First appearing in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Gendry is a blacksmith apprentice in King's Landing, and an unacknowledged bastard of King Robert Baratheon. He subsequently appeared in A Clash of Kings (1998), A Storm of Swords (2000) and A Feast for Crows (2005). After Queen Cersei Lannister orders the execution of all of King Robert's bastards Probably the character that most resemble a historical figure is King Robert Baratheon, the ruler of Westeros when the story begins. Robert took the throne after a civil war in which he and his Fantasy. Game of Thrones. Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor, best known for his roles on Doctor Who and The Crown. He portrays Prince Daemon Targaryen in Season 1 of House of the Dragon. Matthew Robert Smith was born in Northampton, East Midlands on 28 October 1982. In 2011, He portrayed King Robert Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones: Addy's audition for the role was, according to showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the best they saw, he being the easiest actor to cast for the show. Robert Arryn, also known as Sweetrobin, [2] is the only son of Lord Jon Arryn and Lady Lysa Tully. He is the new head of House Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and Warden of the East . Robert is named after King Robert I Baratheon. [4] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones the character is named Robin Arryn to prevent As Prince Phillip, he instead assumes the lowly titles of Prince Consort, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich. Tobias Menzies as Prince Phillip in "The Crown." Stephen Dillane had a hard time as Stannis Baratheon, the younger brother of King Robert Baratheon, in "Game of Thrones." Case in point, Jack Gleeson, who starred as the petulant and maniacal King Joffrey Baratheon in the first four seasons of Game Of Thrones. Over his reign of terror, Joffrey did some astonishingly Gendry is a blacksmith apprentice for Master Tobho Mott in King's Landing. He does not know he is a bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon.[5] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Gendry is portrayed by Joe Dempsie. Mark Addy's boisterous King Robert Baratheon marked one of the first instances that Game of Thrones hinted, in the infamous words of Ramsay Bolton, this isn't going to be a story with a happy "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" is the fourth episode of the first season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones, which first aired on May 8, 2011. It was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Brian Kirk. In this episode Lord Eddard Stark, the new Hand of the King, investigates the sudden death of his predecessor. rArxVD.