who is the actor that plays the hound on game of thrones
Rory McCann
title: Rory McCann text: Rory McCann Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and Michael in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy "Hot Fuzz". McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972. Before becoming an actor, McCann was a painter who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry near Inverness. He also worked as a bridge painter (on the Forth Road Bridge), landscape gardener and carpenter. Rory McCann was first trained as an actor by writer-artist Robert Parsifal Finch in The Actor's title: Game of Thrones (season 6) text: (played by animal actor Quigly). However, some of the special effects were created at Montreal's Rodeo FX studios which has won Emmy Awards previously for its work on the series. The sixth season saw the return of Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark, Kristian Nairn as Hodor, Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed, Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy, and Rory McCann as Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, who did not appear in the fifth season. Clive Russell, Tobias Menzies, Patrick Malahide, Richard Dormer and Paul Kaye also returned to the show as Brynden Tully, Edmure Tully, Balon Greyjoy, Beric Dondarrion and Thoros title: Rory McCann text: boat or in places without modern conveniences. Rory McCann Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and Michael in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy "Hot Fuzz". McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972. Before becoming an actor, McCann was a painter who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry near Inverness. He also worked as a bridge painter (on the Forth Road Bridge), landscape gardener and carpenter. Rory McCann was first trained as an actor by title: Rory McCann text: the award-winning British comedy drama series "Shameless". He made his Hollywood debut in the 2004 film "Alexander," which required the actors to go through a boot-camp in the African desert, and included shooting in Thailand, Morocco as well as a London studio. In 2007, he appeared as Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in "Hot Fuzz". In 2008, he played Moby in "The Crew" and Attila the Hun in the BBC docudrama "Heroes and Villains". McCann portrays Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in the HBO series "Game of Thrones".<ref name="Pure/Trend-Kilt-2014"></ref> Other projects include a BBC TV Series by writer Jimmy McGovern called "Banished," set title: Sandor Clegane text: Sandor Clegane Sandor Clegane, nicknamed The Hound, is a fictional character in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation "Game of Thrones". Introduced in 1996's "A Game of Thrones", Sandor is the estranged younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane, from the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, serving as King Joffrey Baratheon's personal bodyguard. He subsequently appeared in Martin's "A Clash of Kings" (1998), "A Storm of Swords" (2000) and "A Feast for Crows" (2005). Sandor is not a point of view character in the novels,