Ilyn Payne

Ser Ilyn Payne is a character in Game of Thrones. He is played by Wilko Johnson and debuts in the first season.

Ilyn Payne is a knight and warrior who had his tongue removed on the order of the Mad King. He now serves as the royal headsman in the service of King Robert Baratheon.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels Ilyn Payne served as Lord Tywin Lannister's captain of household guards when Tywin served King Aerys II Targaryen as the King's Hand. After being heard to joke that it was Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms, King Aerys ordered Payne's tongue to be removed with hot pincers.