With the fourth season of the excellent Game of Thrones coming very soon I thought it might be time to resurrect the Hey I know that guy! feature on Screenkicker. Basically I point out actors and what weird and wonderful appearances you might recognise them from. Some you may know, some you might not so let’s dive right in!
Joffrey Baratheon – Batman Begins
‘What a little shit’ is usually the reaction King Joffrey gets from anyone who isn’t a sociopath. The crossbow wielding, infinitely punchable, royal douche is a spectacular asshole that you might recognise from another movie. Yes that’s right he was the poor little boy in Batman Begins! Bats gives him what is presumably an ultra-expensive high tech piece of equipment and later saves him from crazies.
Fun fact – Actor Jack Gleason is Irish and a nice guy.
Jeor Mormont – Every Scottish film ever
James Cosmo play Night’s Watch Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. As well as having a spectacular beard Cosmo is possibly the most Scottish person ever. Rumour has it when he was born he popped out in a kilt, wielding a broadsword and a bottle of Buckfast. He’s been in Braveheart, Trainspotting, and Highlander amongst others. Basically all Scottish films ever. Strangely he has a northern English accent in GoT.
Fun fact – Cosmo acted in the awful TV series Soldier Soldier with the next person on the list….
Bronn – Robson and Jerome
Jerome Flynn plays Bronn, bodyguard of Tyrrion Lanister. If you were alive and had ears in the 90s in Britain you’ll know who Robson and Jerome were and you’ll have regretted having the aforementioned ears. For those of you lucky enough not to know them R&J were a singing duo that only did horrible saccharine song covers from the 60s. Their SHits include a butchering of Unchained Melody, a vomit inducing Up on the Roof and the truly evil Saturday Night at the Movies.
Fun fact – Robson and Jerome were created and managed by none other than world class prick Simon Cowell.
Dagmer Cleftjaw – The Office
Played by Ralph Ineson, Dagmer Cleftjaw is the deep voiced guy that screws over Lily Allen’s brother and promptly disappears. Ineson was known in Britain before this a David Brent’s horrible, mysoginistic, foul mouthed friend Chris Finch. Finchy is remembered for lines such as ‘Give me half hour with her I’d be up to me nuts in guts’. Fans of the American version of the Office will know that Finchy became Todd Packer when the show crossed the pond.
Fun fact – Played Amycus in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Olenna Tyrell – My graduation
Anyone who was at Stirling University will recognise the one time Chancellor of the uni also know as Diana F**king Rigg! Sexy star of such classics as The Avengers, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Great Muppet Caper, and my graduation! Diana handed me my degree and shook my hand. We obviously had a lot of chemistry and wowed the crowd with our brief encounter. Sadly society isn’t ready for the age gap we had. Anyway she’s excellent in GoT.
Fun fact – Was voted the sexiest-ever TV star by TV Guide in the United States source: IMDB
Are you excited about season 4 of Game of Thrones? Did a celebrity attend your graduation? Do you own a Robson and Jerome CD? Let me know in the comments below!
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This was awesome! Really laughed about the Bronn one.
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Thanks! There were so many people to choose from but Bronn’s was ridiculous!
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This article is racist. It draws on Scottish stereotype for cheap laughs.
Plus Simon Cowell is a genius.
James Cosmo isn’t his real name.
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Ps there is rumours that Rigg might be the best looking woman ever!
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I know!
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Chris what happened when you came face to face with a real life Bond girl?
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He was strangely unmoved yet when we met Jaws he got a boner
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I shot her with a machine gun then was driven away by Telly Savalas.
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You bastard! We had all the time in the word *sniff 😥
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In my experiences those aren’t stereotypes, Ive seen them
I know you love Simon but the guy is a cultural vacuum
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Bahaha the last picture gave me a shocker. Nice one. By the way, is it season 3 or season 4 of the new Game of Thrones? Oh well, I can’t wait!!
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Actually you’re right! I better change that!
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Wow, so that’s what the Queen of Thorns looked like in her youth, yes she is excellent in GoT.
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Haha yeah, I love her lines in GoT
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I knew about Joffrey, but all of the rest of these were surprises–including your special lady Olenna at the very end. How cool that you got to shake hands! Too bad she’s not the cougar type. I feel like you two might be soulmates.
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Maybe if I’d been born 50 years earlier! 🙂
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I don’t see what the problem is here, Mike.
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GOT has been an “I know that guy” goldmine and I can’t wait for more in the new season.
BTW Joffrey can also be seen in Reign of Fire, he’s a little kid in the castle where Gerry Butler and Christian Bale live.
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Good spot! I’d have a look if Reign of Fire wasn’t so awful
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I absolutely love Reign Of Fire, it is the greatest post apocalyptic dragon movie ever made, starring the world’s three greatest actors.
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It’s total shit! Also I girl I went to school with is in it!
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WTF’s wrong with Reign of Fire???
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Its a complete waste of dragons. Its just dirty men arguing with eachother inside a building for 2 hours
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Thats so cool that Rigg was at your graduation!
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Yeah she’s a great lady 🙂
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Nice post although I am flagging you as spam for the Reign of Fire comment.
#dogsthatattack
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I was THUNDERSTRUCK when I found out that old bag was ultrababe Diana Rigg. THUNDERRRRRRRRRRRRSTRUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!
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You still would though
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Well yeah of course.
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Fun post Mikey! I so remember the little boy in Batman Begins, so after that he grew up to be such a douche bag?! Oh I know James Cosmo, he’s definitely a great Scottish character actor. He’s in this little romantic drama w/ Gerard Butler (a VERY young GB) called One More Kiss that’s quite good actually.
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Haha yeah the little shit! Denis pointed out he was also in Reign of Fire with Christian Bale and none other than Gérard Butler!
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Ahahahaha!! So he’s already in TWO movies w/ Bale, lucky little dude. Btw as a fellow Scot do you still support Butler? 😉
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I’m actually Irish but live in Scotland. I like Butler he seems like a great guy in real life but his last few movies haven’t been great. Are you a fan?
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I used to be a huge fan, even tracked him down to Toronto (TIFF) back in 2005 but yeah, his last few movies have been terrible, esp his rom-coms. He was good in Machine Gun Preacher though, but seems that since nobody saw it he went back to making subpar movies.
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Did you get to meet him at TIFF? He was great in Coriolanus
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I did, but only briefly. I actually did a blog post on it, I can send you the link if you like. Yeah he was great in Coriolanus and even in that surfer movie Chasing Mavericks, even if the film itself was so-so.
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Yeah send me the link 🙂
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Here you go http://wp.me/pxXPC-5q I still laugh every time I recall this experience.
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Haha that’s so weird, I was just reading it when you sent this. Love how you just grabbed him! Nice one!
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Normally I would feel bad for wanting to punch a child but I think Joffrey would be worth it.
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Definitely! I’ll hold him down while you batter him!
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