Gendry Baratheon

Gendry is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by Joe Dempsie and debuts in the first season.

Gendry is a blacksmith's apprentice living and working in the city of King's Landing, helping his master forge armour and weapons for the nobility.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels Gendry is apprenticed to Tobho Mott, a master blacksmith. Gendry's mother worked at an alehouse and died when he was very young. An unknown person paid for his apprenticeship to Mott. Gendry is in his mid-teens, a powerfully-built and strong lad who shows great promise as a blacksmith.