Gawain — The Green Knight Character Profile

Gawain — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Knights of the Round Table

Quick Facts about Gawain

Occupation

knight

Nationality

Briton

Origin

Orkney and/or Lothian

Gawain's Known Relations

• King Lot — Father
• Morgause — Mother
• Wigalois — Child
• Gareth — Sibling
• Gaheris — Sibling
• Agravain — Sibling
• Knights of the Round Table — Member of

Gawain appears in 2 titles

• King Arthur (2004) — character page
• The Green Knight (2021)

Character Facts

Played by

Dev Patel

Appears in

The Green Knight (2021)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Gawain — Alliance Host — Lord (Joel Edgerton)

  Hospitality-based alliance that masks a moral test.

• Gawain — Romantic Lover — Lady / Essel (Alicia Vikander)

  Past romantic attachment that mirrors present temptations.

• Gawain — Family Uncle — King (Sean Harris)

  Familial tie that establishes Gawain's courtly status.

• Gawain — Family Mother — Mother (Sarita Choudhury)

  Maternal bond marked by guidance and later abandonment.

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More characters from The Green Knight

• Lady / Essel (Alicia Vikander)
• Lord (Joel Edgerton)
• Mother (Sarita Choudhury)
• Second Thief (Anthony Morris)
• King (Sean Harris)
• Taverngoer (Brendan Conroy)
• Lord in Waiting (Chris McHallem)
• Queen (Kate Dickie)
• Bishop (Donncha Crowley)
• Scavenger (Barry Keoghan)
• Youngest Sister (Atheena Frizzell)
• Madam (Noelle Brown)