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Hafþór was cast as Gregor The Mountain Clegane for the fourth season of the HBO series 'Game of Thrones (2011)' in August 2013.
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Hafthor Bjornsson, several times the world's strongest man and star of one of the most famous deaths in television history as 'The Mountain' (Gregor Clegane) in the series 'Game of Thrones', suffered a torn chest muscle while attempting to lift 252.5 kilos to beat his personal bench press record.
Hafþór has also appeared on television as an actor, portraying The Mountain Ser Gregor Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones for five seasons. He is often simply referred to as Thor or the Mountain, the latter due to his Game of Thrones character and his own massive size.
Ser Gregor Clegane was already an impressive warrior known as The Mountain Who Rides due to his size. He was one of the most feared warriors in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, showing off his strength like cutting a horse's head off with one blow and crushing Oberyn Martell's skull with his bare hands.