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Actors of the Night’s Watch give a ‘Game of Thrones’ fan the ultimate birthday greeting

This is what you get if your dad is an actor on Game of Thrones.

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Posted on Jun 17, 2015   Updated on May 28, 2021, 1:41 pm CDT

Actor Brian Fortune decided to wish his son happy birthday in a truly unique fashion: by enlisting the help of the Night’s Watch from Game of Thrones.

Fortune plays Othell Yarwyck, a senior member of the Night’s Watch, on the HBO fantasy drama. This means he spends a lot of time waiting around on set with actors like Kit Harington and John Bradley-West (Samwell Tarly). So he asked the men of the Night’s Watch—still in costume, and mostly in character as well—to wish his son Kevin a happy birthday. 

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If only every birthday wish could be as badass as this one.

Screengrab via Brian Fortune/YouTube

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*First Published: Jun 17, 2015, 12:46 pm CDT

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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