'Game Of Thrones' star J.J. Murphy has died aged 86.
The Northern Irish actor passed away on Friday (08.08.14) just four days after shooting his first scenes in the fifth series of the HBO show as Ser Denys Mallister, who was the oldest member of the show's military order, the Night's Watch.
According to the Belfast Telegraph newspaper, the star was due to shoot further scenes for the role and was said to have told pals he was excited to be working on the hugely popular TV series.
J.J's agent Philip Young paid tribute to the late actor following the news.
He said: "I have never encountered a man with more spirit, passion and love for his craft."
As well as 'Game Of Thrones', J.J. was due to appear as a villager in upcoming movie 'Dracula Untold'.
He starred in several other movies throughout his career including 'Angela's Ashes', 'Mickybo and Me', and 'Cal'.
J.J., who is survived by his wife Mary, was also well known for his theatre work and played many parts at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
It is not yet known whether 'Game of Thrones' bosses will re-cast the role of Ser Denys Mallister.

Britain's Princess Beatrice says Queen Elizabeth is her top role model.
The 26-year-old royal - who is the daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - hailed her grandmother as an "incredible" person who she has always looked up to.
She said: "Sometimes there are just no words to describe how incredible I think she is. She is my number one role model."
Beatrice also spoke of her delight in her cousin Prince William's son Prince George, 12 months, and how excited she is to see him grow up.
Speaking at the launch of her Big Change's charity endurance challenge, she added: "It will be really exciting to see how he grows and what sort of person he becomes."
It was recently revealed that, despite taking on a number of official engagements recently, Beatrice will not be playing a bigger part in royal life with Buckingham Palace officials insisting her main priority is still her internship at Sony Pictures Television's London headquarters, which began in January.
A spokesperson said: "She has a full-time job in the business sector, and occasionally carries out engagements in support of the queen and the Duke of York as requested.

'Coronation Street' star Hayley Tamaddon has split from her boyfriend, Marcus Brigstocke.
The couple - who had an affair together in 2010 when they were both starring in musical 'Spamalot' - have gone their separate ways after a series of rows.
The stand-up comic then left his wife of 12 years, Sophie Prideaux, for the 37-year-old soap star, who plays Andrea Beckett in the ITV show .
A source close to the couple told The Sun newspaper: "Marcus and Hayley ... had four years together but eventually realised it wasn't going to work between them.
"They supported each other through a lot and it is a shame given that Marcus gave up so much to be with Hayley when they met.
"But unfortunately sometimes things run their course. Now they're both focusing on moving on."
Previously, Marcus admitted he tried to work things out with his wife before he started dating Hayley.
Last year, he said: "There are things I feel ashamed of. I am now a person who had an affair. However, I'm happy with my girlfriend, my kids are happy and here we all are.
"I said to my wife this is what happened and I'm very sorry. We tried to put things back together but it became clear it wasn't going to work."

'Made in Chelsea' star Spencer Matthews believes it's time for him to "grow up".
The 26-year-old star - who has earned a reputation as a "lothario" on the show - thinks he's reached an age where he needs to be more serious.
Speaking on ITV show 'This Morning', he said: "I can't make any promises, but I'm trying to be a nicer person.
"I just think it's time to grow up - I'm 26 years old now - so for me gallivanting around being a 'lothario' as it's being referred to, is just a bit ... I'm trying to be a bit more serious."
The reality television star - whose family owns the exclusive Eden Rock Hotel in St Barths - admitted he fell for the same girl as his co-star Stevie Johnson when they were filming for the show in New York last month.
He confessed: "Yes, we both took a liking to her ... but we managed not to fall out."
Spencer first got his nickname as a "love rat" when it was revealed that he had cheated on two of his ex-girlfriends, Lucy Watson and Louise Thompson, within a few months of each other.
He made the admission about Lucy during the filming for the 'Made in Chelsea End of Season Party' last year.
At the time, he said: "I've slipped up. I've cheated on her ... I think I'm just young and living some form of dream but unfortunately hurting people in the process."
He continued: "If anyone could have changed me, I still think it could have been her - could still be her.
"It's a horrible thing to do to someone who deserves it as little as Lucy."

