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  ===Development and reception===
  In January 2007, HBO secured the rights to adapt Martin's series for television. Years later young actor Jack Gleeson was cast as Joffrey Baratheon.
  Jack Gleeson plays the role of Joffrey Baratheon in the television series.
  Jack Gleeson received critical acclaim for his role as Joffrey Baratheon in the television series. In 2016, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the character #4 in their list of the "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time". Author Martin described Joffrey as similar to "five or six people that I went to school with ... a classic bully ... incredibly spoiled".