Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee - New York casting directors.
• Allison Estrin - New York casting associate.

Writers

• David Benioff & D.B. Weiss: episodes 1-3, 5, 7, 9-12, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-24, 26, 28-31, 33, 35, 37-40.
• Bryan Cogman: episodes 4, 13, 25, 34 and 36.
• Jane Espenson: episode 6.
• George R.R. Martin: episodes 8, 19, 27 and 32.
• Vanessa Taylor: episode 14, 16 and 22.

Directors

• Thomas McCarthy: pilot episode (unscreened).
• Tim Van Patten: episodes 1-2.
• Brian Kirk: episodes 3-5.
• Daniel Minahan: episodes 6-8, 21-22.
• Alan Taylor: episodes 9-12, 18 & 20.
• Alik Sakharov: episodes 13, 26, 36-37.
• David Petrarca: episodes 14-15.
• David Nutter: episodes 16-17, 29-30.
• Neil Marshall: episodes 19 & 39.
• David Benioff: episodes 23.
• Alex Graves: episodes 24-25, 32-33, 38 & 40.
• Michelle MacLaren: episodes 27-28, 34-35.
• ​D. B. Weiss: episode 31.