No sooner has the 4th season of Game of Thrones finished than HBO has announced a handful of new cast members set to appear in the fantasy series' season 5.

Moreover, the TV network has also released a 2-minute video in which 9 new cast members of Game of Thrones season 5 are introduced with their character names.

The names added to the cast are Sudanese-British thesp Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell and British actor Jonathan Pryce as High Sparrow. Siddig is popular among many for his role as Dr. Bashir in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

The other cast members of the series are Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand, Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell, DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand, Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand and Enzo Cilenti as Yezzan.

The video was released with a detailed panel discussion with the show's creators and cast and writer George RR Martin gave a mysterious reply when asked what he has to say to his fans who plan to stop watching the show when it catches up with the books.