Aidan Gillen is Littlefinger!
Aidan Gillen has been cast to play Littlefinger in Game of Thrones according to The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd.
HBO’s fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” has cast a new series regular: Aidan Gillen will play the scheming Littlefinger on the show.
In the adventure series, Littlefinger is an adviser to King Robert who manipulates those in power to fit his own agenda.
Gillen is familiar to HBO viewers as Councilman Thomas ‘Tommy’ Carcetti on the network’s “The Wire.” He was also on “Queer as Folk” and in the movie “Shanghai Knights.”
Winter is Coming: Awesome news! Gillen has been among the top fan choices for Littlefinger for a while now. Amazing how many times the fan favorite has landed the role. Gillen is a superb actor and should absolutely ace the role of the scheming Master of Coin. This cast just keeps getting better and better.
UPDATE: Here is a nice video featuring both McElhinney and Gillen, as father and son in Queer as Folk. [Thanks to Westeros for the tweet.]
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