HBO’s Game of Thrones is a global phenomenon that attracted more than 23 million cable and streaming viewers per episode during its most recent season.
In addition to pulling in record ratings for Time Warner’s premium cable channel, the TV series based on author George R.
R. Martin’s fantasy novels has also boosted the careers of several actors in the show’s biggest roles. But with the show’s penultimate seventh season set to premiere on July 16—and only 13 total episodes remaining in the entire series—fans of the show may wonder where they’ll see the actors outside of the fictional Westeros.We’ve compiled a list of where the biggest names from Game of Thrones will appear on TV and film over the next couple of years (aside from the show’s final season).
(Warning: Some mild spoilers may follow)
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
We last saw Clarke’s Game of Thrones character, Daenerys (aka “Khaleesi”; aka “Mother of Dragons”), sailing toward King’s Landing with an army behind her. In real life, her acting career is also surging full steam ahead, with last year’s small-budget, romantic drama Me Before You becoming a surprising box office hit with more than $200 million in global ticket sales. Later this year, Clarke will star in the crime thriller Above Suspicion, but the actresses biggest upcoming project will place her in yet another beloved fictional universe. Clarke has an unspecified role in Walt Disney (dis, -0.09%) and Lucasfilm’s next highly-anticipated spin-off from the Star Wars cinematic universe, the as-of-yet untitled Han Solo prequel that is set to hit theaters in May 2018.
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
The Emmy– and Golden Globe-winning actor Peter Dinklage has stayed busy with film projects since Game of Thrones debuted in 2011, starring in movies like 21st Century Fox’s (fox, +0.15%) X-Men: Days of Future Past and Sony’s (sne, +0.67%) Pixels. This year, Dinklage will appear in director Martin McDonagh’s (In Bruges) new crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Minnesota, alongside Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand. In 2018, the actor has several movie gigs lined up, including a film project for HBO called My Dinner with Hervé, in which Dinklage will portray the late Fantasy Island actor Hervé Villechaize. Dinklage has also been reported to be in talks for a role in Disney and Marvel’s upcoming superhero epic, Avengers: Infinity War.
Kit Harington (Jon Snow)
Not long ago, many Game of Thrones fans thought that Jon Snow, Harington’s character on the TV series, had taken his last breath. But, Harington is back and he figures to be a big part of the HBO show’s remaining episodes. Big things also appear on the horizon for the actor’s career, with Harington executive producing and starring in an upcoming BBC historical mini-series called Gunpowder, about 17th century British terrorist Guy Fawkes, who plotted to blow…
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