He died aged 74 (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for SOLT)
Ian Gelder, who starred as Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 74.
His husband, actor Ben Daniels, announced the news this evening.
The actor – who also played Mr Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth – was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December, Ben revealed in the emotional announcement.
Alongside a picture of the pair, Ben took to social media and wrote: ‘It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce the passing of my darling husband and life partner Ian Gelder.
‘Ian was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December and yesterday he passed at 13.07. I’d stopped all work to be his carer but neither of us had any idea that it would all be so fast.
‘He was my absolute rock and we’d been partners for more than 30 years. If we weren’t together we spoke to each other everyday. He was the kindest, most generous spirited and loving human being.
Gelder’s partner Ben Daniels announced his death on social media alongside this picture, taken this Christmas just gone (Picture: Ben Daniels/Instagram)
He starred as Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones (Picture: HBO)
‘He was a wonderful wonderful actor and everyone who worked with him was touched by his heart and light.
‘I honestly don’t know what I’ll do without him by my side. He coped with his dreadful illness with such bravery, with no self pity. Ever.
‘He was remarkable and will be so missed. This pic was taken at Christmas time after I’d got him out of hospital and even though he’d gone through the worst three weeks there you can still see his joy and love shining through. Rest well my sweet Chianni. Xxxx’
As well as his roles on the HBO show and Torchwood, in 2019, Gelder guest-starredin the BBC TV series His Dark Materials.
A year later he also appeared as Zellin in the seventh episode of the twelfth season of Doctor Who, Can You Hear Me?.
Gelder met Ben in 1993 during a London stage production of Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane.
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