Clive Russell
as Brynden Tully
Character Overview: Ser Brynden Tully, also known as “the Blackfish”, is a member of House Tully and uncle to Catelyn Stark and Lysa Arryn. A skilled and experienced fighter who made his name during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, he serves King Robb Stark as an adviser and captain.
Actor Bio: Scottish-born Clive Russell first performed before an audience in 1960 on the Shari Lewis Show. But it was not until 1980 that he got his first real acting job — performing on the London stage as the superintendent in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo’s satire The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, about police corruption in Italy. The reviews were good, and he reprised that role for television in 1983. After further honing his skills in various British TV productions and a handful of films — including Jute City, The Power of One, The Hawk, and Seconds Out — Russell received exposure before international audiences as Caleb Garth in the celebrated BBC miniseries Middlemarch, based on the George Eliot novel of the same name. A year later, he fell in love on the movie screen with Helena Bonham Carter in Margaret’s Museum, for which he earned a Canadian Academy Award nomination for best actor. After more TV roles and another film, Russell played Ralph Fiennes’ father in another critically acclaimed film, Oscar and Lucinda. Growing recognition of his acting skills then brought him plum roles in four major TV miniseries: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, The Railway Children, and The Mists of Avalon. – Moviefone
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