Born 20 May 1992 in Cork , Ireland he started acting at the age of seven in the Independent Theatre Workshop . Gleeson ’ s first roles in feature films were minor roles in Batman Begins ( 2005 ), Shrooms ( 2007 ) and A Shine of Rainbows ( 2009 ). In 2010 he appeared in a leading role in Alicia Duffy ’ s All Good
Be Bpeared Children . The reviewer for the Variety magazine con- sidered Gleeson “ the pic ’ s big discovery ”. The 21 year old Gleeson plays the easy-to-despise boy king , Joffrey Baratheon , in the medieval drama which is causing waves on both sides of the Atlantic Game of Thrones . He was announced in the role on 19 July