Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke led the cast of House of the Dragon at the world premiere of its third season in Leicester Square.
The third season of House of the Dragon had its world premiere at the Odeon Luxe West End in Leicester Square on Monday 8 June 2026. Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke led the cast.
Smith was born in Northampton in 1982 and captained Leicester City’s youth side until a back injury ended his football. A drama teacher steered him to the stage, and he went on to the National Youth Theatre and the University of East Anglia.
Doctor Who cast him as the Eleventh Doctor in 2010. Prince Philip in The Crown brought him an Emmy nomination, and since 2022 he has played Daemon Targaryen.
D’Arcy, born in Enfield in 1992, read Fine Art at Oxford and came to acting through London theatre. Rhaenyra Targaryen has brought them two Golden Globe nominations.
Ryan Condal ran the season alone as showrunner, taking George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood deeper into the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. It reached British screens on Sky Atlantic and HBO Max on Monday 22 June.
Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney and Steve Toussaint joined them at the premiere, with the newcomer Dan Fogler.