--- description: Just in case title: Game of Thrones Actors Get Huge Pay Bump for Potential 7th Season image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab635d7311cfcad/6987636e06f2c16fe9331a83/491117765.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Actors Get Huge Pay Bump for Potential 7th Season by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 2:54 PM CUT  Peter Dinklages poses as he arrives at the Australian premiere of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past" Peter Dinklages poses as he arrives at the Australian premiere of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past"Graham Denholm—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 2:54 PM CUT The cast of _Game of Thrones_ has [signed on for a potential seventh season](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-cast-signs-season-744314 "undefined") of the popular HBO series, and the actors renegotiated their contracts to include hefty pay bumps, according to a new report. Although HBO has yet to greenlight the seventh season—[George R. R. Martin has only written five of what is supposed to be a seven-book series](http://time.com/29341/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/ "undefined") on which the show is based—the actors had previously only been locked down through season six. [_The Hollywood Reporter_ broke the story of the raises.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-cast-signs-season-744314 "undefined") While details of the new contracts are sparse, _THR_ reports that new compensation will be based on a tier system: --- > “” --- The show finished its fourth season this summer. [Read more at _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-cast-signs-season-744314 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Actors Get Huge Pay Bump for Potential 7th Season","datePublished":"2014-10-30T14:54:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:07:26.427Z","description":"Just in case","url":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","George R.R. Martin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab635d7311cfcad/6987636e06f2c16fe9331a83/491117765.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab635d7311cfcad/6987636e06f2c16fe9331a83/491117765.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"X-Men: Days Of Future Past\" Australian Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"\"X-Men: Days Of Future Past\" Australian Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Graham Denholm—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/","name":"Game of Thrones Actors Get Huge Pay Bump for Potential 7th Season"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","description":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eMkyMYkw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-25T21:28:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eMkyMYkw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3548312/game-of-thrones-actors-pay/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```