25 actors you forgot were on Game of Thrones

21. Jim Broadbent

Number of episodes: 4

Character name: Archmaester Ebrose

Jim Broadbent is one of those English actors who has been in almost everything. It shouldn’t be surprising that he was in Game of Thrones. So why don’t you remember him?

Part of it is due to him being in just four episodes of the series. He played Archmaester Ebrose, Sam’s mentor at the Citadel in season 7. He discouraged Sam from trying to help Ser Jorah Mormont, who was suffering from greyscale, but at least didn’t punish Sam when he went ahead and did it anyway.

Ebrose was the only archmaester who really gave Sam any time, although he still didn’t pay Sam’s opinions and suggestions much mind. It was hard to like the guy but also hard to completely hate him, another reason why the character doesn’t stand out all that much.

Ebrose is mentioned at the very end of the series, although you may not have caught it. He wrote A Song of Ice and Fire: Archmaester Ebrose’s history of the wars following the death of King Robert, a book that Tyrion Lannister is completely left out of.