Ian Gelder, British actor who played Kevan Lannister on HBO game of Thrones And the villain Zelin on am a doctor, has died. He was 74 years old.
“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I leave this post to announce the passing of my beloved husband and life partner, Ian Gelder,” actor Ben Daniels announced on Instagram. Daniels revealed that Gelder had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer five months earlier and “none of us had any idea that it would all happen so quickly.”
“He was my absolute rock and we have been partners for over 30 years. If we weren’t together we would talk to each other every day, Daniels wrote. “He was the kindest, most generous spirited and loving human being. He was an amazingly wonderful actor and everyone who worked with him was touched by his heart and light. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without him.”
“We are saddened to hear about the death of Lan Gelder. “One of the kindest and gentlest people in the business, Lan’s career spanned many decades,” Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, co-artistic directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said in a statement on X. He was a regular on the RSC stage. Since the 70s, he has given many memorable performances including his Antonio merchant of venice and clarence in Richard III. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”
An experienced character actor who appeared on stage and screen, Gelder’s career spanned six decades. game of Thrones And am a doctorHe made appearances in many famous shows, including torchwood, snatch And their dark stuff,
Born on June 3, 1949, Gelder made his first appearance on British television in 1972 in the police procedural programme. New Scotland Yard, Throughout his career, Gelder found regular work as a character actor and starred in a number of popular British shows, including long-running dramas. Bill, eastenders, Accident And holby city,
It was only in the later years of his career that Gelder gained more mainstream notoriety after starring in 12 episodes of HBO’s phenomenally successful fantasy show. game of Thrones, On the show, Gelder played Kevan Lannister, the younger brother of the scheming Lord Tywin Lannister, played by Charles Dance. Gelder’s character dies in the final season of game of Thrones When the Great Sept of Baelor was destroyed by wildfire.
Gelder had a long and successful career in the theater and had long associations with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Globe Theatre, London. He appeared in RSC productions Titus Andronicus, the Taming of the Shrew, merchant of venice, Richard III And as you like Itamong others.
For Donmar Warehouse, Gelder starred in Arnold Wesker. roots (2013), CP Taylor Good (1999) and by Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur front page (1997). And he acted for the Royal Court Theater body talk (1996), fireface (2000), mouth to mouth (2001) and low road (2013).
Gelder also appeared in features, most notably including little dorit (1987), king ralph (1991) and surge (2020).
