John Bradley

John Bradley is an English actor who won the part of Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones in his first audition after drama school. Born in Manchester in 1988, he grew up in Wythenshawe and studied at Loreto College before earning a BA in acting from Manchester School of Theater in 2010. Three months later, he landed the role of Samwell Tarly in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011), playing him for all eight seasons as a friend to Jon Snow and a source of comic relief. A reviewer praised his comedic performance, and George R. R. Martin said the character was the one he would be on the show. Bradley also appeared in Borgia (2011), Merlin (2012), and Shameless (2012), and played Miloš Hrma in a 2015 BBC Radio 4 production of Closely Observed Trains. On film, he was Scooter in Patient Zero (2018), a lead in Moonfall (2022), and a supporting role in Marry Me (2022).