Peter Capaldi is like a rock star, according to his 'Doctor Who' co-star Jenna-Louise Coleman.
The 56-year-old actor is the latest star to play the titular Time Lord and Coleman - who plays the role of companion Clara Oswald in the BBC One sci-fi show - insists Capaldi is the ideal candidate for the iconic role because he's so "cool".
Speaking to fans at a Q&A session in Seoul, South Korea, Coleman - who appeared opposite Capaldi's predecessor Matt Smith - said: "Peter doesn't need advice. Look at him, he's cool. Very cool. We feel like The Beatles at the moment."
Asked which of the band they are most similar to, Capaldi quipped: "George and Ringo. I'm George."
As if to further this perception, Capaldi took the opportunity to bust out a few dance moves as he and Coleman, 28, were joined on stage by South Korean boy band ZE:A.
The Q&A - part of the 'Doctor Who World Tour' to promote the new series - marked the first time a current 'Doctor Who' star has visited South Korea and many fans chose to mark the special occasion - which sold out in just two minutes - by dressing as their favourite on-screen characters.
Capaldi and Coleman even brought the TARDIS time machine to the historic Bosingak bell at the National Museum of Korea to mark the trip.
They also got to enjoy a special screening of the first episode of series 8, 'Deep Breath', which is to air on BBC One on Saturday, August 23.
The 'Doctor Who World Tour' next heads to Sydney (Australia) and has several other international stops before finishing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 19.

The Saturdays have announced they are working a new studio album.
The girl group - comprised of Una Foden, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford and Vanessa White - released their 'Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits' album this week and head out on their 'Greatest Hits Live!' tour in September.
Speculation has been rife the tour could be the band's farewell but Una has quashed the rumours by revealing they are releasing a new studio LP after the tour.
When quizzed by 'This Morning' host Ruth Langsford about the split rumours, Molly declared: "Afraid not guys, we're still plugging at it we are!"
Following which Una revealed: "We're actually doing another album - we've got another coming out after the 'Greatest Hits', so it's definitely not the last, we've got plenty more to come."
The girls didn't let any other details slip on the programme - which Ruth co-hosts with her husband Eamonn Holmes - but did reveal they are bemused by the modern trend of fans recording concerts on their smartphones.
The five-piece can't wait to get on stage and perform their biggest tracks but hope they aren't welcomed by a sea of phone flashes.
Speaking about the phenomenon, Frankie said: "I wonder, 'Are you actually watching the show?' It feels really strange to perform to that now."
Frankie's bandmate Una claims one of the worst things about fans filming the girls' performances is that if they make any mistakes during their shows the errors often end up on the internet for the world to see.
Una admitted: "There is always a camera around on mobile phones and everything. You look down and there's literally everyone's phones in the air - so if you make a mistake, someone's got it!"

Courtney Love has revealed she has lost "about $27 million" of "Nirvana money" during her career and life.
The wild rock chick - the widow of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994 - has blown the enormous sum of cash on settling various lawsuits and living to excess.
Courtney accepts it is a "lifetime of money" but she has no regrets about spending the cash.
Speaking to Australian magazine Sunday Style - which is part of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper - she revealed: "I lost about $27 million - I know that's a lifetime of money to most people, but I'm a big girl, it's rock 'n' roll, it's Nirvana money, I had to let it go."
Despite her previous financial excesses, the 'Celebrity Skin' singer is adamant she is much more "solvent" now.
She added: "I make enough to live on, I'm financially solvent, I focus on what I make now."
The 50-year-old musician - who has a 21-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, from her marriage to Kurt - inherited the majority of Kurt's estate when he died and inherited part ownership of the publishing rights of Nirvana's back catalogue along with his former bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl.
In 2008, Courtney sold a portion of Nirvana's publishing rights for $19.5 million.

Justin Theroux says plans are in place to make a sequel of 'Zoolander'.
The actor - who recently turned 43 - played a small role in the original film, which was released in 2001, and has confirmed there are tentative plans in place to make a sequel of the popular comedy flick.
Asked whether the plans are progressing, he told Vulture.com: "Yeah, we've got a script for the sequel, and we've just been in talks again. We're trying to sharpen it and hone it and, actually, I don't want to jinx anything, but it looks like it actually might be starting to get up and running."
Theroux - who is engaged to Jennifer Anniston - has been busy filming HBO show 'The Leftovers' over the last few months, but says he now has the opportunity to focus his attention on the 'Zoolander' sequel, with the project being driven by comedian Ben Stiller.
Theroux - who's helped write 'Tropic Thunder' and 'Iron Man 2' - added: "It's actually been a little hard with the show, but now I'm back full-time to dedicate time toward doing it.
"I met with Ben [Stiller] a couple times when I was in New York doing 'The Leftovers', and then I'm meeting again with him probably in September."

Mark Millar, the creator and author of 'Kick-Ass', admits it's still "up in the air" as to whether a third movie will be made.
Millar - who has just completed the print version of his amateur superhero story - says there is no certainty that a third film will be made, despite its popularity among comic book fans.
He told Comic Book Resources that making the first movie was a "no brainer", but added that "it cost a little less at around $24 million, made $61 million and made about $100 million again on DVD and TV rights. It was still profitable. It was by no means 'The Lone Ranger'".
Asked whether fans can expect a third 'Kick-Ass' movie, Millar said: "I don't know. it's definitely up in the air, and we'll just have to see. Matthew [Vaughn, who directed the first movie and oversaw the second] is a guy who I trust to make that decision.
"I speak to Matthew every day, and we haven't discussed 'Kick-Ass 3'. So who knows?"
Meanwhile, 'Kick Ass' actress Chloe Grace Moretz has denied she and Brooklyn Beckham are in a relationship, saying they "just hang out with each other".
Chloe, 17, was seen skateboarding with Brooklyn earlier this year, but she is refusing to put a label on their status.

