Ivan Kaye

Ivan Blakeley Kaye (born 1 July 1961, in Northampton,[1] Northamptonshire) is an English film, television and theatre actor and producer. After playing roles in national productions like Bryan in the comedy series The Green Green Grass,[2] his international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three Seasons of The Borgias,[3] and King Aelle in the first four Seasons of History channel's series Vikings.[4] More recent projects include action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake and the series pilot for Amazon's adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

Ivan Kaye
Ivan Kaye (2019)
Born
Ivan Blakeley Kaye

(1961-07-01) 1 July 1961
Northampton, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor, Producer
Years active1987–present
Height6'4 (1,93 m)
Children2

Early life

Ivan Kaye was born on 1 July 1961 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. His passion for entertainment started in early childhood when he recreated television adverts at age two and performed shows with his friends throughout his childhood. As an eight-year-old boy, a key experience strengthened his enthusiasm and he joined a youth theatre group at age eleven, taking over organizational duties some years later.[5]

As his parents were social workers who moved frequently, Ivan Kaye attended thirteen different senior schools and experienced bullying along the way. It was in a school fight that he got his nose broken.[6] While earning his degree on the insistence of his parents, he performed in as many student plays as possible and started his professional career right afterward,[7] making his first West End theatre appearance early on (see below Theatre).

Hence Ivan Kaye had a successful theatre career already before starting his television work in his thirties. He decided to leave the theatre and turn to television in order to be able to spend time with his children while they were growing up because theatre performances in the evenings would have meant that he would not have been at home when they returned from school and university.[8]

Career

Ivan Kaye made his theatre debut in 1980 at Sadler's Wells Theatre (London) as Willie Wonka in a stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.[9] More theatre roles followed throughout the 1980s and 1990s, e.g. at the Royal National Theatre and the Piccadilly Theatre (The Rocky Horror Show).[10][11]

In 1990, he started his television career by guest starring in the crime shows The Paradise Club and The Bill.[12][13] In 1992 he played the leading part Sam Sterne in ITV's crime show Sam Saturday.[14][15] Since then he has played almost 50 roles in television and, from 2004, in movies (Layer Cake, Control).[16][17]

Ivan Kaye's roles in recent international productions include drug baron Polo Yakur in Assassination Games (2011), the Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza in The Borgias (2011-2013), Joshua Collins, father of the main character Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) in Dark Shadows (2012), famous Viking warrior Ivar the Boneless in Hammer of the Gods (2013), pub landlord Mick Sturrock in BBC One's crime show The Coroner (2015-2016) and the Saxon King Aelle of Northumbria in History channel's period drama Vikings (2013-2017).[18][19]

Aside from his villain roles as cold-blooded Polo Yakur (a "stand-out performance"[20]) and unscrupulous Duke Ludovico it is mainly his portrayal of King Aelle - in Vikings the deadly enemy and nemesis of the legendary hero of the show Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) - that has recently shaped Ivan Kaye's international profile. In his Twitter bio he describes himself as "Villain for Hire".[21] His performances in the second part of Season 4 of Vikings have been met with increased interest[22] as his character King Aelle is of pivotal importance in the scenes of Ragnar's death and at the centre of attention during his own execution through the blood eagle torture inflicted by Ragnar's sons in revenge for the death of their father.[23] In an interview on his character King Aelle in September 2017 Ivan Kaye has contested the assessment of this antagonist as a villain[24] - an assessment that had already been subject to disputes between parts of the audience.

Earlier internationally known roles include Reuben Starkadder in the television film Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and Adonija in the German-Italian-French co-production Solomon (1997).[25][26] Mainly in the United Kingdom Ivan Kaye is also known for his characters Dr. Jonathan Leroy in 27 episodes of the soap opera EastEnders in 2003-2004 and the herdsman Bryan in all of the episodes of the 4 Series television sitcom The Green Green Grass (2005-2009).[27][28]

As a versatile actor and voice artist Ivan Kaye has performed in three short films[29][30][31] and lent his voice to characters in several video games like Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (2003) and Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011)[32][33] as well as starring as a main character in comedy episodes produced by his own and Douglas McFerran's production company Comedy Ink Productions.[34][35][36] From October 2017 to January 2018 he returned to the stage in the role of Tom Kettle in Jez Butterworth's play The Ferryman at Gielgud Theatre in London's West End.[37][38]

In April/May 2018 Ivan Kaye came back to the small screen in the UK in his role as Pesca in the five part mini-series The Woman in White, a new BBC adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic Gothic novel.[39] A sneak peek review of British independent feature film For Love or Money: An Unromantic Comedy (released in the US since 15 March 2019) has emphasized his outstanding performance as the father of the main female character.[40]

Ivan Kaye's most important recent projects are Amazon's pilot for an adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series, starting with a prequel about the main character's youth based on book 4 Wizard and Glass[41] and Navot Papushado's new action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. The former has started filming in Split on 13 May 2019,[42] the latter finished filming in August 2019 in Berlin.

