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The '''starring cast''' of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' are those actors credited in the opening credits.

==Cast==
===Season 1===
#[[Sean Bean]] as [[Eddard Stark]]
#[[Mark Addy]] as [[Robert Baratheon]]
#[[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as [[Jaime Lannister]]
#[[Michelle Fairley]] as [[Catelyn Stark]]
#[[Lena Headey]] as [[Cersei Lannister]]
#[[Emilia Clarke]] as [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
#[[Iain Glen]] as [[Jorah Mormont]]
#[[Aidan Gillen]] as [[Petyr Baelish]]
#[[Harry Lloyd]] as [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Viserys Targaryen]]
#[[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]]
#[[Sophie Turner]] as [[Sansa Stark]]
#[[Maisie Williams]] as [[Arya Stark]]
#[[Richard Madden]] as [[Robb Stark]]
#[[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]]
#[[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]]
#[[Jack Gleeson]] as [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
#[[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
#and [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]

===Season 2===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Michelle Fairley]] as [[Catelyn Stark]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Charles Dance]] as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as Prince [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Richard Madden]] as King [[Robb Stark]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Princess [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as Princess [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Jack Gleeson]] as King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
# [[Stephen Dillane]] as King [[Stannis Baratheon]]
# [[Natalie Dormer]] as Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as [[Melisandre]]
# [[James Cosmo]] as Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as [[Bronn]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]]
# [[Sibel Kekilli]] as [[Shae]]

====Notes====
*Dinklage was the last starring cast member to appear in the first season's opening credits, receiving the "and" modifier. He is now the first credited.
*First season "guest starring" cast members promoted to the starring cast for the second season are [[Charles Dance]], [[John Bradley]], [[James Cosmo]], [[Jerome Flynn]], [[Conleth Hill]] and [[Sibel Kekilli]].
*[[Kit Harington]] is now credited individually onscreen.
*New cast members joining the starring cast for the second season are [[Liam Cunningham]], [[Stephen Dillane]], [[Carice van Houten]] and [[Natalie Dormer]].
*Headey is credited ahead of Coster-Waldau and Fairley for the first time.

===Season 3===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Richard Madden]] as King [[Robb Stark]]
# [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]
# [[Michelle Fairley]] as [[Catelyn Stark]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Charles Dance]] as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Stephen Dillane]] as King [[Stannis Baratheon]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as [[Melisandre]]
# [[Natalie Dormer]] as [[Margaery Tyrell]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as Prince [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Princess [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as Princess [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as Prince [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Oona Chaplin]] as Queen [[Talisa Stark]]
# [[Joe Dempsie]] as [[Gendry Baratheon|Gendry]]
# [[Jack Gleeson]] as King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
# [[Rose Leslie]] as [[Ygritte]]
# [[James Cosmo]] as Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as Lord [[Varys]]
# [[Sibel Kekilli]] as [[Shae]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]

====Notes====
*Second season "guest starring" cast members promoted to the starring cast for the third season are [[Joe Dempsie]], [[Rose Leslie]] and [[Oona Chaplin]].
*[[Richard Madden]], [[Stephen Dillane]], [[Carice van Houten]], and [[Natalie Dormer]] are now credited individually onscreen.
*[[Emilia Clarke]], [[Kit Harington]] and [[Richard Madden]] are credited fourth through sixth respectively, now ahead of [[Michelle Fairley]] and [[Iain Glen]].

===Season 4===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Charles Dance]] as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
# [[Natalie Dormer]] as Lady [[Margaery Tyrell]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Stephen Dillane]] as King [[Stannis Baratheon]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as Lady [[Melisandre]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as Prince [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Jack Gleeson]] as King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Lady [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as Lady [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as Lord [[Varys]]
# [[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]]
# [[Sibel Kekilli]] as [[Shae]]
# [[Rose Leslie]] as [[Ygritte]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
# [[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]]
# [[Iwan Rheon]] as [[Ramsay Bolton]]
# [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]

====Notes====
*Third season "guest starring" cast members promoted to the starring cast for the fourth season are [[Gwendoline Christie]], [[Kristofer Hivju]], [[Iwan Rheon]] and [[Hannah Murray]].
*[[Iain Glen]] receives the "with" modifier for the first time.

