Murray McArthur

Murray McArthur is a British stage, television and film actor. The son of a mushroom farmer, of Scottish parentage and red-haired, he often plays Scottish roles. He received a BA (Joint Hons) degree in English and Drama at Loughborough University and went on to study acting at the Drama Studio London.His most notable film role was in The Last Legion where he played a member of The Ninth Legion stranded in Britain after the collapse of the Roman Empire.Murray appeared as Hasten, the Viking who breaks the Doctor's sonic sunglasses, in episode The Girl Who Died of Doctor Who.The chieftain he plays in the Game of Thrones, Dim Dalba, speaks for the Wildlings of The Gift when asked by Jon Snow, Tormund Giantsbane, Sansa Stark and Davos Seaworth to join them in the battle against the forces of Ramsay Bolton.He will shortly be seen as Boudica's warlord, Egus, in the docudrama Barbarians Rising; which tells the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from the perspective of the barbarian rebel leaders. Murray has also provided the voice for the Farmer in the new Netflix/BBC animated Watership Down (miniseries). Show less «