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All actors in Game of Thrones Show

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June 16, 2024

Send a raven and mount your dragon, because the Targaryens are back.

“House of the Dragon,” the spinoff of HBO’s fantasy megahit “Game of Thrones,” returns for season 2 on Sunday, June 16. It’s all-out war for the white-haired Targaryens, as Westeros is overrun by the dance of Dragons – a bloody civil war from the pages of George RR Martin’s novel ‘Fire and Blood’, on which ‘House of the Dragon’ is based.

In the aftermath of the Season 1 finale, controversial sides have formed in Westeros: the Blacks and the Greens. Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) was promised the Iron Throne by her father, King Viserys (Paddy Considine), but her succession was usurped by her younger half-brother Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). his mother, the queen of Viserys and Rhaenyra’s childhood best friend. A bloody, dragon-filled war has now broken out between the black faction of Rhaenyra and the green factions of Aegon and Alicent.

Rhaenyra has taken the island of Dragonstone, the ancestral home of the Targaryens, as her base for the blacks. She is joined there by Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), her husband and uncle; Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), captain of ships; Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), her aunt; Jacaerys Velaryon (Harry Collett), her son; their dragons Syrax, Vermax, Meleys, Caraxes and their council and other allies.

King Aegon rules Westeros and controls King’s Landing for the greens. He is advised by his mother Alicent; her father and his hand Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans); his brother Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell); head of the Kingsguard Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel); the manipulative Larys Strong (Matthew Needham); plus their dragons Vhagar and Sunfyre.

See the cast below.

Rhaenyra Targaryen

After the death of her son Lucerys in the season 1 finale, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) is in mourning and seeking revenge on the greens – especially Aemond Targaryen, whose enormous dragon Vhagar killed Lucerys and his dragon. She rides the yellow dragon Syrax.
Alicent High Tower

Dowager Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) is now an advisor to her son, King Aegon II Targaryen, while he sits on the Iron Throne. She learned a lot of strategic experience from her father, Otto Hightower, and her late husband, King Viserys Targaryen, who would help in the civil war.
Daemon Targaryen

Daemon (Matt Smith) is Rhaenyra’s husband, uncle and hot-headed advisor as the Dance of the Dragons draws closer. As an experienced warrior, Daemon will play a crucial role in the war, but he previously had his own ambitions for the Iron Throne. He rides the red dragon Caraxes.
King Aegon II Targaryen

Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) is the sixth Targaryen king of Westeros, following the death of his father Viserys. He will now lead the green Targaryen forces against the black army of his half-sister Rhaenyra, who calls him an illegitimate king. He rides the golden dragon Sunfyre.
Aemond Targaryen

King Aegon II’s one-eyed brother, Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), has a target on his back after his massive dragon Vhagar killed Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys in the season 1 finale. As we saw last season, he also has his eye on the Iron Ones Throne targeted if anything were to happen to his brother.
Otto Hoogtoren

Alicent’s father Otto (Rhys Ifans) is the Hand of King Aegon II, making him extremely close to the highest power of Westeros. As the Dance of Dragons approaches, he must come up with a plan to keep the greens alive.
Criston Cole

After a brief romance with Rhaenyra in her youth, Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) switched sides and now serves as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard for Aegon II.
Corlys Velaryon

Corlys (Steve Toussaint) is the head of House Velaryon, an ancient seafaring family that boasts the strongest navy in Westeros. He is one of Rhaenyra’s most powerful council members.
Rhaenys Targaryen

Rhaenys (Eve Best), married to Corlys, is Rhaenyra’s aunt who once sought the Iron Throne herself. Now she is a member of the black council and rides her dragon Meleys. In season 1, Rhaenys and Meleys crashed King Aegon’s coronation by bursting through the floor of the sept from the dragon’s pit.
Baela and Rhaena Targaryen

Baela (Bethany Antonia) and Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell) are the daughters of Daemon and the late Laena Velaryon. Despite their age, they play a bigger role in the Dance of Dragons this season. Baela rides the little dragon Moondancer
Jacaerys Velaryon

Rhaenyra’s eldest son, Jace (Harry Collett), steps up after his brother Lucerys was killed in the season 1 finale. While Luke traveled to Storm’s End to gather the Baratheons, Jace flew on his dragon Vermax to meet Cregan Stark at Winterfell to seek their help.
Mysaria

Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) is Daemon’s former mistress and a foreign brothel dancer. Like Larys, she spreads secret information around King’s Landing.
Lary Strong

Larys “The Clubfoot” (Matthew Needham) is one of Alicent’s best spies in King’s Landing – but he also has a creepy fetish for her feet, as we saw in Season 1. He will stop at nothing to manipulate his way to the top, including orchestrating a fire that killed some of his own family members.
Helena Targaryen

King Aegon’s wife and sister, Helaena (Phia Saban), often has strange visions of the future, such as when she predicted that Rhaenys and her dragon would burst from the floorboards during Aegon’s coronation.
Alyn from Hull

Alyn (Abubakar Salim), from the Driftmark island of Hull, is a skilled sailor who plays an important role in the Dance of Dragons along with his younger brother Addam.
Cregan Stark

Young Cregan (Tom Taylor) is the lord of Winterfell, home of the Starks. Rhaenyra’s son Jace flies to Winterfell to meet with Cregan to negotiate the Starks’ support in the Targaryen civil war.