It’s always the quiet ones, with John Bradley‘s clever, loyal and ultimately quite brave Samwell Tarley becoming one of GOT‘s guiding lights.
Since the show ended, the classically trained English actor has been on the British series Urban Myths and the Australian drama North Shore, as well as on Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, the latest series from GOT creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Bradley also appeared in the 2022 sci-fi thriller Moonfall with Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez‘s rom-com Marry Me.
“In terms of career, it’s a mark of approval that you can act,” he told Oxford paper Cherwell of his time on GOT. “If people in charge of a show like that trust you with it, then in regard to the negativity it’s just about shaking it off—it was such an all-consuming thing. Now we just want to show that we can do other things, but even if it’s the only thing you do in a career it’s still been a good career.”
But he’s been around the block enough to know, he added, “We were incredibly lucky to not have a single bad personality or toxic energy within the entire cast. That’s rare.”