Game of Thrones: Season 5/Cast

The cast of Game of Thrones: Season 5 includes twenty-eight starring cast members and numerous guest stars.

Starring

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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 (10 episodes)
2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister (7 episodes)
3. Lena Headey as Queen Mother Cersei Lannister (8 episodes)
4. Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen (8 episodes)
5. Kit Harington as Lord Commander Jon Snow (9 episodes)
6. Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish (6 episodes)
7. Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister ("The Wars To Come")
8. Natalie Dormer as Queen Margaery Tyrell (5 episodes)
9. Stephen Dillane as King Stannis Baratheon (8 episodes)
10. Liam Cunningham as Ser Davos Seaworth (7 episodes)
11. Carice van Houten as Lady Melisandre (6 episodes)
12. Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand (5 episodes)
13. Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy (6 episodes)
14. John Bradley as Samwell Tarly (9 episodes)
15. Sophie Turner as Lady Sansa Stark (9 episodes)
16. Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (6 episodes)
17. Hannah Murray as Gilly (6 episodes)
18. Kristofer Hivju as Tormund (5 episodes)
19. Conleth Hill as Varys (4 episodes)
20. Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (6 episodes)
21. Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn (6 episodes)
22. Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis (7 episodes)
23. Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei (7 episodes)
24. Dean-Charles Chapman as King Tommen Baratheon (5 episodes)
25. Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar (6 episodes)
26. Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton (4 episodes)
27. Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton (6 episodes)
28. with Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont (8 episodes)

Guest starring

Recurring

Returning characters

• Brenock O'Connor as Olly (9 episodes)
• Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett (8 episodes)
• Owen Teale as Ser Alliser Thorne (7 episodes)
• Ian Beattie as Ser Meryn Trant (6 episodes)
• Tara Fitzgerald as Queen Selyse Baratheon (6 episodes)
• Brian Fortune as Othell Yarwyck (6 episodes)
• Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq (6 episodes)
• Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne (6 episodes)
• Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm (5 episodes)
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lord Mace Tyrell (5 episodes)
• Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle (5 episodes)
• Kerry Ingram as Princess Shireen Baratheon (5 episodes)
• Anton Lesser as Qyburn (5 episodes)
• Eugene Simon as Lancel (5 episodes)
• Charlotte Hope as Myranda (4 episodes)
• Finn Jones as Ser Loras Tyrell (4 episodes)
• Ian McElhinney as Ser Barristan Selmy (4 episodes)
• Will Tudor as Olyvar (4 episodes)
• Dominic Carter as Lord Janos Slynt (3 episodes)
• Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister (3 episodes)
• Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon (3 episodes)
• Elizabeth Webster as Lady Walda Bolton (3 episodes)
• Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell (2 episodes)
• Xena Avramidis as a whore (2 episodes)
• Paul Bentley as the High Septon (2 episodes)
• Reece Noi as Mossador (2 episodes)
• Sarine Sofair as Lhara (2 episodes)
• Ciarán Hinds as Mance Rayder ("The Wars To Come")
• Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Ser Gregor Clegane ("Mother's Mercy")
• Richard Brake as the Night King ("Hardhome")
• Lino Facioli as Lord Robin Arryn ("The Wars To Come")
• Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris ("The Dance of Dragons")
• Josephine Gillan as Marei ("Sons of the Harpy")
• Will O'Connell as Todder ("Hardhome")
• Gary Oliver as Captain Ternesio Terys ("The House of Black and White")
• Rupert Vansittart as Lord Yohn Royce ("The Wars To Come")

Recast characters

• Nell Tiger Free replaces Aimee Richardson as Princess Myrcella Baratheon (5 episodes)
• Ross O'Hennessy replaces Edward Dogliani as the Lord of Bones ("Hardhome")

