Game of thrones joffrey baratheon. He was formally styled as joffrey of houses baratheon and lannister the first of his name king of the andals and the first men lord of the seven kingdoms and protector of the realm. Though believed by most to be. Joffrey baratheon joffrey baratheon played by actor jack gleeson was the prince of westeros and heir to the iron throne until the untimely death of his father robert baratheon at the hands. Jack gleeson born 20 may 1992 is an irish actor who won critical acclaim playing joffrey baratheon in the hbo television series game of thrones 20112014.
Since his retirement from screen acting in 2014 gleeson has been part of his dublin based theatre company collapsing horse. He has a peculiar habit of steering conversations about sex away from the topic usually parlaying them into conversations about violence. Introduced in 1996s a game of thrones joffrey is the eldest son of cersei lannister from the continent of westeros. In the television adaptation game of thrones he is played by jack gleeson.
A member of house baratheon of kings landing his siblings are princess myrcella and prince tommen. King joffrey i baratheon was the eighteenth king to rule from the iron throne. He is characterized as a spoiled sadistic bully and is a frequent abuser of sansa stark to whom he becomes engage. Prince joffrey baratheon is known to the seven kingdoms as the eldest son and heir of king robert i baratheon and queen cersei lannister.