We Finally Know Who Mark Gatiss Will Play On Game Of Thrones

Wonder no more – Mark Gatiss‘ Game of Thrones character is… 

Tycho Nestoris.

“Who?” is what I said to myself upon reading the name. It certainly wasn’t one that left an impression but the character makes his first appearance in the fifth book of George R.R. Martin’s series, A Dance with Dragons. WinterIsComing.net gleaned the information from Gatiss’ CV.

When Entertainment Weekly broke the news of Gatiss’ casting but didn’t mention the specific role, we assumed it was secret for a reason. Our own Rebecca and others thought this could mean the actor was going to play Merrett Frey. Tycho Nestoris is a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos, a group who may just collectively sit on the Iron Throne by the end of the series thanks to everyone owe them so much money.

But I digress. In the novel, Tycho heads to the Wall in order to collect a large sum from new visitor, King Stannis. He winds up negotiating with Jon Snow instead before continuing on to find Stannis. In the television series, we’re still a bit far off from that point in the story but we already know the creators have been altering the progress to suit the needs of their pacing.

There’s been a lot of confusing Game of Thrones casting information out there recently but I’m glad to know who Gatiss is playing, even if it’s not as excited as I thought. What do you think of him for this particular role?

(via Winter Is Coming)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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