Jack Gleeson was born on 20 May 1992 and is an Irish actor who played Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO television series Game of Thrones.
16 Facts About Jack Gleeson
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Jack Gleeson will appear in the upcoming Irish thriller film In the Land of Saints and Sinners.
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Jack Gleeson was born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Ranelagh, Dublin, where he attended Gonzaga College.
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Jack Gleeson has two older sisters, Rachel and Emma, who are involved in Irish theatre.
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Jack Gleeson attended drama classes with them when he was young, and performed in youth theatre.
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Jack Gleeson was part of the Independent Theatre Workshops in Clonskeagh.
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Jack Gleeson studied philosophy and theology and was elected a scholar at the university in 2012.
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At Trinity, Jack Gleeson was a member of DU Players, where he met his future co-founders of Collapsing Horse Theatre Company.
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Jack Gleeson began acting at the age of 8, in the Independent Theatre Workshop.
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Jack Gleeson starred as Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Jack Gleeson cited Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Commodus in Gladiator as an influence on his performance.
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In 2012, Jack Gleeson indicated an intention to retire from acting to pursue an academic career once his work on Game of Thrones was finished.
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In 2014, Jack Gleeson retired from acting after concluding his work in Game of Thrones.
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Jack Gleeson next appeared in the company's "lo-fi comedy" Bears in Space which premiered in Dublin in July 2014 and took part of the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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In 2020, Jack Gleeson returned to television in Sara Pascoe's series Out of Her Mind.
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In May 2018, Jack Gleeson publicly supported the campaign to repeal Ireland's Eighth Amendment.