as Robert Baratheon
Character Overview: Robert Baratheon is the head of House Baratheon and king of the Seven Kingdoms. Robert Baratheon was crowned king of the Seven Kingdoms after winning the War of the Usurper. A large man, Robert was once a renowned warrior, but has grown fat from excessive alcohol and food consumption. He is known for his gregarious personality and a remarkable ability to turn enemies into friends. – Wiki of Ice & Fire
Recent Events: After the death of his chosen Hand of the King, Jon Arryn, Robert travels to Winterfell to recruit his best friend Ned Stark, Warden of the North, to be the new Hand of the King. Ned is resilient at first, but ultimately consents. Robert largely follows the counsel of those around him, but his paranoia of the last living Targaryens, who are discovered alive in Essos by one of Varys’s spies (Ser Jorah Mormont), pushes him to order an assassination on Daenerys, an act Ned strongly disagrees with. Robert and Ned also clash over the animosity between the Starks and the Lannisters, which Robert asks Ned to put to bed, as Cersei (however much he may dislike or disrespect her) is his wife. Unfortunately, Robert is mortally wounded on a boar hunt after drinking too much wine; on his deathbed, he names Ned Stark Lord Regent and Protector of the Realm. Robert’s body is sent to his home of Storm’s End to be buried.
Actor Bio: After roles on a handful of BBC television shows, British actor Mark Addy made a splash on the international film scene with his turn as a rotund exotic dancer in 1997’s surprise hit The Full Monty. With the film making boatloads of cash stateside and garnering a handful of Academy Award nods and Addy’s ability to effortlessly adopt an American accent, it took little time before he was working on the U.S. side of the pond. In 2002 he landed the lead on the CBS sitcom Still Standing. With Addy starring opposite Jami Gertz, the show became a hit as the lead-in to the network’s wildly popular Monday-night lineup. In between seasons of Still Standing, Addy continued to make time for the occassional big-screen project, popping up in such films as 2003’s The Order and 2004’s Around the World in 80 Days, the former of which reunited the actor with Brian Helgeland and Heath Ledger, the writer/director and star of A Knight’s Tale. – StarPulse
Mark Addy continued to appear on television after his role on Game of Thrones. He portrayed Pumblechook in the 2011 miniseries adaptation of Great Expectations, Alan in the 2013 series Syndicate, Andy in Trollied, and stars as Hercules in the BBC series Atlantis. He also portrayed Rob Fairholme in the 2014 miniseries Remember Me. –IMDb
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