The Mountain Game Of Thrones
In the books the character is initially introduced in 1996 s a game of thrones.
The mountain game of thrones. Martin and its television adaptation game of thrones. If you re not aware. Lee statue in va. He subsequently appeared in a clash of kings a storm of swords and in a dance with dragons.
He actually lobbied for a role in the show and auditioned for khal drogo before he won the part of gregor. Bjornsson best known for his portrayal of ser gregor the mountain clegane on game of thrones broke the record previously held by briton eddie hall who in 2016 became the first man to lift 500kg. He played gregor the mountain clegane in the hbo series game of thrones for five seasons. Born in reykjavík hafþór began his basketball career in 2004 with division i team breiðablik moving to fsu in 2005.
For 10 days taipei. This man is a real life giant. Game of thrones star hafthor julius bjornsson has set a new world record by deadlifting 501kg 1 105lbs at his gym in iceland. The mountain was first played by actor and wrestler conan stevens in game of thrones first season.
Bjornsson 31 let out a roar at his gym in iceland after completing the lift. Hafthor bjornsson who played ser gregor the mountain clegane on game of thrones hoisted 1 104 52 pounds 501 kilograms in the deadlift on saturday to break the world record the bbc reported. Ser gregor clegane was a knight of house clegane the older brother of sandor clegane and a notoriously fearsome extremely lethal and much feared warrior with a tendency toward extreme and excessive violence. Due to his incredibly massive size he is called the mountain that rides or more often simply the mountain.
He also is a former professional basketball player. Gregor clegane nicknamed the mountain that rides or simply the mountain is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by american author george r. Game of thrones the mountain will try to deadlift over 1 100 pounds for a world record live on espn judge halts removal of robert e. If you shake his hand your palm simply disappears in a huge but still very gentle shovel of a hand.
Hafþór júlíus björnsson is an icelandic professional strongman and actor. In fall 2016 facts welcomed hafthór julius thor björnsson five time winner of the title world s strongest man and game of thrones actor for sir gregor clegane aka the mountain. The actor appeared in two episodes but he was later recast ahead of season 2 because of scheduling conflicts. He is the first person to have won the arnold strongman classic europe s strongest man and world s strongest man in the same calendar year.