Game of Thrones: Season 3/Cast

See also: Season 3

The Season 3 cast includes twenty-eight starring cast members and numerous guest stars.

Starring cast

See also: Starring cast

The following cast members are credited during the opening sequence at the beginning of each episode where they appear:

1. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (9 episodes)
2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister (7 episodes)
3. Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister (8 episodes)
4. Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen (8 episodes)
5. Kit Harington as Jon Snow (8 episodes)
6. Richard Madden as King Robb Stark (7 episodes)
7. Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont (8 episodes)
8. Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark (8 episodes)
9. Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish (4 episodes)
10. Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister (8 episodes)
11. Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth (4 episodes)
12. Stephen Dillane as King Stannis Baratheon (5 episodes)
13. Carice van Houten as Lady Melisandre (6 episodes)
14. Natalie Dormer as Lady Margaery Tyrell (6 episodes)
15. Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Prince Bran Stark (6 episodes)
16. Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark (8 episodes)
17. Maisie Williams as Princess Arya Stark (9 episodes)
18. Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy (6 episodes)
19. John Bradley as Samwell Tarly (8 episodes)
20. Oona Chaplin as Queen Talisa Stark (6 episodes)
21. Joe Dempsie as Gendry (8 episodes)
22. Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon (7 episodes)
23. Rose Leslie as Ygritte (8 episodes)
24. James Cosmo as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (4 episodes)
25. Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn (4 episodes)
26. Conleth Hill as Lord Varys (5 episodes)
27. Sibel Kekilli as Shae (6 episodes)
28. Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane (8 episodes)

Notes

• Second season cast members promoted to the starring cast for the third season are Joe Dempsie, Rose Leslie and Oona Chaplin.
• Richard Madden, Stephen Dillane, Carice van Houten, and Natalie Dormer are now credited individually onscreen.
• Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington and Richard Madden are credited fourth through sixth respectively, now ahead of Michelle Fairley and Iain Glen.

Guest starring cast

Recurring

These recurring cast members are credited as guest stars during the closing sequence of each of the multiple episodes they appear in.

Returning cast members

• Ian McElhinney as Ser Barristan Selmy (8 episodes)
• Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (7 episodes)
• Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton (7 episodes)
• Hannah Murray as Gilly (6 episodes)
• Finn Jones as Ser Loras Tyrell (5 episodes)
• Kristian Nairn as Hodor (5 episodes)
• Art Parkinson as Prince Rickon Stark (5 episodes)
• Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne (5 episodes)
• Luke Barnes as Rast (4 episodes)
• Esmé Bianco as Ros (4 episodes)
• Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett (4 episodes)
• Mark Stanley as Grenn (4 episodes)
• Natalia Tena as Osha (4 episodes)
• Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle (3 episodes)
• John Stahl as Lord Rickard Karstark (3 episodes)
• Ian Beattie as Ser Meryn Trant (2 episodes)
• David Bradley as Lord Walder Frey (2 episodes)
• Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie (2 episodes)
• Robert Pugh as Craster (2 episodes)
• Josef Altin as Pypar ("Mhysa")
• Edward Dogliani as the Lord of Bones ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Sara Dylan as a handmaiden ("The Climb")
• Josephine Gillan as Marei ("Walk of Punishment")
• Kelly Long as Lady Joyeuse Erenford ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Patrick Malahide as King Balon Greyjoy ("Mhysa")
• Lucian Msamati as Salladhor Saan ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Ross Mullan as a White Walker ("Second Sons")
• Gemma Whelan as Princess Yara Greyjoy ("Mhysa")
• Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon ("Mhysa")

Recast characters

Two minor characters from previous seasons have been recast for the third season.

• Richard Dormer replaces David Michael Scott as Lord Beric Dondarrion (4 episodes)
• Tara Fitzgerald replaces background extra Sarah MacKeever as Queen Selyse Baratheon ("Kissed by Fire")

