Conleth Hill Biography

Fast Facts

• After a successful stage career, began taking small television roles in the late 1980s
• Made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award
• Won Olivier Awards for The Producers and the London production of Stones in His Pockets
• Played Geraldine McQueen's bed-bound mother in comedian Peter Kay's X Factor spoof Britain's Got the Pop Factor
• Known for being a chameleonic performer, he shaved his head for the role of eunuch Lord Varys in HBO's Game of Thrones
• Is a fan of Manchester United soccer club
• Still lives in his childhood hometown of Ballycastle, Northern Ireland