Just what do these mythical Game of Thrones characters look like in real life?

It’s incredible how some of the best makeup and costume artists in the biz are capable of transforming actors into characters that hardly resemble the people who portray them. But with a show on the scale of Game of Thrones, not a penny was spared bringing some of the show’s more iconic characters to life. Below are a small list of the show’s actors both before and after their GOT makeovers.

Night’s King – Vladimir Furdik (Originally Richard Brake)

Wun Wun – Ian Whyte

Quaithe – Laura Pradelska

Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

Ross Mullan – White Walker

Pyat Pree – Ian Hanmore

Septa Unella – Hannah Waddingham

Styr – Yuri Kolokolnikov

Leaf – Kae Alexander

Beric Dondarrion – Richard Dormer

Lord of Bones/Rattleshirt – Ross O’Hennessy

Sandor “The Hound” Clegane – Rory McCann