Game of Thrones News: Liam Cunningham is Davos Seaworth

Casting announcements for Season 2 of Game of Thrones are finally here!  These are the actual people HBO has hired to play the parts, not to be confused with the speculation posts I've been doing up to now.  I'll start each post with the character description (which may be recycled from a speculation post), and then we'll examine the actor who's been announced.  Let's take a look at some of the new players we'll meet in 2012:

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Davos Seaworth

Art by Amok

Davos was a successful smuggler who came to the aid of Stannis Baratheon during Robert's Rebellion. Stannis was under siege at Storm's End for the duration of the war, and just as the castle ran out of food Davos beat the blockade with a shipload of onions and salted fish. Stannis knighted Davos for his service, but had the tips of his fingers cut off for smuggling.  Davos has been in Stannis' service ever since, and is commonly known as the Onion Knight. He is easily Stannis' most loyal retainer.



















Liam Cunningham

Liam is from Dublin, but was actually an electrician in Zimbabwe for a few years before moving back to Ireland, getting bored with his job, and giving acting a try.  In the mid-90s he was in A Little Princess and First Knight.  More recently he played Mad Dog Maguire in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Brick in Centurion, and Solon in Clash of the Titans.  This year he played Richard Tate in the BBC's Outcasts and Colfur in Starz's Camelot.  He's also won two "Irish Oscars" for his work in Hunger and The Wind That Shakes The Barley.  This guy has a great look, and he seems to be really well respected in the Irish acting community.  I'm totally on board, even though his name isn't Robert Carlyle.

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Season 2 Cast Additions:

Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell

Gwendoline Christie as Brienne Tarth

Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon

Carice van Houten as Melisandre

Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth