Conleth Hill

Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a film, stage and television actor from Northern Ireland. He has performed on stage in productions in the United Kingdom and the United States. He won the 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and has received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for his role as Varys in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–present). 2Early life Conleth Hill was born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He has an older brother who works as a cameraman, a sister who is a producer, and a younger brother, Ronan, a sound engineer who has won three Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on Game of Thrones. Conleth Hill graduated from St MacNissi's College and later attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's acting program, graduating in 1988. 2Career Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets. For his work in the Canadian production of the play he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award. He played German professor Max Staefel in a 2002 television adaptation of Goodbye, Mr Chips (2002