--- title: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Confirms He Was in Game of Thrones description: “It was just for a few seconds, but I’ll always be thankful to have been on the penultimate episode of @gameofthrones”, Rodgers tweeted. canonical: https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-13T15:07:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:57.437Z og:title: Yes a Quarterback Made a Casual Cameo in Game of Thrones og:description: “It was just for a few seconds, ” Rodgers tweeted. og:url: https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca192296781cdaa/698949a1db29870e7926249b/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yes a Quarterback Made a Casual Cameo in Game of Thrones twitter:description: “It was just for a few seconds, ” Rodgers tweeted. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca192296781cdaa/698949a1db29870e7926249b/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Yes, a Quarterback Definitely Made a Cameo on _Game of Thrones_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 13, 2019 3:07 PM UTC  Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth, Kit Harington as Jon Snow, and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth, Kit Harington as Jon Snow, and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.Courtesy of HBO by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 13, 2019 3:07 PM UTC The penultimate episode of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5586743/game-of-thrones-cersei-jamie-death/) featured fire, brimstone, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. On Sunday night, before the episode aired, the football star confirmed his appearance in an Instagram [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BxY8ZvLJ0RH/) that he captioned, “It was just for a few seconds, but I’ll always be thankful to have been on the penultimate episode of @gameofthrones”. The Green Bay Packers [tweeted](https://twitter.com/packers/status/1127733089638203398) out a message to fans, too. The football star’s cameo in the show’s final season had become what ESPN called “one of the worst kept secrets in television.” The quarterback is a [long-time fan](https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/430874336749031425) of the show who [filmed a promo](https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1076975742229966853) for the series, where he introduced himself as “Lord Aaron of House Rodgers of Greenwater Bay, the true King in the North.” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/1120152209466044416) about the “24-hour rule,” the standard of TV etiquette that prevents fans from discussing spoilers about [_Game of Thrones_ ](http://time.com/5565400/game-of-thrones-the-bells-memes/)for at least a day for anyone watching on delay. He also added in a hashtag that “Episode 5 should be good.” To that end, he was careful to avoid spoilers about the fifth episode of the show’s final season. “I have a bit of inside information about who is alive in one of the episodes, but I’ll share that down the line,” Rodgers told reporters on April 23, [according to ESPN](http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/%5F/id/26735537/qb-rodgers-confirms-game-thrones-cameo). The cameo had been a longtime dream of the athlete, who hinted at a possible appearance on the _Dan Patrick Show_ last year, but would neither “confirm nor deny” the cameo at the time. However, when Patrick asked him what role he would like to play on the show, Rodgers said he wanted “to be killed or in one of the steamy scenes for sure.” Last night, he got his wish with fans spotting him in the lineup of archers in [King’s Landing](http://time.com/5587928/game-of-thrones-will-arya-kill-daenerys/). > [](https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1127761201642004480) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/"},"headline":"Yes, a Quarterback Definitely Made a Cameo on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2019-05-13T15:07:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:57.437Z","description":"“It was just for a few seconds, but I’ll always be thankful to have been on the penultimate episode of @gameofthrones”, Rodgers tweeted.","url":"https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Sports","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca192296781cdaa/698949a1db29870e7926249b/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca192296781cdaa/698949a1db29870e7926249b/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-davos-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister","caption":"Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth, Kit Harington as Jon Snow, and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.","creditText":"Courtesy of HBO","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5588064/game-of-thrones-aaron-rodgers/","name":"Yes, a Quarterback Definitely Made a Cameo on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```