1. The most popular names are Jon (22) and Jeyne (17) for male and female characters, respectively. 2. As in a real society, first (given) names are reused. Male characters are sometimes named after their father or another character. 3. As in real life, characters have nick names. Eddard Stark is often called Ned. Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.) American actor who was perhaps best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister, a humane and clever dwarf with a penchant for debauchery, on the HBO television show Game of Thrones (2011–19). Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism caused by an abnormality in the "Game of Thrones" actors such as Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke were making $500,000 an episode, while others, such as Sophie Turner, were paid $175,000 an episode, according to a 2017 Variety Lena Headey. Actress: 300. Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Olenna Tyrell. Olenna ‘Queen of Thorns’ Tyrell is one of the most loved characters in Game of Thrones history. Played by the late-great Diana Rigg, the Queen of Thorns is the matriarch of House Tyrell and is so named for her barbed comments. Her most heroic moment came when she perfectly executed a plan to kill the sadistic and widely Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990) is an English actor. He is known for playing Sam in Love Actually (2003), Simon in Nanny McPhee (2005), Ferb in Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013–2014), Newt in the Maze Runner film series (2014–2018), and Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Don't get us wrong. All of the actors on Game of Thrones get a nice salary, we're sure. Some of the highest paid actors make around $500,000 per episode. Some lower salaries include $175,000 per episode and $100,000 per episode. All of the actors get good salaries, though all salaries are not equal. Those with more prominent roles get paid more. Richard Dormer. Actor: '71. Richard Dormer is an actor, playwright and screenwriter from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic's Fortitude. OL2F.