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Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.
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A musician is an unnamed performer who plays at the Purple Wedding.
Biography
Background
He is a musician who performs in a group with two others, in which he plays percussion.
Season 4
His group perform "The Rains of Castamere" at the Purple Wedding, though King Joffrey Baratheon quickly grows bored with their performance and throws coins at them. They pick up as many coins as they can before leaving.[1]
Behind the scenes
He is played by guest star Georg Hólm and only appears in "The Lion and the Rose".
Hólm is currently a member of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós which do a cover of "The Rains of Castamere" for the closing credits of the episode "The Lion and the Rose".
Appearance
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, "The Rains of Castamere" is performed several times at the Purple Wedding by musicians such as Hamish the Harper and Collio Quaynis.
