Game Of Thrones Mountain Actor

Hafþór júlíus björnsson is an icelandic professional strongman actor and former professional basketball player.
Game of thrones mountain actor. Born in reykjavík hafþór began his basketball career in 2004 with division i team breiðablik moving to fsu in 2005. He is the first person to have won the arnold strongman classic europe s strongest man and world s strongest man in the same calendar year. Hafþór júlíus björnsson is an icelandic professional strongman and actor. This man is a real life giant.
Incredible moment game of thrones the mountain actor hafthor julius bjornsson sets a new world record by deadlifting 1 041lbs the hulk like icelander strained every sinew of his body to lift the. He played gregor the mountain clegane in the hbo series game of thrones for five seasons. He also is a former professional basketball player. If you re not aware.
Icelandic actor and strongman hafþór júlíus björnsson took over the role in season four and continued in the role until the final season. Due to his incredibly massive size he is called the mountain that rides or more often simply the mountain. Ser gregor clegane was a knight of house clegane the older brother of sandor clegane and a notoriously fearsome extremely lethal and much feared warrior with a tendency toward extreme and excessive violence. The icelandic strongman who played the mountain in the smash hit hbo.
He actually lobbied for a role in the show and auditioned for khal drogo before he won the part of gregor. The actor appeared in two episodes but he was later recast ahead of season 2 because of scheduling conflicts. In season 1 the mountain was portrayed by australian actor conan stevens. Hafthor bjornsson who played ser gregor the mountain clegane on game of thrones hoisted 1 104 52 pounds 501 kilograms in the deadlift on saturday to break the world record the bbc reported.
In the hbo television adaptation clegane was originally portrayed by australian actor conan stevens in season one and by welsh actor ian whyte in season two. Game of thrones star hafthor julius bjornsson has set a new world record by deadlifting 501kg 1 105lbs at his gym in iceland.