Craster, Gilly cast, Roy Dotrice joins 'Game of Thrones'

The cast of HBO's "Game of Thrones" continues to grow with production underway on season two.

Robert Pugh

Welsh actor Robert Pugh ("Robin Hood," "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World") is the latest to join and will play Craster, a wildling who lives north of the Wall with his 19 wives. Unlike most of the people living in the Haunted Forest, Craster keeps an alliance with the Night's Watch.

In "A Clash of Kings," the second novel in George R.R. Martin's fantasy series, upon which season two is based, Craster's keep is visited by the Night's Watch, including Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Samwell Tarly (John Bradley).

Hannah Murray

While there, Samwell befriends one of Craster's younger wives, Gilly, who will be played by Hannah Murray (the U.K. "Skins").

Rounding out the new additions is Roy Dotrice as Pyromancer Hallyne, chief of the Guild of Pyromancers in the capital. In addition to his acting credits, Dotrice has read for four of the five audiobook additions of Martin's series, including "A Dance With Dragons," which was released last month.

Roy Dotrice

The trio join fellow season two newcomers Tom Wlaschiha ("Enemy at the Gates") as Jaqen H'gar, Gemma Whelan ("The Wolfman") as Yara Greyjoy, Liam Cunningham ("Camelot") as Davos Seaworth the Onion Knight, Stephen Dillane ("John Adams") as Stannis, Carice van Houten ("Repo Men," "Valkyrie") as Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie ("The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus") as Brienne and Natalie Dormer ("The Tudors") as Margaery Tyrell.

The first season was recently awarded Outstanding New Program by the Television Critics Association. It also picked up 13 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister), Writing in a Drama Series and Direction in Single-Camera Series.