In the Season 8 premiere episode of Game of Thrones, the Wall has fallen and the Night King’s (Vladimír Furdík) army of the dead marches towards Westeros. Keep in mind, in the Season 7 finale, Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk) left King’s Landing to fetch the Golden Company in Essos and bring them to Westeros. The sellsword group of mercenaries (all 10,000 of them) is led by Commander Harry Strickland.
Commander Harry Strickland is portrayed by Marc Rissmann. The 6’3″ German-born actor is known for his roles on the final season of The Man in the High Castle (Wilhelm Goertzmann), The Last Kingdom (Tekil), and Into the Badlands (Nos), among others. Rissmann will appear next on the big screen in the American WWII film Liberté: A Call to Spy about spy recruiter Vera Atkins (Stana Katic, Castle). Rissman plays infamous Nazi, the Butcher of Lyon, Klaus Barbie. Fun fact about Rissmann: he directed the 2016 Alle Farben featuring Younotus music video “Please Tell Rosie” which was nominated for Best Music Video at the Cannes Lions Festival. See below. Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9 pm on HBO.
