EXCLUSIVE: Irish actor Peter Claffey has signed a management deal with Brillstein Entertainment.
Claffey recently landed the lead role in “Dunk” in HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off, Knights of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, which is currently in production in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Claffey, a former Irish Connacht rugby player, made his stage debut in Tom Murphy’s Whistle in the Dark at the Abbey Theater in Dublin.
The actor has also appeared in Season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla and the BBC series Shipwreck.
Claffey will star opposite Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These and will also appear on the next season of Bad Sisters.
He is represented by Lisa Richards Agency in Ireland, the UK and Europe.
A six-episode Game of Thrones prequel series by George R.R. Martin, adapted from his novel The Hedge Knight. In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wander Westeros…the young, naive but brave knight Sir Duncan the Tall. and his diminutive servant Egg (Dexter Sol Unsell). Great destinies, powerful enemies, and dangerous feats are all set in a time when the Targaryens still hold the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has yet to fade from memory. Waiting for friends without.
Martin will serve as co-creator and executive producer alongside Ira Parker, who also serves as showrunner. Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Sarah Bradshaw and Owen Harris also serve as executive producers.