House of the Dragon Season 2

House of the Dragon's characters are split into two factions – the Blacks and the Greens.

The main stars of Team Black are:

• Emma D’Arcy (Truth Seekers, Wanderlust) as Rhaenyra Targaryen

• Matt Smith (Doctor Who, Morbius) as Prince Daemon Targaryen

• Steve Toussaint (Small Axe, It’s A Sin) as Lord Corlys Velaryon

• Eve Best (Lucky Man, Nurse Jackie) as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen

• Harry Collett (Dunkirk, Dolittle) as Prince Jacaerys “Jace” Velaryon

• Bethany Antonia (Stay Close, Nolly) as Lady Baela Targaryen

• Sonoya Mizuno (Ex-Machina, Maniac, Devs) as Mysaria

• Abubakar Salim (Jamestown, Raised By Wolves) as Alyn of Hull

• Clinton Liberty (Red Election, Normal People, Smother) as Addam of Hull

• Gayle Rankin (The Greatest Showman, GLOW) as Alys Rivers

• Kieran Bew (Warrior, Liar, Rellick) as Hugh

• Tom Bennett (Phone Shop, After Life, A.P. Bio) as Ulf

The main cast of Team Green are:

• Tom Glynn-Carney (The Last Post, SAS: Rogue Heroes) as Aegon Targaryen

• Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, Vanity Fair) as Alicent Hightower

• Ewan Mitchell (Saltburn, The Last Kingdom) as Prince Aemond Targaryen

• Phia Saban (The Last Kingdom) as Princess / Queen Helaena Targaryen

• Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Nyad, Elementary) as Ser Otto Hightower

• Fabien Frankel (The Serpent, Last Christmas) as Ser Criston Cole

• Matthew Needham (Sanditon, Great Expectations) as Lord Larys Strong

• Jefferson Hall (Oppenheimer, Tenet) as twins Lord Jason and Ser Tyland Lannister

• Freddie Fox (Slow Horses, The Great) as Ser Gwayne Hightower

• Abigail Thorn (The Acolyte, Django) as Sharako Lohar

Earlier episodes, set a decade before the main events of the series, stars:

• Paddy Considine (Peaky Blinders, Informer, Hot Fuzz) as King Viserys I Targaryen

• Milly Alcock (Upright, Reckoning) as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen

• Emily Carey (Wonder Woman, Casualty) as Alicent Hightower

• Ty Tennant (War of the Worlds, Tolkien) as Prince Aegon Targaryen

• Leo Ashton (Red Rose, The Bay) as Prince Aemond Targaryen

• Eva Ossei-Gerning (The Snow Spider) as a Rhaena Targaryen

• Newcomer Evie Allen as Princess Helaena Targaryen

• Newcomer Leo Hart as Jacaerys Velaryon

• Newcomer Shani Smethurst as Baela Targaryen

Find out more about each character and their history here.

To date, there are 18 episodes of House of the Dragon – ten in season one, and eight in episode two.

Season three, which will air in June 2026, will also have eight episodes.

If you want more of the world of Westeros, Game Of Thrones ran for 73 episodes over eight seasons, while the newest addition to the franchise, A Knight of A Seven Kingdoms launched in January 2026 and has six episodes, with a second season confirmed for 2027.

The official rating of House of the Dragon in the UK, as certified by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), is 18 for the overall series.

This means the show has been deemed suitable for adults only.

Reasons for this rating include:

• Graphic depictions of sex and sex acts – including instances of incest, scenes involving sex workers and orgies

• Graphic and prolonged scenes of full-frontal male and female nudity

• Frequent graphic blood and gore – including blood spray, graphic violent injury and creative kills

• Scenes of child murder some may find upsetting

• Frequent use of other weaponry – most prominently swords

• Scenes of peril and imminent threat - including from dragon warfare

• Violent depictions of childbirth including scenes of miscarriage some may find upsetting

• Profane language is used in every episode

• Scenes of disease, illness and injury that some may find upsetting

House of the Dragon has already been widely celebrated and critically acclaimed, earning widespread awards recognition.

For the first season alone, the show was nominated for 70 awards, winning 13 including a Primetime Emmy, and a Golden Globe for Best Drama Television series.

Season two won the series a further 9 awards, including another Primetime Emmy.

It currently stands at an impressive 8.3/10 rating on IMDb, as rated by 509,000 users.

Both seasons of House of the Dragon are available in full to watch on Sky Atlantic or to stream on NOW.

Season three will be shown on Sky Atlantic, NOW and HBO Max in June 2026.

Don’t worry – you won’t miss a thing.

Sky Atlantic will continue to air upcoming seasons of much-loved HBO shows that have previously aired on Sky, including House of the Dragon, The Last of Us and The White Lotus alongside homegrown Sky Originals and exclusive Peacock Originals straight from the US.

Plus, if you have Sky Ultimate TV or Sky Q with an eligible package, you will have HBO Max Basic with Ads included as part of your Sky subscription. So not only will you still have a full back catalogue of your favourite series – including Game of Thrones, The Sopranos and Friends – but you’ll also get brand new HBO Max Original titles like the Emmy Award-winning The Pitt.

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