Jack Gleeson

Jack Gleeson Biography

Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992) is an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

Early life

Gleeson was born in Cork, Ireland. Gleeson attended Gonzaga college for his secondary education. He attended drama classes when young with his sisters Rachel and Emma who are also actresses in Ireland.

Gleeson is a student of Trinity College, Dublin, studying philosophy and theology and he is also a member of DU Players. In 2012, he was awarded a scholarship at the same university.

Career

Gleeson began acting at the age of seven in the Independent Theatre Workshop. His first roles were in films such as Reign of Fire in 2002, Batman Begins in 2005, Shrooms in 2007, and A Shine of Rainbows in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in a leading role in All Good Children. The reviewer for Variety magazine considered Gleeson "the pic's big discovery".

Gleeson starred as Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He cites Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Commodus in Gladiator as an influence on his performance. He is a founder and artistic director of Collapsing Horse Theatre Company, which is based in Dublin.

In 2012, Gleeson indicated an intention to retire from acting to pursue an academic career once his work on Game of Thrones was finished. In 2014, Gleeson confirmed he would be permanently retiring from acting after concluding his work in Game of Thrones. In the same interview, he stated that while he had previously been interested in pursuing academia, he had since 'gone off that idea'.

In 2015, Gleeson starred in the puppetry shows Bears in Space created by his theater company Collapsing Horse and in mid-2016 the show premierered in New York.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Reign of Fire	Kid	Uncredited
2002	Moving Day	Jack	Short film
2003	Fishtale	Boy with the Fish
2004	Tom Waits Made Me Cry	Young Vincent
2005	Batman Begins	Little Boy
2007	Shrooms	Lonely Twin
2009	A Shine of Rainbows	Seamus
2010	All Good Children	Dara

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2006-2008	Killinaskully	Pa Connors Jr.	RT One	4 episodes
2011-2014	Game of Thrones	Joffrey Baratheon	HBO	26 episodes IGN People's Choice Award for Best TV Villain (2012) Nominated"?IGN Award for Best TV Villain (2011-2013) Nominated"?Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series (2013) Nominated"?Scream Award for Best Ensemble (2011) Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2011, 2013) Nominated"?Young Hollywood Award: We Love to Hate You (2014)

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