Ned Stark worked with a cast in a dramatic series and he was successful.
Ned Stark . Ned is portrayed by Sean Bean in the first season of HBO 's adaptation of the series , Game of Thrones , and as a child and young man by Sebastian Croft and Robert Aramayo respectively in the sixth season . He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 . This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series , since its institution in 1951 .