Jack Gleeson, who played King Joffrey Baratheon, is starring in a new role. The BBC announced a new series is coming to the network called The Famous Five and Gleeson is dusting off his acting chops for it.
📢 BBC announces the much-anticipated cast of The Famous Five with first look images
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— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) July 26, 2023
The press release showed a first look of the show, including a picture of Gleeson. In the series, he will be playing a character named Wentworth. While there are no details on his character yet, the press picture of Gleeson is giving us next iconic bad guy. Seriously, just look at his villian-esque mustache which renders him practically unrecognizable.
After Game of Thrones, the star stepped away from acting. It wasn’t until 2020 when he began taking small roles in a BBC miniseries called Out of Her Mind and theatre projects like Bears in Space. This will be his first big role since the HBO show ended in 2014.