‘Game of Thrones’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

Winter has come and gone, but the stars of Game of Thrones aren’t going anywhere. See what the cast has been up to since the show’s controversial finale in 2019

Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark
Isaac Hempstead Wright was only 12 when he starred as the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran Stark, and the actor is the first to admit that growing up on the set of Game of Thrones was a unique experience (read: difficult).

Despite the pressures of going through puberty in front of tens of millions of viewers, Hempstead Wright delivered a consistent, critically acclaimed performance. His turn as Bran Stark earned him a 2013 Young Artist Award nomination for best young supporting actor in a TV series, as well as four SAG Award nods as part of the ensemble cast of Game of Thrones.

After his turn as one of the show’s most powerful characters, the actor behind the future King of Westeros expressed he was ready for a new chapter. In 2019, Hempstead Wright told GQ that post-GoT, he wants to relax, use his neuroscience degree from the University of Birmingham and audition when he can.

In 2021, Hempstead Wright appeared in Neill Burger’s sci-fi film Voyagers alongside Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp and Fionn Whitehead. The actor played level-headed Edward, one of 30 teenage astronauts sent to colonize an exoplanet as climate change ravages Earth.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Emilia Clarke gained a massive following since joining the series as a relative newcomer to acting. As badass heir-to-the-Iron-Throne, Daenerys Targaryen, Clarke supplied some of GoT’s most jaw-droppingly empowering moments and earned numerous nominations in the process. During the show’s eight-season run, the actress nabbed personal nods for four Emmys and three Critics’ Choice Awards, in addition to seven SAG Award nominations as part of GoT’s ensemble.

Since the series wrapped, Clarke has stayed squarely in the spotlight and hard at work. She led the holiday rom-com Last Christmas (2019) — written by and costarring Emma Thompson and directed by Paul Feig — crime thriller Above Suspicion (2021) and sci-fi rom-com The Pod Generation, which debuted at Cannes in 2023.

The actress is set to appear in two upcoming biopics: McCarthy and An Ideal Wife. In the former, Clarke will be featured as Jean Kerr, wife to infamous U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, and in the latter, Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance Lloyd. An Ideal Wife tells the story of the couple’s marriage and Lloyd’s sexual awakening after learning Wilde was gay.

Clarke’s first post-Targaryen TV venture will launch her into the Marvel Cinematic Universe via Disney+’s miniseries, Secret Invasion. She plays G’iah, the punkish daughter of Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), a Skrull sect leader and ally to Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson).

In 2019, Clarke wrote an essay for The New Yorker where she opened up about her two brain aneurysms, the first of which happened shortly after filming GoT’s first season. Soon after, Clarke launched her charity, SameYou, which aims to increase access to neurorehabilitation for young people following brain injuries or strokes.

Kit Harington as Jon Snow
Kit Harington brought hunky, brooding Jon Snow to life and left the world with one of the most talked-about cliffhangers in television history. Sure enough, the actor has stayed busy in the years following the series finale.

In 2020, Harington was featured in the second season of Netflix’s anthology series Criminal: UK as Alex, an arrogant realtor accused of sexual assault, and in 2021, he joined the MCU as the valiant Dane Whitman (pre-Black Knight) in Eternals.

Harington is set to feature in the upcoming biopic Mary’s Monsters, which explores the psyche of author Mary Shelley as she writes her magnum opus: Frankenstein. The actor will be tasked with personifying Shelley’s inner monster: her mental health. In a mini reunion, his GoT costar, Sophie Turner, will play the titular Mary.

GoT brought Harington more than a life-changing role — it brought him his future family. He and costar Rosie Leslie (a.k.a. Ygritte) began dating in 2011 and, in 2018, got married in Scotland before their castmates, family and friends. Harington and Leslie welcomed a son in 2021 and, in 2023, announced they were expecting their second baby.

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
Game of Thrones premiered just two days after Maisie Williams’ 14th birthday. From the start, the actress was killing it (literally) as fan favorite Arya Stark — in her first-ever role, no less. Williams received critical acclaim for portraying the young, headstrong assassin and nabbed two Emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.

After GoT ended, Williams costarred with Anya Taylor-Joy in The New Mutants (2020), a superhero horror flick based on the Marvel comic of the same name. Williams played Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, a young mutant who can transform into (wait for it) a wolf.

In 2022, Williams was featured in the Hulu miniseries Pistol, based on Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol. She shone as Pamela “Jordan” Rooke, a real-deal spiky-haired ’70s punk rock model.

The actress is slated to appear in the Apple TV+ drama series The New Look. Set in World War II-occupied Paris, Williams will play Catherine Dior — a French Renaissance fighter and younger sister to designer Christian Dior.
Williams was in a relationship with fashion agency founder Reuben Selby for five years before splitting up in 2023.
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
Sophie Turner played Queen Sansa Stark, the resilient, fiery-haired older sis to Williams’ Arya. Like Williams, Turner’s run as a Stark marked her first role on TV and the beginning of a bright career. She earned seven SAG Award nominations as part of the show’s ensemble and an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series over her eight seasons on the series.

Turner followed up Game of Thrones with a part as Jean Grey/Phoenix, a telekinetic mutant, in Dark Phoenix, the 2019 installment of the X-Men franchise. Then, in 2022, she appeared in the Heathers-esque Netflix teen comedy Do Revenge alongside Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke.

