Aidan Gillen joins HBO's 'Game of Thrones'

Published Tuesday, Jul 13 2010, 18:05 BST | By Mike Moody
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The Wire star Aidan Gillen has reportedly landed a role on HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones.

Gillen will play a scheming character called Littlefinger in the fantasy adventure series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Littlefinger is described as the manipulative advisor to King Robert.

The series is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George RR Martin.

Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jason Momoa will also star in the show, which premieres next year on HBO.

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