Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Icelandic pronunciation: ['haf?our 'ju:li?s 'pjoes:?n]; born November 26, 1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player. He plays Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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Career

Basketball career

Hafþór began his sports career as a basketball player. At 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) he started his senior team career with Division I club Breiðablik in 2004. In 2005 he joined FSu Selfoss in the Icelandic Division I. After 10 games it was discovered that he had been playing with a broken bone in his ankle and would require surgery. After recovering from surgery, Hafþór moved to Úrvalsdeild powerhouse KR in 2006. He missed most of the 2006-2007 season after a screw in his ankle shattered and had to be fixed by another surgery.

For the 2007-2008 season, he moved back to play for FSu Selfoss. For the season he averaged 6.7 points on 63.8% shooting, helping the team achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. The troublesome ankle forced him to retire from basketball after the season at the age of 20.

Between 2004 and 2006 Hafþór played 32 games for the Icelandic junior national basketball teams. In 2006 he played 8 games with Iceland's U-18 national team in Division A of the U18 European Championship.

Strongman career

Hafþór met Icelandic strongman Magnús Ver Magnússon at his gym "Jakaból" in 2008, and Magnús said that Hafþór seemed a good prospect as a strongman. Hafþór won several strongman contests in Iceland in 2010 including Strongest Man in Iceland, Iceland's Strongest Viking, Westfjords Viking, and five of six events at the OK Badur Strongman Championships.

Hafþór finished in second place at the inaugural Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic in November 2010, behind Brian Shaw. He won the 2011 Strongest Man in Iceland contest on June 4, 2011, and the 2011 Iceland's Strongest Man contest on June 18, 2011.

Hafþór came fourth in the Giants Live Poland 2011 event on August 6, 2011.

On 31 January 2015, Hafþór beat a 1,000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 10-metre-long (33 ft), 650-kilogram (1,430 lb) log for five steps.

World's Strongest Man

Hafþór took part in World's Strongest Man after earning a wild card invitation to the 2011 contest. He came in sixth overall.

Taking part again in ensuing years, he placed third in 2012, 2013 and 2015. He finished runner-up in 2014 event to ?ydr?nas Savickas and again in the 2016 event to Brian Shaw.

Icelandic Mountain Vodka

Since 2016, Hafþór has been the spokesperson and co-owner of Icelandic Mountain Vodka.

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Acting

Hafþór was cast as Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane for the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones in August 2013. This was his first main acting role, and he is the third person to depict the character after Conan Stevens played the role in season 1 and Ian Whyte in season 2. He became the first actor to portray Clegane in more than one season with his appearances in season 4, season 5, season 6 and season 7. Hafþór was cast for the role of Mongkut in the 2017 film Kickboxer: Retaliation.

Hafþór played the lead role in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire during their debut season in 2015. He appeared as "King Thor," the leader of a Viking raiding party intent on capturing the city of Amman.

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Personal life

In March 2017, Hafþór was diagnosed with Bell's palsy...

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Personal records

• Squat - 440 kg (970 lbs) raw
• Bench press - 230 kg (528 lbs) raw
• Tire deadlift - 460 kg (994 lbs) raw with wrist straps
• Deadlift - 460 kg (1014 lbs) 4.625 cronans raw with straps
• Log Press - 206.5 kg (455 lbs)
• Log carry - [5 steps] 650 kg (1433 lbs)
• Keg throw - 7.15 m

Training lifts

• Deadlift 450 kg (990 lbs) raw with wrist straps
• Log Press 206.5 kg (455 lbs)
• Squat 300 kg (660 lbs) for 10 reps, raw without knee wraps
• Bench Press 220 kg (485 lbs) for 8 reps, raw

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Filmography

Film

Television

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson on IMDb
• "Hafthor Bjornsson basketball profile". Eurobasket.

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