Iain Glen

"I could see from the outline that if I was going to play Jorah, I would be in it for the long haul. His journey is slow burn through the course of many seasons. Such roles afford the opportunity to develop character more roundly, more like real life I guess, where personality reveals itself over time...It felt like a luxury not to have to show too much too quickly."

- Iain Glen on playing Jorah Mormont

Iain Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. He stars in HBO's Game of Thrones as Ser Jorah Mormont. He was announced in the role on 20 August 2009. He was part of the initial starring cast and remains a member of the starring cast for the second season.

He is arguably best-known for his role as the villain in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and a multi-award-winning performance as Larry Winters in Silent Scream. He also had a cameo as King Richard the Lionheart in Kingdom of Heaven. He is also known for his role as Prince Hamlet in the 1990 film adaptation of Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

He had a supporting role in two episodes of the 2010 season of Doctor Who. In 2011, he was cast in a recurring role in Downton Abbey as Sir Richard Carlisle, a publicist and suitor to Lady Mary Crawley. In 2012 he began a starring role in the BBC drama Prisoner's Wives as Paul, a convicted drug trafficker.