William Henry Brian Hogg (30 April 1955 – 30 April 2020), better known by his stage name BJ Hogg, was a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Big Mervyn in the BBC sitcom Give My Head Peace.
[2] He also played the title role in the Oscar-nominated short film Dance Lexie Dance and appeared as Addam Marbrand in Game of Thrones.
[1] He originally trained to be a chef, but stopped working in hotels after two of them were bombed while on duty.
[1] He appeared in the Arts and Lyric theatres in Northern Ireland as well as on stage in London and Moscow.
[1] As well as Give My Head Peace and Game of Thrones, he appeared in The Fall as the father of a murder victim and The Frankenstein Chronicles.