This is how much the Game Of Thrones actors earn per episode – and it’s A LOT

GAME Of Thrones’ top five stars are reportedly earning £2 million per episode, which makes them the highest-paid actors in television history.

Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) have all signed “golden contracts” for the fantasy drama’s seventh and eighth series, claims .

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The agreement contains complex bonus clauses based on the shared percentages of syndication payments received from more than 170 countries in which the show is broadcast.

The stars will also benefit from payments from re-runs, with episodes earning audiences of 23 million people during the sixth season.

These record-breaking salaries mean they have earned more than the stars of Friends and The Big Bang Theory, who famously negotiated £764,000 per episode.

The seventh season of the HBO drama hits UK TV screens tonight, with producers spending £7.6 million on each episode.

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Game Of Thrones co-showrunner D.B. Weiss told : “We’ve always wanted to get to a place – story-wise and budget-wise and time-wise and resource-wise – where we would be able to do a proper battle, with one army on one side, one army on another side.”

Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran has made an appearance in the penultimate series opener.

He plays a solider in the Queen’s army sent north by Cersei Lannister and is seen sharing a meal with Arya Stark.