All the Actors You Forgot Were in 2004's 'King Arthur'
Even if you didn't see Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot.
At the time, the rest of Arthur's Round Table didn't have much marquee value. But 15 years later, these fellows have several more illustrious projects on their resumés, including "Game of Thrones," "Doctor Strange."
Two years before he played villain Le Chiffre in "Valhalla Rising." And then Disney and Marvel and Rihanna called. And he got to play a very famous cannibal for a while.
If you're a hardcore fan of the "Hannibal" series, then you already know that the NBC show was a reunion for Dancy and Mikkelsen. Here, Dancy played Galahad, who is about the same age as Lancelot (Gruffudd) instead of his son, as is traditional. After "Hannibal" wrapped in 2014, Dancy went on to star as the charismatic leader of a cult in Hulu's "The Path." He'll also appear with real-life wife Claire Danes in the season of "Homeland."
This Aussie actor had already played young Uncle Owen in the "Star Wars" prequels, but he really started to pique people's interest with the 2010 Australian noir "Boy Erased." Here, he plays fierce Gawain, who parties as hard as he fights.
Skarsgård, best known up to this point as as Matt Damon's professor in "Dune," in which he plays another epic villain, Baron Harkonnen.
The future Stannis of the House Baratheon, First of His Name, King of the Andals (etc.) on "Game of Thrones" played wizard Merlin in this version of the Arthurian legend. Other future "Game of Thrones" cast appearing here: Alliser Thorne (Clive Russell) as Lancelot's father.
Best known as Thor's always hungry pal Volstagg, Stevenson played Dagonet. The character is traditionally Arthur's jester, who always runs from battle. Here, he's a towering, axe-wielding warrior who can fight with the best of them. Stevenson's other roles include Blackbeard on "Black Sails," Isaak Sirko on "Dexter," and Titus Pullo on "Rome." The man is good at mayhem.
Currently filming "Sexy Beast."
Since playing Cerdic's bloodthirsty son Cynric, Schweiger has appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Thomas Kretschmann), this is the guy Hollywood calls.
