Iain Glen

Iain Glen is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.

Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys (now co-educational) in Edinburgh, followed by the University of Aberdeen. He then trained at RADA in London, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal.

In 1990, Glen won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Silent Scream.

It was announced on August 20, 2009 that Glen would star as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He appeared in the second series of Downton Abbey as Sir Richard Carlisle, a tabloid publisher who is a suitor to and subsequently engaged to Lady Mary.

In the 2012 BBC drama series Prisoners' Wives he plays Paul the husband of Francesca whose comfortable life comes crashing down when he is imprisoned for drug trafficking.

Has also appeared in Henry IV, Part 2, Game of Thrones, Prisoners Wives, The Iron Lady, Strike Back, Jack Taylor: The Pikemen, Jack Taylor: The Magdalen Martyrs, Spooks, Masterpiece Theatre, The Guards, Pope Joan, Harry Brown, Eadar-Chluich, Into the Storm, The Case of Unfaithful Klara, Law & Order: UK, The Diary of Anne Frank, Slapper, City of Vice, Starting Over, The Relief of Belsen, Resident Evil: Extinction, Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution, The Last Legion, Small Engine Repair, Vagabond Shoes, Tara Road, Kingdom of Heaven, Kidnapped, Man to Man, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Carla, Spy Sorge, Song for a Raggy Boy, Darkness, The Soul Keeper, Impact, Gabriel & Me, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Anchor Me, Glasgow Kiss, Beautiful Creatures, Paranoid, The Wyvern Mystery, Wives and Daughters, Marar�a, Trial & Retribution, Painted Lady, Death of a Salesman, The Young Americans, Missus, Screen One, Frankie's House, Adam Bede, 30 Door Key, Silent Scream, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Fools of Fortune, Mountains of the Moon, Screen Two, Paris by Night, Gorillas in the Mist, The Fear, Taggart