New characters

• Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei (8 episodes)
• Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane (7 episodes)
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jojen Reed (6 episodes)
• Mackenzie Crook as Orell (6 episodes)
• Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr (6 episodes)
• Philip McGinley as Anguy (6 episodes)
• Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Snow (6 episodes)
• Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm (5 episodes)
• Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed (5 episodes)
• Tobias Menzies as Lord Edmure Tully (5 episodes)
• Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell (5 episodes)
• Clive Russell as Ser Brynden Tully (5 episodes)
• Noah Taylor as Locke (5 episodes)
• Anton Lesser as Qyburn (4 episodes)
• Dan Hildebrand as Kraznys mo Nakloz (3 episodes)
• Ciarán Hinds as Mance Rayder (3 episodes)
• Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis (3 episodes)
• Clifford Barry as Greizhen mo Ullhor (2 episodes)
• Tom Brooke as Lothar Frey (2 episodes)
• Dean-Charles Chapman as Martyn Lannister (2 episodes)
• Timothy Gibbons as Willem Lannister (2 episodes)
• Burn Gorman as Karl Tanner (2 episodes)
• Kerry Ingram as Princess Shireen Baratheon (2 episodes)
• Tim Plester as "Black Walder" Frey (2 episodes)
• Michael Shelford as Master Torturer (2 episodes)

Single episode

The following cast members are credited as guest stars during the closing sequence of the single episode they appear in:

• Max Barber as an orphan ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Rhys Howells as an Unsullied 1 (Valar Dohaeris)
• Aisling Jarrett-Gavin as Margaery Tyrell's handmaiden ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Elisa Lasowski as Mirelle ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Michael Power as a boat commander ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Lottie Steer as an orphan ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Ian Whyte as a giant ("Valar Dohaeris")
• Joe Cassidy as a tailor ("Dark Wings, Dark Words")
• Joe Purcell as a traveller ("Dark Wings, Dark Words")
• Will Rastall as a Tyrell server ("Dark Wings, Dark Words")
• Michelle Costello as one of Craster's wives ("Walk of Punishment")
• Mark Drake as a tortured slave ("Walk of Punishment")
• Kylie Harris as Genna ("Walk of Punishment")
• Pixie Le Knot as Kayla ("Walk of Punishment")
• Gary Lightbody as a Bolton soldier ("Walk of Punishment")
• Lisa Walsh as one of Craster's wives ("Walk of Punishment")
• Harold James McMullan as the Sorcerer ("And Now His Watch is Ended")
• Bryan Quinn as a Bolton soldier ("And Now His Watch is Ended")
• Sophie Reid as a Tyrell lady ("And Now His Watch is Ended")
• Shaun Blaney as a Karstark lookout ("Kissed by Fire")
• Will Tudor as Olyvar ("Kissed by Fire")
• Stephanie Blacker as Violet ("The Bear and the Maiden Fair")
• George Georgiou as Razdal mo Eraz ("The Bear and the Maiden Fair")
• Charlotte Hope as Myranda ("The Bear and the Maiden Fair")
• Jamie Michie as Steelshanks ("The Bear and the Maiden Fair")
• Paul Bentley as the High Septon ("Second Sons")
• Mark Killeen as Mero ("Second Sons")
• Talitha Luke-Eardley as a Yunkai'i whore ("Second Sons")
• Ramon Tikaram as Prendahl na Ghezn ("Second Sons")
• Oddie Braddell as Wendel Manderly ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Sean Buckley as an old man ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Will Champion as a drummer ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Alexandra Dowling as Lady Roslin Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Kenneth Hadley as a septon ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Grace Hendy as Merry Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• A.J. Kennedy as a Frey guard ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Pat McGrath as a hog farmer ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Maro Drobnic as Lord Desmond Crakehall ("Mhysa")
• El Hasani as a Yunkai'i slave ("Mhysa")
• Roxanna Kadyrova as a Yunkai'i slave ("Mhysa")
• Michael Liebmann as a Frey soldier ("Mhysa")
• Mustapha Mekanassi as a Yunkai'i slave ("Mhysa")
• Alexander Mileman as a fruit vendor ("Mhysa")
• Will O'Connell as a Night's Watchman ("Mhysa")
• Ciaran O'Grady as a Frey soldier ("Mhysa")
• Jamal Ouarraq as a Yunkai'i slave ("Mhysa")
• Marin Tudor as a Yunkai'i slave ("Mhysa")

Background cast

The following cast members are considered featured extras and appear uncredited, despite their characters being identifiable:

• Unknown actor(s) as Sam (6 episodes)
• Dennis McKeever as Othell Yarwyck ("Walk of Punishment")
• Unknown actor as Kingsguard member (possibly Balon Swann) ("The Bear and the Maiden Fair")
• Unknown actor as Walda Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Derwa Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Waldra Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Janeya Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Neyela Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Serra Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Sarra Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Marianne Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Freya Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")
• Unknown actor as Shirei Frey ("The Rains of Castamere")