Richard E. Grant has been cast in season six of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.
Grant most famously played a struggling, alcoholic actor in the 1987 British film “Withnail & I.” Ironically, Grant has worked continuously across film and television since the release of the film. He appeared in Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1992 adaptation of “Dracula” and on the fifth season of “Downton Abbey.”
He also had a guest role in “Girls,” another HBO series, during the show’s third season. Most recently, Grant appeared on the USA Network series “Dig” as archaeologist Ian Margrove.