Vladimír 'Furdo' Furdík (born 1 July, 1970) is a Slovak actor and stuntman. In Game of Thrones, he portrayed the Night King in the sixth season episode "The Door", the seventh season episodes "Dragonstone", "Eastwatch", "Beyond the Wall", and "The Dragon and the Wolf", and the eighth season episode "The Long Night". He took over the role from Richard Brake for undisclosed reasons. He was also a stunt performer in the fifth season episodes "Sons of the Harpy" and "Hardhome", the sixth season episodes "The Red Woman", "Oathbreaker", and "Battle of the Bastards", and the seventh season episodes "Dragonstone", "Stormborn", "The Queen's Justice", "The Spoils of War", "Eastwatch", "Beyond the Wall", and "The Dragon and the Wolf" and eighth season episode "The Bells", and a stunt supervisor in the sixth season episodes "Home" and "The Winds of Winter" and the eighth season episode "Winterfell" and a stunt safety technician in the eight season episode "Winterfell" Since, 1990 Furdík has worked in Hollywood as an actor and stuntman, appearing in films such as Tristan and Isolde, Eragon, War Horse, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Skyfall as a stuntman. He also appeared as a Andrzej in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and as one of the four ship guardians in Prometheus.