You know “Game of Thrones” stars Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey — but do you recall some of the HBO fantasy series’ greatest cameos of all?
Sure you remember Ed Sheeran (literally, how could anyone forget that?) and by now you know about the “GoT” Season 8 premiere’s big connection to “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” but TheWrap is willing to bet all the precious Dragonglass in Westeros you haven’t noticed every famous face that’s dropped by the Seven Kingdoms unannounced.
See our round-up of the top nine “Game of Thrones” cameos and one famous face that was going to make it into a scene, and why they didn’t.
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HBORob McElhenney
The “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” creator/star played an Ironborn who was guarding Euron Greyjoy’s ship when Theon and his men came to save Yara. He took an arrow through the eye and that was the end of his very short “GoT” arch.
HBOMartin Starr
The “Silicon Valley” star made his cameo in the exact same scene as McElhenney — and died the same way too.
HBOEd Sheeran
Maybe the most famous and controversial of all the cameos the HBO series has ever had. Some fans thought using such a well-known singer playing a Lannister soldier who interacted with Arya for quite a while took them out of the story too much. But then he sang like an angel, so.
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HBOSigur Rós
This obscure Icelandic band played a chilling version of “The Rains of Castamere” at Joffrey and Margaery’s wedding in Season 4. Before, you know, the groom died.
HBOGeorge W. Bush (kinda)
Yeah, that’s the former POTUS’ head on a spike in a Season 1 episode. Later on, HBO and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss apologized for using a prosthetic of Bush’s likeness.
HBOWill Champion
The drummer from Coldplay played the drum at the Red Wedding in Season 3.
HBORoyd Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-grandson appeared as a wildling in “Hardhome,” the eighth episode of Season 5. This is probably as close as you will ever get to a crossover between “The Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones.”
HBONoah Syndergaard
The Mets pitcher and big “GoT’ buff appeared in Season 7, Episode 4 as a spear-thrower. Cause, you know, pitcher.
HBODavid Benioff and D.B. Weiss
Benioff and Weiss eventually made an appearance on their own series, but in a blank and you’ll miss it moment. The two show up as faces in the Hall of Faces at the House of Black and White.
Getty ImagesGeorge R.R. Martin
The unaired “Game of Thrones” pilot is infamous for being truly terrible, according to everyone involved with the project. But the numerous reshoots that turned that episode into the series premiere you know and love also led to a cameo by the “A Song of Ice and Fire” writer being left on the cutting room floor. Now he was offered the chance to be on the eighth and final season, but couldn’t make it work with his schedule.
“Game of Thrones” airs Sundays at 9/8c on HBO.
