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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He took a hiatus from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', citing a loss of passion for the art, choosing instead to and focus on his theatre company. He later appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'', and he made his return to mainstream acting in 2023 with ''Film/InTheLandOfSaintsAndSinners''.

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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He took a hiatus from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', citing a loss of passion for the art, choosing instead to and focus on his theatre company. He later appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'', and he made his return to mainstream acting in 2023 with ''Film/InTheLandOfSaintsAndSinners''.
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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He took a hiatus from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', citing a loss of passion for the art. He later appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'' and focusing on his theatre company, and he made his return to mainstream acting in 2023 with ''Film/InTheLandOfSaintsAndSinners''.

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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He took a hiatus from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', citing a loss of passion for the art. art, choosing instead to and focus on his theatre company. He later appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'' and focusing on his theatre company, Space'', and he made his return to mainstream acting in 2023 with ''Film/InTheLandOfSaintsAndSinners''.
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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'' and focusing on his theatre company.

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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire took a hiatus from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing citing a loss of passion for the art. He later appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space'' and focusing on his theatre company.
company, and he made his return to mainstream acting in 2023 with ''Film/InTheLandOfSaintsAndSinners''.

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his ''Series/GameOfThrones'' costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey. Pretty much every fan who's ever met him has said that he's kind and polite to a fault. He's also raised charity for and personally travelled to UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} while the country is facing the UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his Series/GameOfThrones costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey. Pretty much every fan who's ever met him has said that he's kind and polite to a fault.

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his Series/GameOfThrones ''Series/GameOfThrones'' costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey. Pretty much every fan who's ever met him has said that he's kind and polite to a fault. He's also raised charity for and personally travelled to UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} while the country is facing the UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his Series/GameOfThrones costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey.

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his Series/GameOfThrones costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey. Pretty much every fan who's ever met him has said that he's kind and polite to a fault.
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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.

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He's best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his [[Series/GameOfThrones]] costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey.

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his [[Series/GameOfThrones]] Series/GameOfThrones costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the DVD commentaries, all his [[Series/GameOfThrones]] costars go out of their way to point out how Gleeson is nothing like his character, Joffrey.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Contrary to popular belief, he did not quit acting because of just overzealous fans but because he didn't like the idea of doing blockbuster type roles as he felt the lifestyle wasn't for him and feels more comfortable doing smaller productions like plays.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Before a difficult scene where Joffrey would show Sansa her father's head on a pike and taunt her about getting her brother's head as well, Jack apologized to Sophie Turner for what was about to happen. She was apparently gracious about it.



* MeanCharacterNiceActor: By all accounts, he's as far removed from [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] as you can get.
* NamesTheSame: Not to be confused with Jackie Gleason of ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' fame.
* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Discussed. While his official reason for quitting acting was due to decline in interest, it's known that during his time acting as Joffrey he was attacked in real life by delusional fans who couldn't separate the man from the character. Some people speculate that this might actually be his real reason for leaving despite Joffrey being his StarMakingRole.
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* ImageSource: For the following tropes, all as [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey]].
** DragonInChief [[note]]along with Creator/CharlesDance[[/note]]
** MotherMakesYouKing [[note]]along with Creator/LenaHeadey[[/note]]
** RoyalBrat

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: By all accounts, he's as far removed from [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] as you can get.



* NiceGuy: By all accounts, he's as far removed from [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] as you can get.

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Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor (born 21 May 1992 in Cork, Ireland), best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.

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Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor (born 21 May 1992 in Cork, Ireland), Cork) is an Irish actor.

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best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.




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* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Discussed. While his official reason for quitting acting was due to decline in interest, it’s known that during his time acting as Joffrey he was attacked in real life by delusional fans who couldn’t separate the man from the character. Some people speculate that this might actually be his real reason for leaving despite Joffrey being his StarMakingRole.

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* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Discussed. While his official reason for quitting acting was due to decline in interest, it’s it's known that during his time acting as Joffrey he was attacked in real life by delusional fans who couldn’t couldn't separate the man from the character. Some people speculate that this might actually be his real reason for leaving despite Joffrey being his StarMakingRole.StarMakingRole.
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* FakeAmerican: Uses a very convincing American accent in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.


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* NiceGuy: By all accounts, he's as far removed from [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] as you can get.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Before a difficult scene where Joffrey would show Sansa her father's head on a pike and taunt her about getting her brother's head as well, Jack apologized to Sophie Turner for what was about to happen. She was apparently gracious about it.
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Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor (born 21 May 1992), best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.

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Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor (born 21 May 1992), 1992 in Cork, Ireland), best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO series ''Series/GameOfThrones''. At a younger age he also played the boy saved by Rachel Dawes in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. He announced that he would retire from acting after ''Game of Thrones'', as he no longer really enjoys it. However, he has apparently changed his mind, as he will be appearing in the off-Broadway play ''Bears in Space''.

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