Smalljon Umber cast! 

There’s not much time left in season 6 filming, but thankfully, there is still

Our casting news involves another major house of the North that we haven’t seen in a few years- the Umbers. In season 1, Greatjon Umber (Clive Mantle) was a boisterous and (eventually) vocal supporter of the King in the North. The Greatjon wasn’t present on the show in later seasons, leaving him presumably alive, and his son Smalljon no longer a victim of the Red Wedding like in the books.  At the end of season 3, Bran Stark sends Osha and his little brother Rickon off to the Umbers at Last Hearth.

With the season 6 casting announcements, we learned that House Umber would be coming back into play, with Smalljon as its representative.

Which bring us to today’s news: we’ve learned that British actor Dean S. Jagger will be playing the role of Smalljon Umber.

It was a roundabout route, learning about this one. Over a month ago, a fan shared photos from the post-Saintfield-filming wrap party. Among the pics was one of her posing with Kristofer Hivju and another actor, captioned, “Met Small jon umber and thormond at a #gameofthrones #party in belfast! #GoT #asoiaf #asongoficeandfire #actors #gameofthrones”

Met Small jon umber and thormond at a #gameofthrones #party in belfast! #GoT #asoiaf #asongoficeandfire #actors #gameofthrones

reader breakfastfestival recognized the actor in an episode of the British comedy

, and found this new item from Identity School of Acting:

While the casting isn’t officially confirmed by HBO, we think it’s pretty safe to call this one: this is our Smalljon.

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That jawline. Glad to have a face to the Smalljon.

Nice to have that mystery (seemingly) resolved. He looks the part. Next up, to learn who’s playing the other Northern lords.

We have our Smalljon, at last. I wonder if he’ll have a beard on the show.

Good eye by breakfastfestival(which sounds yummy right now)! And a series regular?! Sounds great! And he’s cute too! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! And I guess-Hodor!!

The role was only two episodes. I’m not sure what they mean by “series regular”, but I imagine it’s an error.

Great news! He definitely looks like Umber.

“Regular” used by these people is not in the strict way that we tend to use it. It just means he’s on more than one episode, which we already knew.

Well, there’s Karstark, Manderly and that callow Northern nobleman who may be a Cerwyn. Has any other Northern Lord been cast? There’s that “wry, articulate Lord”, but we don’t know if he’s a Northman.

I hope his intentions with Rickon, Osha and Shaggydog are honorable.

There’s the guy WOTW sensibly guessed was Cerwyn, who is probably in the same scene(s) as Manderly.

Edit: Regarding the other lord, since all the other casting notices have specified Northernness, he presumably isn’t from there. Which leaves what story he’s part of an interesting question. At the time some thought about Harlaw, but he would surely have been at the Kingsmoot had he been cast.

Yeah, I remembered him soon after writing that, so I edited him in. So Karstark, Manderly and the possible Cerwyn. And, as I also added later, maybe that other “wry, articulate” Lord, though we don’t know if he’s a Northman.

Of course his intentions would be honourable, the Umbers have always been loyal to the Starks and now that Rickon is the next in line to inherit Winterfell his word is law to them.

Shallow as it is, my first reaction is that he looks like he could be James Cosmo’s son. Strikingly so, to be honest. Maybe they should have cast him as Jorah, particularly given that Iain Glen is only 13 years younger than the guy who played his father (oh, well; too late now).

I’m sure he’ll be fine in this part (in Nina I trust), although he’s apparently only 5’11”. Even Smalljon Umber is supposed to be a pretty freaking huge guy. Look at me going all Linda now…

I hope hey give him Hugo Wull’s epic speech!

Lord Pea Pod. If you were a man, I would kill you for that, but my sword is made of too fine a steel to besmirch with craven’s blood. Aye, men are dying. More will die before we see Winterfell. What of it? This is war. Men die in war. That is as it should be. As it has always been. I want to live forever in a land where summer lasts a thousand years. I want a castle in the clouds where I can look down over the world. I want to be six-and-twenty again. When I was six-and-twenty I could fight all day and fuck all night. What men want does not matter. Winter is almost upon us, boy. And winter is death. I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned’s little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks. No one sings songs of men who die like that. As for me, I am old. This will be my last winter. Let me bathe in Bolton blood before I die. I want to feel it spatter across my face when my axe bites deep into a Bolton skull. I want to lick it off my lips and die with the taste of it on my tongue.

In the game of edits, I added my own comment re: that other lord.

Regarding only Rickon (during peaceful times), I would agree…but given Osha in the mix and the fallout from the RW unknown (incl. Greatjon’s fate and the fact that SmallJon is dead in the books because of Robb/RW), I will only be cautiously optimistic.

But if the rumors are true… How could House Umber be on the side of

House Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards? The only way that I could imagine it was if Greatjon was still a prisoner of the Freys, they would side with the Boltons to see him released. How will the show make this work? Why will they turn over Osha and Rickon to the Boltons?

I hope hey give him Hugo Wull’s epic speech!

He seems a little young for that speech.. Too green, one might say..

That is true. Maybe he can wish to be 10 and six again instead

I really hate that if you get on D&D’s bad side, you get fired, as was Clive Mantle’s case. And his character was someone that couldn’t really be played by anyone else. So they’re just replacing him with his inferior son.

Wasn’t worried at all, for me the casting has always been spot on.

I really hate that if you get on D&D’s bad side, you get fired, as was Clive Mantle’s case. And his character was someone that couldn’t really be played by anyone else. So they’re just replacing him with his inferior son.

All I’ve heard was schedualing problems for further seasons (2/3)..

That’s what I always tought will happen, since it was confirmed he was Umber.

Of course a bit edited and shorter, some changes here and there,..etc.

But the same context: a direct attack too persue vangeance/justice instead of a more petient approach.

My guess is he will say this to either another northern lord, who doesn’t want direct battle or Jon.

I remenber reading an article saying the actor was sick. And I remenber seeing a photo with him, he had lost a lot of waight.

What a hunk! 😍 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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