===Season 5===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Charles Dance]] as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
# [[Natalie Dormer]] as Lady [[Margaery Tyrell]]
# [[Stephen Dillane]] as King [[Stannis Baratheon]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as Lady [[Melisandre]]
# [[Indira Varma]] as [[Ellaria Sand]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as Prince [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Lady [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as Lady [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]]
# [[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as Lord [[Varys]]
# [[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Michiel Huisman]] as [[Daario Naharis]]
# [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] as [[Missandei]]
# [[Dean-Charles Chapman]] as King [[Tommen Baratheon]]
# [[Tom Wlaschiha]] as [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
# [[Michael McElhatton]] as Lord [[Roose Bolton]]
# [[Iwan Rheon]] as [[Ramsay Bolton]]
# [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]

====Notes====
*Previous guest stars promoted to the starring cast for the fifth season are [[Indira Varma]], [[Michiel Huisman]], [[Nathalie Emmanuel]], [[Dean-Charles Chapman]], [[Tom Wlaschiha]], and [[Michael McElhatton]].
*Dillane is credited ahead of Cunningham for the first time.

===Season 6===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen Mother [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Natalie Dormer]] as Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Lady [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as Lady [[Melisandre]]
# [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] as [[Missandei]]
# [[Indira Varma]] as [[Ellaria Sand]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Jonathan Pryce]] as the [[High Sparrow]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Dean-Charles Chapman]] as King [[Tommen Baratheon]]
# [[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]]
# [[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]]
# [[Michiel Huisman]] as [[Daario Naharis]]
# [[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]]
# [[Michael McElhatton]] as Lord [[Roose Bolton]]
# [[Iwan Rheon]] as [[Ramsay Bolton]]
# [[Tom Wlaschiha]] as [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
# with [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]

====Notes====
*Fifth season "guest starring" cast member promoted to the starring cast for the sixth season is [[Jonathan Pryce]]. In episode ten he is also credited individually onscreen.
*[[Sophie Turner]] and [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] are now credited individually onscreen.
*[[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] returns to the starring cast for this season, as his character ([[Bran Stark]]) did not appear in the fifth season.
*[[Rory McCann]] returns to the starring cast for this season, as his character ([[Sandor Clegane]]) did not appear in the fifth season.
*Episodes nine and ten of season six are the only episodes in the whole series in which [[Kit Harington]] is credited ahead of [[Emilia Clarke]]. In every other episode in which they both appear, she is credited before him in the opening titles.
*Episode ten of season six is the first episode in which [[Maisie Williams]] is credited individually onscreen, which she will subsequently be for the rest of the series.

===Season 7===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as King [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Aidan Gillen]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Lady [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as Lady [[Melisandre]]
# [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] as [[Missandei]]
# [[Indira Varma]] as [[Ellaria Sand]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]]
# [[Joe Dempsie]] as [[Gendry Baratheon|Gendry]]
# [[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
# with [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]

====Notes====
*[[Maisie Williams]] is now credited individually onscreen.
*[[Joe Dempsie]] returns to the starring cast for this season, as his character ([[Gendry Baratheon|Gendry]]) did not appear in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.

===Season 8===
# [[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]]
# [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
# [[Lena Headey]] as Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
# [[Emilia Clarke]] as Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
# [[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]]
# [[Sophie Turner]] as Lady [[Sansa Stark]]
# [[Maisie Williams]] as [[Arya Stark]]
# [[Liam Cunningham]] as Ser [[Davos Seaworth]]
# [[Carice van Houten]] as Lady [[Melisandre]]
# [[Nathalie Emmanuel]] as [[Missandei]]
# [[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]]
# [[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]]
# [[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]]
# [[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]]
# [[Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]]
# [[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]]
# [[Jerome Flynn]] as Ser [[Bronn]]
# [[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]]
# [[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]]
# [[Joe Dempsie]] as [[Gendry Baratheon]]
# [[Jacob Anderson]] as [[Grey Worm]]
# with [[Iain Glen]] as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]

====Notes====
*Previous seasons' "guest starring" cast member promoted to the starring cast for the eighth season is [[Jacob Anderson]].
*[[Sophie Turner]] and [[Maisie Williams]] are credited sixth and seventh respectively, now ahead of [[Liam Cunningham]].
*[[Conleth Hill]] is credited individually onscreen for the first time in the fifth episode of the season.

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===Season 2===
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===Season 3===
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===Season 4===
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===Season 5===
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===Season 6===
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===Season 7===
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===Season 8===
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