John Bradley West (born 15 September 1988)
is an English actor, best known for his role as
Samwell Tarly
Samwell Tarly, or simply Sam, is a fictional character
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in the
HBO fantasy TV series ''
Game of Thrones''.
Early life
Bradley was born in September 1988.
[ He grew up as a Catholic in the ]Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe () is a district of the city of Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, Wythenshawe was transferred in 1931 to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approx ...
district of south Manchester
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and attended St Paul's Roman Catholic High School.[
In 2005, he began attending Loreto College in the ]Hulme
Hulme () is an inner city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England, immediately south of Manchester city centre. It has a significant industrial heritage.
Historically in Lancashire, the name Hulme is derived from the Old Norse word ...
area of Manchester, where he studied Drama and Theatre Studies. He graduated from Loreto in 2007.Manchester School of Theatre
The Manchester School of Theatre (originally the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre) is a tertiary school of theatre, drama and performance situated in the city of Manchester, founded in 1970. It is a part of Manchester Metropolitan Univer ...
, graduating in 2010.
Career
Three months after he graduated from drama school, in his first audition Bradley won the part of Samwell Tarly
Samwell Tarly, or simply Sam, is a fictional character
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The charact ...
in the 2011 HBO fantasy TV series '' Game of Thrones'', whom he would play for all 8 seasons of the show.[ His character is a friend of ]Kit Harington
Christopher Catesby Harington (born 26 December 1986) is an English actor who is widely known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO epic fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019).
After studying at the Royal Central School o ...
's Jon Snow and provides occasional comic relief
Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Definition
Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic epis ...
, especially in season 1 Season One may refer to:
Albums
* ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004
* ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012
* ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012
See also
*
*
* Season 2 (disambiguation)
* Season 4 (disambiguati ...
.yin
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*the dark force in the yin and yang from traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
*Yīn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
*Yǐn (surname) (), a Chinese surname
*Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty
**Yinxu or Yin, the S ...
to Jon's dour yang
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* Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy
* Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902
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". George R. R. Martin
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said that the character that Bradley portrays is the character he would be, if he were on the show.
In 2011, Bradley appeared in the Canal+
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drama, '' Borgia'', in the role of Pope Leo X
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, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici.[ In 2012, he played the character Tyr Seward in the ]BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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'' in series 5, in the episode "A Lesson in Vengeance".
's boss, in two episodes of series 10.