<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1993--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Richard Colin Brake (born November 30, 1964) is a Welsh - American actor, known for portraying Joe Chill in Batman Begins (2005), Doom - Head in 31 (2016), and the Night King in Game of Thrones in the fourth and fifth season . </P> <P> Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed . In 1967 he and his family migrated to the United States, where they first settled in Atlanta . He then grew up in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio . Brake attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, and trained in The Science of Acting under the technique's founder, and founding Principal of The Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing, Sam Kogan . He also studied acting in New York City at the Michael Chekhov Studio under Beatrice Straight . </P>

Which actor plays the night king in game of thrones