Person

On social media Ivan Kaye interacts directly with his followers. He can be reached personally through his Twitter account and his Facebook fan page. Aside from his native language English he also has knowledge in French and Spanish.[43] As indicated by his first name he has Russian ancestry.[44][45] Ivan Kaye has two grown-up daughters and lives in London.[46]

By supporting the Hounslow Urban Farm and the animal home The Mayhew Ivan Kaye stands up for the protection of animals and the environment.[47][48] He also supports the campaign "Justice for Andrew Jones" which aims at bringing the killers of a teenager to court who was killed in 2003 in Liverpool on the street.[49]

Filmography
TitleRoleYear
The Paradise Club Arthur Burns 1990
The BillAlan Wilcock/David Collier/Watkins1991–2010
Sam SaturdayDI Sam Saturday1992
Men of the WorldJohn1994
Cold Comfort FarmReuben Starkadder1995
CasualtyGuy/Simon Webster1995–2001
BugsGeneral Maliq1996
SolomonAdonijah1997
Faith in the FutureMark1998
MicrosoapRoger1998–2000
A Dinner of HerbsDan Bannaman2000
MetropolisHector2000
SunburnKidnapper2000
The Peter PrinciplePaulo2000
The Armando Iannucci Shows2000
Bad GirlsCharlie Atkins2000–2001
DinotopiaCatrone2002
Lenny BlueDI Featherstone2002
Trial & Retribution VIBob Brickman2002
London's BurningJimmy Watts2002
The Eustace Bros.Dennis Walton2003
Inside the Mind of Paul GascoigneNarrator2005
EastEndersDr. Jonathan Leroy2004
Layer CakeFreddie Hurst2004
ControlNorton2004
Self PortraitBurton2005
The Green Green GrassBryan2005–2009
Brilliant Colin 2007-2010
Holby CityJimmy Furnival2008
ChiefChief2011
InjusticeDS Harry Bowman2011
The BorgiasDuke of Milan2011–2013
Assassination GamesPolo Yakur2011
Tortoise in LoveSean2012
Dark ShadowsJoshua Collins2012
Hammer of the GodsIvar2013
Top HatThe Gentleman2013
Sherlock Holmes Confidential Sherlock Holmes 2013
VikingsKing Aelle of Northumbria2013–2017
UndercoverGarabed2015
The CoronerMick Sturrock2015–2016
The Woman in WhitePesca2018
For Love or Money: An Unromantic ComedyPatrick2019
Cliffs of FreedomGhazi Khalif2019
The KingLord Scrope2019
Acter Ivan Kaye - Actor 2020
End of TermGarth Stroman2020
The Dark Tower Mayor Hart Thorin 2020
Gunpowder Milkshake Yankee 2021
The Clean-Up Guys Peter TBA

Theatre

West End Theatre;

National Theatre;

  • (1988) Play. 'The Changeling'. National Theatre. Don Pedro.[61]
  • (1988) Play. 'The Magic Olympical Games'. National Theatre. Magus.[62]
  • (1989) Play. 'Ghetto'. National Theatre. Kruk/ Sasha Molevsky.[63][64]
  • (1992) Play. 'Fuente Ovejuna'. National Theatre. Dan Manrique.[65][66]

Other;

  • (1980) Musical. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Sadler's Wells/Sheffield Crucible. Willy Wonka.[67]
  • (1984) Play. 'In Nomine Patris'. Edinburgh/King's Head Dad. (Fringe First)
  • (1984) Review. 'The Floodlight's Review'. Edinburgh. Various Roles/+Writer. (Nominated for Perrier)
  • (1985) Musical. 'Sammy's Magic Garden'. Edinburgh Festival/Latchmere. Compost.
  • (1986) Play. 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. Latchmere. Player King.
  • (1987) Panto. 'Cinderella'. Latchmere. Ugly Sister.
  • (1994) Play. 'View from the Bridge'. Bristol Old Vic/Birmingham Rep. Marco.[68][69]
  • (1996) Musical. 'Lock up your Daughters'. Chichester Festival Theatre. Ramble.[70][71]
  • (1999) Play. 'In Flame'. Bush Theatre. Matt/ Frank / Fabrizio.[72]
  • (2002) Play. 'Teeth 'n' Smiles'. Sheffield Crucible. Saraffian.

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