Game of Thrones - Aidan Gillen joins cast

HBO's fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" has cast a new series regular: Aidan Gillen will play the scheming Littlefinger on the show.

In the adventure series, Littlefinger is an adviser to King Robert who manipulates those in power to fit his own agenda.

Gillen is familiar to HBO viewers as Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti on the network's "The Wire." He was also on "Queer as Folk" and in the movie "Shanghai Knights."

Source: Hollywood Reporter