Jack Gleeson
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Even though King Joffrey may have been kicked off the royal throne in a rather undignified manner, actor Jack Gleeson actually left Game of Thrones to pursue academia. After playing the role of a villainous child-king for three years, Gleeson enrolled at Trinity College in Dublin, where he studied theology and philosophy.
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