In 2020, Jack Gleeson returned to the small screen in the British sitcom “Out of Her Mind” in a supporting role, and he also has appeared in a few films in recent years, including the Irish film “In the Land of Saints and Sinners” alongside Kerry Condon, Liam Neeson, Colm Meaney, and Ciarán Hinds. Audiences across the world, though, probably know that he also recently showed up in two episodes of the popular Netflix original comedy “Sex Education.”

In the fourth and final season of the coming-of-age comedy, main character Maeve Wiley, played by Emma Mackey, suffers an enormous loss when her mother Erin (Ann-Marie Duff) dies — and she and her brother Sean (Edward Bluemel) are left to pick up the pieces as they grieve. So where does Gleeson come in? He plays Mo, a friend of Sean’s who’s just sort of hanging around as the siblings grapple with their new reality … and he’s very funny. Lending a bit of levity to his role, Gleeson is a welcome presence, and there’s zero trace of Joffrey Baratheon in his performance.

Whether or not Gleeson makes an even bigger return to acting in the future remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain: he’s still an incredibly talented performer. “Game of Thrones” is available to stream on Max, and “Sex Education” can be seen on Netflix.