Jack Gleeson

Personal context

Summary

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor best known for playing Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones. He co-founded Dublin’s Collapsing Horse Theatre Company, whose work includes puppet theatre, surreal comedy, and science fiction. In an Oxford Union speech and interviews, he criticized celebrity culture and described fame as dehumanizing. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or activism are on record.