Iwan Rheon

Iwan Rheon
Information
Date of birth	May 13, 1985
Birthplace	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Role	Ramsay Bolton
First episode	"Dark Wings, Dark Words"
Last episode	"Battle of the Bastards"
External links
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Iwan Rheon is a Welsh actor and musician. He portrays Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones.

Career

Rheon had a lead role in Misfits (which also featured Josef Altin, Michelle Fairley and Nathalie Emmanuel). He is in the upcoming movies Wasteland and Libertador. He also had a recurring role in the first and second seasons of Simon Amstell's sitcom Grandma's House as Simon's self-involved boyfriend, Ben.

He was cast for the third season of Game of Thrones in the role of Ramsay Snow. He was announced in the role on July 20, 2012, though the character was initially referred only as "Boy", to keep his identity secret. He was promoted to starring cast member for the fourth season, and his name was added to the opening credits as of "The Lion and the Rose".

In the DVD commentary for Season 3 episode 3 "Walk of Punishment", executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed that Iwan was actually their runner-up second choice to play Jon Snow, one of the main heroes of the story, but lost to Kit Harington. In many ways, Ramsay Snow is a foil to Jon Snow: just as the Boltons are the "bad" counterpart to the "good" Starks in the North, both of them are the bastard sons of the head of their Houses. Bryan Cogman later said that when Benioff and Weiss conceived the show's version of Ramsay, Rheon was their first and only choice for the role.

Rheon and Harington are close friends in real life, but did not share screen time until the sixth season episode, "Battle of the Bastards". While filming Jon and Ramsay's fight scene, Rheon was accidentally struck twice by Harington, who first caught Rheon's chin with a shield and then punched him across the face. Though Rheon was not seriously hurt, Harington reportedly bought him a pint of beer as a sign of apology.

Rheon reprised his role as Ramsay in Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, along with Harington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, and Natalie Dormer.

In 2015, he co-starred in the TV series Residue alongside Natalia Tena, who played Osha in Game of Thrones.

Credits

Guest starring

Game of Thrones: Season 3
Valar Dohaeris	Dark Wings, Dark Words	Walk of Punishment	And Now His Watch Is Ended	Kissed by Fire
The Climb	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Second Sons	The Rains of Castamere	Mhysa

Starring

Game of Thrones: Season 4
Two Swords	The Lion and the Rose	Breaker of Chains	Oathkeeper	First of His Name
The Laws of Gods and Men	Mockingbird	The Mountain and the Viper	The Watchers on the Wall	The Children

Game of Thrones: Season 5
The Wars To Come	The House of Black and White	High Sparrow	Sons of the Harpy	Kill the Boy
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken	The Gift	Hardhome	The Dance of Dragons	Mother's Mercy

Game of Thrones: Season 6
The Red Woman	Home	Oathbreaker	Book of the Stranger	The Door
Blood of My Blood	The Broken Man	No One	Battle of the Bastards	The Winds of Winter

Gallery

Rheon with Faye Marsay, John Bradley, Conleth Hill and Liam Cunningham

See also

• Iwan Rheon on Wikipedia
• Iwan Rheon on IMDb
• Iwan Rheon on X
• Iwan Rheon on Instagram
• Iwan Rheon on Facebook
• Iwan Rheon on Google+
• Iwan Rheon on YouTube
• Iwan Rheon on Spotify
• Iwan Rheon's CV at Curtis Brown Literary and talent agency