Adrian Schiller loss of life: The Last Kingdom actor dies ‘suddenly’ aged 60

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British actor Adrian Schiller has died “suddenly and unexpectedly” aged 60.

As nicely because the historic collection The Last Kingdom, by which he performed Aethelhelm, Schiller was recognized for enjoying Cornelius Penge in ITV collection Victoria.

The star’s agent introduced the information on Thursday (4 April).

Talent company Scott Marshall Partners, who represented Schiller for greater than three a long time, wrote in a press release: “He has died far too soon, and we, his family and close friends are devastated by the loss.

“His death was sudden and unexpected and no further details around its cause are yet available.

“A prodigiously talented actor, he had just returned from Sydney, where he had been appearing in The Lehman Trilogy and was looking forward to continuing the international tour in San Francisco.”

London-born Schiller had been a professionally credited actor for the reason that early (*60*), with appearances in reveals reminiscent of Prime Suspect (1992 and 1993), Ghosts (1994) and the TV film RKO 281 (1999).

The 2000s noticed Schiller proceed to rack up credit throughout British dramas and comedies, together with A Touch of Frost (2000), My Family (2001), Judge John Deed and Silent Witness (2007).

One of his most recognisable roles got here in 2018 when he joined the third season of the historic drama collection The Last Kingdom as Aethelhelm, the richest man in Wessex, and one of the crucial highly effective.

Schiller can be recognized for enjoying Mr Penge, a member of the royal family, in Victoria for 3 seasons from 2016 to 2019.

In January, Schiller performed a felony named Drake Underwood in an episode of the BBC detective collection Father Brown. The episode, titled “The Father, The Son”, centred on a heist gone fallacious.

Also recognized for his theatre work, Schiller was among the many forged within the World War II play The White Factory at Marylebone Theatre final yr.

Elsewhere within the assertion, Schiller’s agent additionally mentioned he “enjoyed a varied and successful career across all media”.

The agent added: “Our deepest condolences go to his family, who ask for privacy at this most difficult of times.”