Ian Gelder

Ian Denbigh White (3 June 1949 – 6 May 2024), known professionally as Ian Gelder, was a British actor. He was known for his numerous stage and screen roles, including Mr. Dekker in Torchwood: Children of Earth and Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011–2012; 2015–2016). He spent the later years of his childhood in Wokingham. and screen. His stage work includes The Low Road (2013). From May to July 2014 he performed as Marcus Andronicus, brother of Titus, in Lucy Bailey's revival of her original 2006 production of Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

He appeared in television programmes such as Torchwood: Children of Earth in 2009, and Game of Thrones, 2011 as Mr Dekker and Kevan Lannister respectively. They met in 1993 during a London stage production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane. They lived in East Sussex. Gelder's partner Daniels stopped working to take care of him, and remarked that he dealt with his "dreadful illness with such bravery".

Filmography Films

Television