Jack Gleeson

Acting · Born 1992-05-20 · Cork, Ireland

Biography

Jack Gleeson (born 20 May 1992) is an Irish actor who played Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a hiatus from acting, but has since taken part in independent theatre and the 2020 BBC miniseries Out of Her Mind. He has since then appeared in the 2023 Irish thriller film In the Land of Saints and Sinners.

Known for

• With Compliments from the Gentlemen Across the Bar in Oman (2025)
• The Eye of the Sunrise (2025)
• Learners (2024)
• Mystery at the Prospect Hotel (2024)
• In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
• The Curse of Kirrin Island (2023)
• Rebecca’s Boyfriend (2021)
• Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said (2016)
• All Good Children (2010)
• A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
• Shrooms (2007)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Safe Harbor (2025)
• House of Guinness (2025)
• The Famous Five (2023)
• The Sandman (2022)
• Out of Her Mind (2020)
• Sex Education (2019)
• Game of Thrones (2011)
• Killinaskully (2003)