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Outside of Mamoa, which actor has had the best career so far from the GoT ?

Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:09 pm
Posted by Chorizo chang
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:09 pm
I watched In the Land of Saints and Sinners last week and bizarrely enough I didn’t recognize Joffrey alongside Liam Neeson. For starters I thought he had quit acting, but I can’t believe I didn’t recognize that magnificently punchable face

I definitely thought Kit Harrington was going places, but so far everything I’ve seen has been mediocre B flicks. And I just try to brain bleach his loathsome character from Industry

The most noteworthy thing Dinklage has done is read that beautiful poem in front of the courthouse in NYC a couple of years ago. And everything I’ve seen Emilia Clarke in has been awful. I don’t even recognize anything from Sophie Turner’s IMDb

Am I forgetting anyone?
Posted by tygerphan
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:12 pm to
Pedro Pascal - was only in one season but is a superstar now.
Posted by tygerphan
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:16 pm to
Also Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Posted by Chorizo chang
Statesboro
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:17 pm to
Good call. I completely forgot about Pedro
Posted by Wayne Campbell
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:17 pm to
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Pedro Pascal


Almost certainly the right answer. At least for me as someone who doesn't consume a ton of TV or movies.

Dinklage has notoriety. But I'd say he's a known for Elf as he is for any other non-GoT work, and that movie came out 8 years before GoT.
Posted by Crucial Taunt
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:17 pm to
Harrington hasn’t done much in movies but I think he’s been great on Industry on HBO.
Posted by Wayne Campbell
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:19 pm to
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Crucial Taunt


I hear you can really wail!
Posted by cfish140
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:21 pm to
Lena Headey (Cersei) has had a great career. She was pretty well established even before GOT
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:23 pm to
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) works all the time. I remember him back to Blackhawk Down.
Posted by tygerphan
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:24 pm to
As were Sean Bean and Jonathan Pryce.
Posted by skrayper
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:33 pm to
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Outside of Mamoa, which actor has had the best career so far from the GoT ?


Based purely on big roles or actually being great in those roles?

Because we have to include Sophie Turner if for no other reason than getting into two X-Men movies as well as the Lara Croft series.

That said... you have to presume Pedro Pascal is the hands-on winner. Dude's been in everything. Love or hate him, he's become huge.

Most of the actors were pretty well established, so do you include actors like Charles Vance, or only actors who made their first big splash with the show, like Emilia Clarke?
Posted by Chorizo chang
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 1:43 pm to
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau


He’s had my personal favorite resumé since GoT. Not many misses. He picks some really solid rolls
Posted by ATrillionaire
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:20 pm to
I've seen Tywin Lannister in a lot of projects.
Posted by Chorizo chang
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:26 pm to
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Because we have to include Sophie Turner if for no other reason than getting into two X-Men movies as well as the Lara Croft series.


I haven’t seen any of these movies so I guess that’s why she never came to mind
Posted by ShrimperDan
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:34 pm to
Its Pedo Pascal unfortunately
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:40 pm to
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Crucial Taunt



I hear you can really wail!

Posted by hugo_boss
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 2:57 pm to
Richard Madden has had a lot of work. I really liked him in Bastille Day with Idris Elba. He has a show currently on Amazon Prime.
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 4:42 pm to
Saw Jack Gleason (Joffrey) in a movie with Liam Neeson the other day called “In the Land of Saints and Sinners”. He was playing a low level hitman in Ireland, he was great.
Posted by Mstate
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 7:07 pm to
He was also in house of Guinness and did really well imo
Posted by weagle1999
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 8:54 pm to
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Pedro Pascal




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