New characters

• Michael Condron as Bowen Marsh (7 episodes)
• Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow (5 episodes)
• Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand (5 episodes)
• Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand (5 episodes)
• DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah (5 episodes)
• Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand (5 episodes)
• Faye Marsay as the Waif (4 episodes)
• Toby Sebastian as Prince Trystane Martell (4 episodes)
• Alexander Siddig as Prince Doran Martell (4 episodes)
• Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella (3 episodes)
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Malko (2 episodes)
• Samantha McEwan as a whore (2 episodes)
• Enzo Cilenti as Yezzan zo Qaggaz (2 episodes)
• Hattie Gotobed as Ghita (2 episodes)
• Ali Lyons as Willa (2 episodes)
• Karla Lyons as Johnna (2 episodes)
• Oengus MacNamara as the thin man (2 episodes)
• Stella McCusker as an old woman (2 episodes)
• Jason McLaughlin as a Baratheon soldier (2 episodes)
• Nigel O'Neill as a Baratheon general (2 episodes)
• Meena Rayann as Vala (2 episodes)
• Rosie Ruthless as a whore (2 episodes)
• Rebecca Scott as a whore (2 episodes)
• Em Scribbler as a whore (2 episodes)
• Portia Victoria as a whore (2 episodes)
• Ian Whyte as Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun (2 episodes)

Single episode

"The Wars To Come" Jodhi May as Maggy Nell Williams as young Cersei Lannister Isabella Steinbarth as Melara Hetherspoon Marcos James as White Rat Allan Gildea as Ser Samwell Stone Stephen Brown as sparring boy Joe Hewetson as Maester Helliweg "The House of Black and White" Elizabeth Cadwallader as Lollys Stokeworth Cedric Henderson as a Faceless Man J.J. Murphy as Ser Denys Mallister Tom Fava as a Street tough Derek Lord as a Mallister supporter Paul Kennedy as an Eyrie guard Winston Davis as a street tough Irene Kelleher as an inn waitress Curtis-Lee Ashqar as a Son of the Harpy Jonathan Gunning as a dwarf hunter Alan McKee as a dwarf hunter "High Sparrow" Rila Fukushima as a red priestess Mishael Lopes Cardozo as a brothel guard David Garlick as a despondent man Matt McArdle as a sellsword Eddie Elks as a sellsword Gwyneth Keyworth as Clea Emina Muftic as a beggar woman "Sons of the Harpy" Gary Pillai as a merchant captain Christian Vit as the lead Dornish guard Simon Norbury as a Faith Militant Jack Olohan as a Faith Militant Slavko Sobin as a Second Son Paddy Wallace as the lead Kingsguard Allon Sylvain as a foreign merchant Will Fortune Rob Brockman Daniel Johnson Richard Fitzwell Ben Yates as a brothel customer "Kill the Boy" Gianpiero Cognoli as a Great Master Raymond Keane as a winter town man Bobby Asghar as a Great Master Peter Silverleaf as Great Master Davor Jozinović as a Great Master Ivan Peric as a Great Master Hadi Kermani as a Great Master Tonci Banov as a Great Master

"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" Michael Yare as a slaver James McKenzie Robinson as Joss "The Gift Ian Lloyd Anderson as Derek Jonathan Byrne as Brant Nikola Bace a Tyrell guard "Hardhome" Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Karsi Zahary Baharov as Loboda Murray McArthur as Dim Dalba Morgan C. Jones as a Braavosi captain Tim Loane as a White Walker "The Dance of Dragons" Nicholas Boulton as a Fighting pit announcer Lacy Moore as a Braavosi madam Jack Hickey as a young bravo Danny O'Connor as a Lannister guard Garry Mountaine as Brusco Dylan McDonough as a sailor Ollie Kram as Anara Gemita Samarra as Brea Irma Mali as a Braavosi prostitute Aifric O'Donnell as Aya Fiach Kunz as a Lannister guard Michael Johnston as a Lannister guard "Mother's Mercy" Maggie Hayes as Septa Moelle Mary Jordan as Septa Scolera Ella Tweed as a Brothel child Isabelle Jones as a Brothel child David Fennelly as a Baratheon soldier Tristan McConnell as Gordy Laurence O'Fuarain as Simpson Ralph R. Clemente as a woodcutter Anthony John Crocker as a King's Landing drunkard Kirsty Nicholls as King's Landing whore Munro Graham as King's Landing flasher Ben Kelly as King's Landing flasher 2 Rebecca Van Cleave as Cersei Lannister (body double)