Brian Fortune

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Brian Fortune is an Irish actor.

Career

He is best known for his role as Othell Yarwyck in the HBO series Game of Thrones . [1] [2]

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He has appeared in numerous Irish television and film projects, including Wrath of the Crows (2013) [3] and A Nightingale Falling (2014). [4] He also starred in Christian Blake (2008), The Inside (2012) [3] and Cold (2013), by director Eoin Macken. He played the main character in the independent Irish film The Last Show (2015), directed by Rita Marie Lawlor.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2005 Hill 16 Mr. Brady
2008 Christian Blake Dr. Rush
2010 Shackled Jim McDonald
2012 The Inside Eamo
2013 Wrath of the Crows Hugo
2013 An Irish Exorcism Father Byrne
2013 Cold John Maguire
2013 How to Be Happy Larry
2014 A Nightingale Falling Tom Nolan
2015 The Last Show The Director
2015 Spider's Trap Mr. Carter
2016 Model Hunger Colin
2016 The Secret Scripture Psychiatrist analyst
2017 Soulsmith Terry
2019 The Professor and the Madman Head Board Member

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011–2016 Game of Thrones Othell Yarwyck 14 episodes
2012 Cuckoo Brendan
2015 Vikings Injured Noble1 episode ("Paris")

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References

  1. "Game of Thrones filming heads to Bangor Castle's Walled Garden". Watchers on the Wall. 7 December 2014.
  2. Cashin, Rory (25 November 2015). ""Trying to keep that secret was like I really did murder somebody". Exclusive interview with Game Of Thrones actor Brian Fortune". newstalk.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Interview: Brian Fortune". Universal Artists. 25 July 2014.
  4. Ellis Ryan (10 September 2014). "Film made in tyrrellspass and daingean opens for one week run this friday". Westmeath Examiner. Retrieved 20 January 2016.