Peter Claffey, Star Of Upcoming ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘Hedge Knight’, Inks With Brillstein Entertainment Partners

EXCLUSIVE: Irish actor Peter Claffey has signed with Brillstein Entertainment for management.

Claffey recently landed the lead role of “Dunk” in HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, the Game of Thrones spinoff, which is currently in production in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Claffey, a former Connacht Rugby player in Ireland, made his stage debut at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre in A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy.

The actor can also be seen in Season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla and the BBC series Wreck.

Claffey is set to star opposite Cilllian Murphy in Small Things Like These, and will also appear in the upcoming season of Bad Sisters.

He is represented in Ireland, UK, & Europe by The Lisa Richards Agency. 

George R.R. Martin‘s six-episode Game of Thrones prequel series, an adaptation of his novella The Hedge Knight. In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends. 

Martin serves as Co-Creator/Executive Producer with Ira Parker, who also serves as showrunner. Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Sarah Bradshaw, and Owen Harris also executive produce.