• 'GAME OF THRONES': WHAT DOES THE CAST REALLY LOOK LIKE?

Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)

Dance's regal bearing serves him well as cold-blooded Lannister patriarch Tywin -- and has helped the 65-year-old U.K. native land villainous roles in big-screen blockbusters like Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Last Action Hero."

Photo by HBO/Getty Images Jun 8, 2012

'GAME OF THRONES': WHAT DOES THE CAST REALLY LOOK LIKE?

The cast of "Game of Thrones" go through drastic transformations to embody their medieval-fantasy characters. Click through this slideshow to compare the cast's real-life and "GoT" looks.