Neil Fingleton, a 7-foot 7-inch actor who played the giant Mag the Mighty in “Game of Thrones” has died at 36.
Fingleton was a former McDonald’s high school basketball All-American who played college basketball in the United States for the University of North Carolina and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
He went on to a short professional basketball career in the U.S. and Europe before turning to acting.
He appeared in films including “417 Ronin and “X-Men: First Class” and in TV shows including “Doctor Who” and the hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones.”
In the “Games of Thrones” the fearsome Mag was a giant on the northern side of the great ice wall that was guarded by Lord Commander Jon Snow and the black-clad men of the Night’s Watch.