Known for his role as Kevan Lannister in the series Game of Thrones, actor Ian Gelder has died from bile duct cancer. He was 74 years old.
The Game of Thrones community in mourning. Actor Ian Gelder, who played Kevan Lannister, the younger brother of Tywin Lannister and uncle of Jaime, Cersei and Tyrion, has died from bile duct cancer. He was 74 years old.
Recurring character in the first, second, fifth and sixth seasons of Game of Thrones, he appeared in the series in the episode Thrustthe 8th of the first season.
His character will appear in twelve episodes, before dying in the last episode of season 6, alongside House Tyrell. An apocalyptic episode, which saw the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor, ordered by a Cersei drunk with vengeance.
“My heart is heavy and broken into millions of pieces” wrote his companion Ben Daniels, himself an actor, on Instagram, announcing the death of his partner. “Ian was diagnosed with cancer last December. I put my career on hold to care for him, but neither of us thought it would go this quickly. He was my rock for 30 years. We spoke to each other every day even when we weren’t together”.
Born June 3, 1949 in Gloucestershire, Ian Gelder began his career on the small screen in 1972, playing in an episode of the detective series New Scotland Yard. A stage actor, he only appeared in a handful of films during his career. It is above all and especially on the small screen that he left his mark.
We have seen him in the fantasy series Torchwood, Doctor Who, Fifteen-Love, At the Crossroads of Worlds in 2019, or the series Snatch, derived from the Guy Ritchie film. He was to be in the cast of the next season of Interview with the Vampire, and had done shots for season 2 of Rings of Power, which is due to be broadcast very soon on Prime Video.