Richard Brake

Richard Colin Brake (born November 30, 1964) is a Welsh-American actor, known for portraying Joe Chill in Batman Begins (2005), Doom-Head in 31 (2016), and the Night King in Game of Thrones in the fourth and fifth season.\n', ' Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed. In 1967 he and his family migrated to the United States, where they first settled in Atlanta. He then grew up in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio. Brake attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, and trained in The Science of Acting under the technique\'s founder, and founding Principal of The Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing, Sam Kogan. He also studied acting in New York City at the Michael Chekhov Studio under Beatrice Straight.\n', ' In 1993, he made his screen acting debut as a reporter on an episode of the British comedy series Jeeves and Wooster. In 1994, Brake and actress Rachel Weisz both made their film debuts in the science-fiction horror film Death Machine, which starred Brad Dourif. Following supporting roles in a few low-budget films, Brake did not appear in a single film until six years later when he landed his first role by a major film distributor in Anthony Minghella\'s civil war film Cold Mountain. Brake played the leader of a group of Union foragers who attempts to rape the young widow Sara, played by Natalie Portman. The film was released on Christmas Day 2003 and was a critical and commercial success, receiving seven Academy Award nominations. \n', '