Game of Thrones’ Joffrey Actor Lands First Major Role After Almost A Decade-Long Retirement

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 4.Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson has taken his first major onscreen role in nearly a decade. On Game of Thrones, Gleeson played the petulant young king Joffrey Baratheon, who sat on the Iron Throne for some time despite his real father being his mother Cersei Lannister’s (Lena Headey) brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). Gleeson starred in 26 episodes of the hit fantasy series before Joffrey was poisoned during the event known as the Purple Wedding.