Michael Jackson thought his family were "gutless moochers".
The late 'Thriller' hitmaker reportedly ordered staff members to buy magazines featuring pictures of his parents and siblings and enjoyed shredding the images and throwing them around his home.
One former staff member said: "He was on a mission. There was an old Ebony magazine in which he saw a picture of the Jackson 5. He didn't like it, and so he would send people out with about $500, and when they brought the magazines back, he'd play a game of confetti where he'd shred pictures of his brothers and sisters and even his parents and throw them all around the halls and into the guest quarters.
"He said, 'Yuck, they don't deserve to have my name, they are gutless moochers. I'm the only star. They should be cleaning my shoes.' "
And another former maid revealed the King of Pop was "surprisingly very anti-Semitic and hated Dreamworks founders Steven Spielberg, David Geffern and Jeffrey Katzenberg - whose pictures he displayed on a dart board in his bedroom - because he believed they had stolen his idea for the studio.
The staff member said: "Any of the children he played with who hit the bullseye would get extra ice cream or anything else they wanted.
"He hated those guys with a passion. He was surprisingly very anti-Semitic. He'd lead some of the kids in chants: 'Kill the b******s,' and 'Kill the bloodsuckers.' "
The maid said her employer was disgusted to watch Spielberg receive a Los Angeles Film Critics award in the 1990s.
She recalled to the New York Post newspaper: "It was crazy. He turned into his favourite 'Twilight Zone' character, and his eyes kind of bugged out, and he went into this crazy trance, pointing his finger at the television screen and saying, 'You're a bad man, a very bad man'.
"At first, I thought he'd bust out laughing or something or that he was playing around, but it changed his entire mood. He was dead serious."
According to the maid, the 'Bad' singer would wish the filmmaker into "Jew hell".

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have been burgled.
The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' stars - who are expecting their third child together - had over $4,000 in cash stolen from the bedroom of their Hamptons property last month while they were filming 'Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons'.
Scott, 31, made a complaint to Southampton Town Police on the afternoon of July 8 and alleged that between July 1-4, an "unknown person did unlawfully remove" the cash "from an attaché case that was stored in a bedroom".
The case is currently being classified as a felony offence, third-degree grand larceny, and is still being investigated, Detective Michael Smith told RadarOnline.com.
The report doesn't indicate whether or not there was any damage done to the property.
The incident comes a few months after the couple - who already have children Mason, four, and Penelope, two - had $50,000 stolen from their Calabasas home days after Kourtney's sister Khloe found $250,000 worth of jewellery stolen from her house.
Police at the time were said to be questioning 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' crew members in relation to the thefts as they thought it was an inside job.
Sources said there were no signs of forced entry at either property, and the thieves appeared to know exactly what they were looking for as, in the case of Khloe's burglary, only the very expensive items were taken and other lower-valued jewellery pieces were left behind.

Danny Jones serenaded his wife Georgia Horsley with a heartfelt love song on their wedding day.
The 28-year-old star tied the knot to the 27-year-old stunner at St Mary's Priory Church in Yorkshire earlier this month, and he concluded his speech by performing a tune he had written especially for the former Miss England beauty, who wept throughout the melody.
Introducing his performance, he said: "Every time I sit at the piano, or guitar, Georgia comes in with her little chocolate voice and goes, 'Is that song about me?' I've actually written a song for you today...' "
With guitar in hand, the McBusted star sang about how he will still be in love with Georgia when he is "grey and old" and how she takes his breath away.
Danny and Georgia's nuptials were attended by several stars including his McBusted bandmates Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Matt Willis, Tom Fletcher and James Bourne.
Other guests included boxer Luke Campbell, 'The Only Way is Essex' star Mario Falcone - who is Tom's brother-in-law - and Matt's wife Emma Willis, as well as Dougie's girlfriend Ellie Goulding, who performed a song at the bash.
She was not the only big name to pass on her congratulations to the happy couple as a message from music legend Stevie Wonder was played to the pair during the reception.
He told them: "I wish you lots of love and happiness."
The occasion got a bit much for Danny as he admitted he burst into tears when he and Georgia were standing at the altar preparing to say their vows.
Speaking to HELLO! magazine, he said: "When I saw Georgia, I couldn't really take it. My legs shook. It was the most amazing view I've ever seen."
But ahead of his speech the star's emotion turned to worry and he could hardly eat the extravagant three-course-meal, featuring "posh" fish and chips, because he was the "most nervous I've ever been".