The number of new Westeros characters that Game of Thrones fans will meet on screen in 2026 is growing by the minute, thanks to the release of not only A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (a.k.a. the Dunk and Egg show) but the return of House of the Dragon. Part of a rollout of HBO Max’s slate of content for 2026 included a new look at House of the Dragon Season 3 and the first image of James Norton as Ser Ormund Hightower.
Norton is best known for television shows including Grantchester, War & Peace, The Nevers, and Happy Valley. He played John Brooke in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women opposite Emma Watson’s Meg March. He recently played a villainous role in another house-monikered series: House of Guinness on Netflix. Norton is also an Olivier Award-nominated stage actor for portraying Jude St. Francis in the West End adaptation to Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life, opposite soon-to-be Bridgerton Season 4 main character Luke Thompson as Willem.
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