Kristian Nairn

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“Not all heroes hold weapons. Some hold doors. To me, it’s very satisfying as well. It ties up a lot about Hodor. It ties him all together and kills him at the same time. It gives you something you want with one hand, then cuts your hand off with the other one.”

ALSO KNOWN FOR

Our Flag Means Death (2022)

The Appearance (2018)

The Rookie (2018)

BlizzCon DJ Set (2021)

Kristian Nairn is an Irish actor and DJ, born on the 25th of November 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He is best known for his portrayal as Hodor in the hit HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. Nairn's portrayal of Hodor on Game of Thrones was his first acting role and earned him enough to buy his mother a house.

He is a progressive house/trance DJ, and used to be the resident DJ of Kremlin, a gay club in Belfast, Ireland. Since Game of Thrones began, Nairn has toured as a DJ with "Rave of Thrones" using musical themes and costumes from the television series. At the end of 2017, he performed the first part of the Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike concerts in Antwerp, Belgium. He was the DJ during the BlizzCon 2016 anniversary party and BlizzCon 2018 closing festivities. In October 2018, Kristian appeared in a commercial for eToro that was launched on YouTube, featuring the Internet meme HODL. He is also an accomplished guitarist and got the opportunity to play backstage with Megadeth during the Hellfest Open Air Festival in Clisson, France, during June 2018.

Outside of Game of Thrones, Nairn’s additional television credits include the BBC One mystery drama series Ripper Street (2012-2013), which stars fellow Thrones actors Jerome Flynn and Clive Russell. He has also appeared in the adventure fantasy film Four Warriors (2015), the fifth installment of the fantasy film franchise Mythica: The Godslayer (2016), the medieval horror/thriller film The Appearance (2018), the medieval adventure fantasy film Robin Hood: The Rebellion (2018) and ABC’s American procedural crime drama series The Rookie (2018). Most recently, Nairn joined the cast in the role of Wee John Feeney in HBO Max’s period romantic comedy series Our Flag Means Death (2022), opposite Oscar-winning writer, director and actor Taika Waititi, as well as fellow Game of Thrones actor Joel Fry.