who played eddard stark in game of thrones
Eddard Stark. Eddard Stark, also called Ned, is the head of House Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Warden of the North. He is a close friend to King Robert I Baratheon, with whom he was raised. Eddard is one of the major POV characters in the books. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is played by Sean Bean in Season 1. During flashbacks in Season 6 a younger Eddard Stark is played by both Sebastian Croft (when Eddard was a child) and Robert Aramayo who played Eddard when he was a young man.