It’s hardly necessary to tell fans of the famous TV game “Game of Thrones” about who Stephen Dillane is. In this series, the British actor played such an ambiguous character as Stannis Baratheon, gaining many fans and haters. Of course, the king’s heir fighting for his throne is far from the only interesting hero embodied by him on the screen. What is known about this man?
Stephen Dillane: childhood and adolescence
The actor was born in one of the suburbs of London, this was a joyful event in 1957 in the family of a housewife and surgeon. Among the ancestors that Stephen Dillane boasts, there are not only the British, but also the Australians. Later, his parents had another son, named Richard. Interestingly, the brother of the performer of the role of Stannis Baratheon chose an acting career for himself.
As a child, Stephen Dillane was interested in history, which prompted him to choose the appropriate faculty after graduation. Having received a diploma, he tried for several years to pursue a career in journalism, but he quickly became disillusioned with this profession. Suddenly, an awakened interest in the theater forced the Englishman to quit the job of a reporter and test his strength on stage. In the future, the young man should not be disappointed in this decision.
Famous roles
Enumerating the paintings in the filming of which Stephen Dillane took part in different years, it is difficult to choose the best ones. The first starring role played by a British actor in a big movie and giving him his first fans took place in 1990. He embodied the image of Horatio, starring in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Mel Gibson became the colleague of the “brother of the king” on the set.
Successful for the actor can be called 1997. Then immediately in two popular film projects Stephen Dillane noted. The filmography of the rising star got the picture "Welcome to Sarajevo", where he got the role of a courageous journalist trying to save children from the horrors of war. In "Flame of Passion", which saw the light of the same year, he plays an aristocrat from the century before last, seducing a governess.
Of course, these are far from all the vivid roles due to which Stephen Dillane is known. The actor had the opportunity to be the husband of the legendary Virginia Woolf, and a successful golfer, and businessman, and security guard. All these images turned out not only memorable, but also unlike each other.
"Game of Thrones"
Stannis Baratheon is a character played in the famous Game of Thrones by Stephen Dillane. A photo of the actor in the image of one of his most famous characters can be seen below. He joined the team of the series, which became an adaptation of the cult science fiction novel by George Martin in 2011, bypassing numerous applicants for the casting.
Interestingly, before the filming began, the Briton knew practically nothing about the series, nor about the work that served as the basis for it. The actor even joked in an interview, saying that it was ignorance that led his hero to look a little bewildered in the first episodes. He also talked about how difficult it was to try on the image of an unbending Stannis, with whom he had very little in common.
Stannis Baratheon, played by Dillane, is an experienced military commander who vowed to recapture the Iron Throne from usurpers, who should have been rightfully given to him after the death of his older brother. His character is a taciturn, stubborn, humorless person. For the sake of his goal, he is ready to sacrifice everything, including the lives of his loved ones. In the last episode of Season 5, the Baratheon dies.
Personal life
The actress Naomi Wirtner, with whom he has been married for many years, became the wife of the British star. The couple got two sons, the youngest of whom wants to follow in the footsteps of famous parents.
In 2012, Stephen Dillane with his son Frank appeared in the film "Papadopoulos and Sons." He once played a successful businessman, unexpectedly for himself, a victim of a financial crisis that hit the country, and trying to get out of the debt hole in which he found himself. Frank got the role of the son of the protagonist. Also a talented boy can be seen in the film "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", in which he embodies the role of the young Voldemort.