The actress returned to HBO with a staggering performance in The Staircase, a true crime miniseries based on the 2004 docuseries of the same name. Turner was Margaret Ratliff, daughter of alleged murderer Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth).

Turner began dating fellow celeb Joe Jonas in 2016, and they married in 2019 — GoT costar Williams was maid of honor. Turner and Jonas welcomed their first daughter, Willa, in 2020 and their second daughter in 2022.
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
For his role as ridiculed royal Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage won the Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series four times. His portrayal of the brilliant, crossbow-sporting Hand of the Queen also scored him a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New York City.

As GoT wound down, Dinklage joined the MCU in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War as Eitri, the King of the Dwarves and forger of the Infinity Gauntlet and Stormbreaker. The same year, he took on the title role of Cyrano in a musical theater production of Cyrano de Bergerac (as adapted by his wife, Erica Schmidt). He reprised the part in the 2021 film version of the musical and nabbed a Golden Globe nomination for best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy.

In 2021, he starred alongside Rosamund Pike as mobster Roman Lunyov in the crime thriller I Care a Lot. He’ll add several more franchises to his résumé in 2023, voicing Terrorcons leader Scourge in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and playing Casca Highbottom — the inadvertent creator of the Hunger Games — in the YA series’ prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Despite his legendary dramatic chops, Dinklage isn’t always too serious: He lent his voice to The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and The Croods: A New Age (2020).

Dinklage and Schmidt, a playwright, have been married since 2005 and share two children.
Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon
King Joffrey Baratheon was the character fans loved to hate. Jack Gleeson, who was only 17 when he auditioned for the show, spent four seasons playing the vicious young king whose story line came to a shocking halt at his own wedding.

Gleeson has stepped back from acting since his run on Thrones, only appearing in a few projects. He starred in Rebecca’s Boyfriend, a 2021 indie film, and appeared in two episodes of BBC Two’s Out of Her Mind. Excitingly, he’s set to return to the big screen with Liam Neeson in the Irish thriller In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023).

In 2022, Gleeson married his longtime girlfriend, film director Róisín O’Mahony, in a small ceremony in County Kerry, Ireland.

Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
Gwendoline Christie’s brilliant portrayal of Brienne of Tarth took the actress from minor roles to blockbuster leads — with parts in films like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 (2015) and Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi (2017). For her performance in GoT’s final season, Christie scored her first Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.

She followed up her time on GoT with several film roles, appearing in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and Our Friend (2019), as well as starring in Flux Gourmet (2022) alongside Asa Butterfield.

Game of Thrones may be off the air, but Christie definitely isn’t. In 2022, she appeared on Netflix’s Sandman as Lucifer Morningstar, the ruler of Hell, and starred in the smash hit series Wednesday as Larissa Weems — Nevermore Academy’s shapeshifting principal. She also joined the cast of Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed drama Severance for its second season.

Christie has been in a relationship with esteemed fashion designer Giles Deacon since 2013.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau played Jaime “Kingslayer” Lannister, the sharp-jawed, incestuous backstabber who kept viewers strapped into an emotional rollercoaster. For his performance, he received two Emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.

The actor also had an impressive résumé before landing the series, with credits in films like Black Hawk Down (2001) and Headhunters (2011). He’s racked up even more since GoT wrapped, starring in Brian DePalma’s crime thriller Domino (2019) and the Danish film Exit Plan (2019) as a cold case detective.

In 2023, Coster-Waldau costarred with Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me, an Apple TV+ miniseries based on Laura Dave’s best-selling novel of the same name, and he’s set to star in Nick Cassavetes’ God Is a Bullet (2023). In the action thriller, he’ll play a detective (again) who tries to infiltrate the cult that kidnapped his daughter.

Coster-Waldau married his wife, Greenlandic singer/actress Nukâka, in 1998 and they share two daughters: Filippa and Safina. Both kids have taken after their parents and pursued acting.
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
Lena Headey played the cunning Cersei Lannister — one of the cruelest villains across all eight seasons. Like many of her costars, Headey’s performance was met with widespread praise and nominations for five solo Emmys and seven ensemble SAG Awards.

Headey stuck around the small screen with voice-over roles on shows like Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Big Mama and on Cartoon Network’s animated Infinity Train, where she played the antagonistic Amelia Hughes.

In 2019, the actress teamed up with Florence Pugh and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for Fighting with My Family — a comedy biopic about British pro wrestler Paige. Headey then appeared in Twist (2021), a crime drama reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist, and starred in action thriller 9 Bullets (2022) opposite Sam Worthington.

Headey shares a son, Wylie, with ex-husband Peter Loughran and a daughter, Teddy, with ex-partner Dan Cadan. In 2022, she married actor Marc Menchaca after two years of dating.
Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn
Lino Facioli was 11 years old when he played the sickly, spoiled Robin Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, Protector of the Vale. Though his character only appeared in nine episodes, Facioli made waves with his cameo in the series finale. Fans were stunned to see “Sweetrobin” all grown up — his once-shaggy strands now coiffed into luscious Prince Charming locks.

After his time on GoT, Facioli starred in the Brazilian children’s adventure movie O Menino no Espelho (2014). Since then, he’s been featured as quiz team member Dex Thompson on Netflix’s Sex Education.