Lance's roles include dealer Sticky in the drug-related series Top Buzzer, Matt in two series of Teachers, Ben in the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, Jamie in Absolute Power and various roles in the sketch show Smack the Pony. He also played Richard, Daisy's boyfriend, in Spaced.

Lance has also had roles in various films such as Late Night Shopping and The Search For John Gissing, the recent mini-series The Impressionists (as Bazille) and the sitcoms The Book Group, Sensitive Skin and Rescue Me. Smaller roles have included appearances in 2 point 4 Children, People Like Us, Saxondale, Marie Antoinette and Absolutely Fabulous.

Additionally he played the character of Mr. Hugo in the pilot episode of Biffovision, as well as featuring alongside Mark Heap and Tim Key in another Paul Rose-penned pilot, "Now The Weather".

Lance was also the voice for several UK TV commercials including brands such as Maybelline while he also starred in advertisements for Wrigley's Extra and the AA. He appeared on the 24 January 2008 episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where host Simon Amstell made a running joke of an effort to get him better name recognition by having a pre-recorded voice say "IT'S...JAMES LANCE" and running text across the screen saying the same thing almost every time he spoke.

Lance also appeared in episode 6, series 3 of BBC series Hotel Babylon.[1] He appeared in the 2009 film Bronson, about the life of the violent British prisoner Charles Bronson, as art teacher Phil Danielson.

Lance appeared on stage as Miles at the Trafalgar Studios in May 2009 in Marcus Markou's play Ordinary Dreams; Or How to Survive a Meltdown with Flair. He portrayed Eric Idle at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival in a play called Pythonesque by writer Roy Smiles.[2]

Years active 2002−present

Known for Game of Thrones

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

***LIFE***

Gleeson started acting at the age of seven in the Independent Theatre Workshop. His first roles in feature films were minor roles in Batman Begins (2005), Shrooms (2007) and A Shine of Rainbows (2009). In 2010 he appeared in a leading role in Alicia Duffy's All Good Children. The reviewer for the Variety magazine considered Gleeson "the pic's big discovery".

He was announced in the role as Joffrey Baratheon on 19 July 2009. Gleeson was part of the initial starring cast and remains a member of the starring cast for the second season. He is a student of Trinity College, Dublin, and a member of DU Players. In 2012, he was awarded a Scholarship at the same university following a competitive examination demonstrating "exceptional knowledge and understanding of his subjects". Gleeson has indicated an intention to pursue an academic career rather than a professional acting career, once his work on Game of Thrones is completed.