content: '''Bronn''' is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''.
  Introduced in 1996's ''A Game of Thrones'', Bronn is a low-born sellsword of great skill and cunning who comes into the service of Tyrion Lannister as his personal bodyguard, assassin, and enforcer. He subsequently appeared in Martin's ''A Clash of Kings'' (1998) and ''A Storm of Swords'' (2000). Through his relationship with Tyrion, Bronn is able to quickly attain great wealth, position, and influence in the royal court of King's Landing.
  Bronn is portrayed by Jerome Flynn in the HBO television adaptation. His role was significantly expanded from that in the novels.