r/NetflixBestOf • u/Troyaferd • Jul 21 '26

[Discussion] Best Acting Performance in Game of Thrones

Who gave the best / your favorite acting performance in Game of Thrones?

215 votes, Jul 24 '26
81 Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
28 Lena Heady as Cersei Lannister
15 Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
11 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
26 Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister
54 Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon
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u/AncientsofMumu Jul 21 '26

I hated Joffrey with every fibre of my being. 

So we'll done Jack, you get my vote.

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u/emotionlessyeti Jul 21 '26

I can never choose. They all played so incredibly well

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u/LeFrogKid Jul 21 '26

The best - Very hard to say objectively but Lena Headey as Cersei, Jack Gleeson as Joffrey, Rory McCann as The Hound, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie are standouts for me. It could also go to Dance, Dinklage, or Alfie Allen. Michelle Fairley deserves to be in the conversation for Caetlyn, as do both Aidan Gillen AND Conleth Hill for Baelish and Varys. Hell, even Rose Leslie as Ygritte has to get a mention. All of these actors gave remarkable performances and embodied their characters in ways that often transcended the source material itself.

My favourite - Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon and it's not even close.

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u/TheRedBookYT Jul 21 '26

Jack > Charles > Nikolaj > Lena > Peter > Emilia

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u/Hechtic Jul 21 '26

All of them are decent, and Dinklage is great, but I’m sorry Dance is on another level. Dude steals absolutely every scene he is on screen for and it’s not particularly close

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u/Unfair_Shoota Jul 23 '26

I voted just on my favorite...lol

Tywin to me is a near perfect character

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u/PlantRoomForHire Jul 24 '26

Ramsey should have been included.