--- title: Emmys 2019: Why These Game of Thrones Actors Weren't Onstage description: King Bran the Broken, ruler of Westeros, was not on stage at the 2019 Emmys along with others. canonical: https://time.com/5683917/game-of-thrones-emmys/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-23T13:49:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:34.658Z og:title: Why Some Game of Thrones Actors DIdn't Take Stage at the 2019 Emmys og:description: King Bran the Broken, ruler of Westeros, was not on stage at the 2019 Emmys. og:url: https://time.com/5683917/game-of-thrones-emmys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7dc4337e64b20ab/698a03554ee262b9573164ec/emmys2019gameofthrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-US-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-EMMYS-SHOW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Some Game of Thrones Actors DIdn't Take Stage at the 2019 Emmys twitter:description: King Bran the Broken, ruler of Westeros, was not on stage at the 2019 Emmys. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7dc4337e64b20ab/698a03554ee262b9573164ec/emmys2019gameofthrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why Some _Game of Thrones_ Actors Didn't Take the Stage at the 2019 Emmys Last Night ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. King Bran the Broken, ruler of Westeros, was not on stage at the 2019 Emmys._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 23, 2019 1:49 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 23, 2019 1:49 PM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for the final season of _Game of Thrones_. [_Game of Thrones_ ](https://time.com/5680357/emmys-2019-game-of-thrones/)didn’t sweep the [71st Emmy Awards](https://time.com/5683559/emmys-2019-recap/) on Sunday night like some critics (armchair and professional) thought the show might for its final season. It did collect a few, though, including Outstanding Drama Series and Peter Dinklage’s triumph in the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama category. When the cast gathered together on the Emmys’ stage, fans may have noticed that not all of the show’s many stars took the stage. Most noticeably, the King of Westeros himself was M.I.A. Fans took to Twitter to point out that Bran the Broken as he became known was nowhere to be found on the stage crowded with stars, including Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Lena Headey, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alfie Allen, and Carice van Houten. Could Bran really have won the Iron Throne, but not merited inclusion on the [Emmy stage](https://time.com/5683669/emmys-2019-review/)? > [](https://twitter.com/kevin%5Fmaggiore/status/1175940042944069632) > [](https://twitter.com/Greenhill605/status/1176007412681183232) > [](https://twitter.com/luvpjimin%5F/status/1176006062291308545) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeBirdsWords/status/1175966778738008069) > [](https://twitter.com/DoraWinifred92/status/1175938749307469824) > [](https://twitter.com/SamanthaCobos/status/1175938061852692480) > [](https://twitter.com/JaeLynnGOT/status/1175937978746789888) Turns out that Bran, played by in the series by Isaac Hempstead-Wright, was at the award show along with the majority of the HBO show’s cast, walking the red carpet and getting a good seat in the audience, but didn’t join them on stage. (Neither did John Bradley (Samwell) and Liam Cunningham (Davos) and others. [As reported by _Refinery29_](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/09/8462143/bran-emmys-audience-not-on-stage-game-of-thrones-cast-2019), the Emmy producers seem to have only given space on the stage to the actors and actresses nominated for awards that evening, which was a lot of them, including Harington and Clarke, but not Hempstead-Wright. 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