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Ivan Kaye
ActorBorn July 1, 1961 (63 years)
Ivan Kaye is internationally best known for his role as King Aelle in Vikings (2013-17). More recently, he has appeared as the goon leader Yankee in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
Kaye has been interested in acting from early childhood. A remarkably versatile actor, he already had a successful stage career in London's West End in dramatic and musical theatre before starting his work in television and film in his early thirties.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been featured in over 50 roles in TV and film. Due to his enormous versatility, Ivan Kaye has been featured in a wide array of roles encompassing lead and main parts as well as antagonists, outright villains, and comical characters.
Recent major productions and roles 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 played by Johnny Depp) in Dark Shadows (2012), Ivar the Boneless in Hammer of the Gods (2013), King Aelle of Northumbria in Vikings (2013-2017), pub landlord Mick Sturrock in The Coroner (2015-2016) and goon leader Yankee in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021). All of these productions have reached an international audience and have been dubbed in several languages.
Kaye has also appeared in Layer Cake (2004) and is well-known in the UK as herdsman Bryan in BBC’s comedy series The Green Green Grass.
From October 2017 to January 2018 he returned to theatre after almost twenty years, starring as Tom Kettle in the critically acclaimed multi-award-winning stage play The Ferryman at the Gielgud Theatre London.
Kaye has also worked as a voice artist in several video games such as Star Wars The Old Republic, Stuntman, C-12 and more.
As a founder and director of Comedy Ink Productions together with actor/writer Douglas McFerran, he has produced and acted as a lead in short comedic offerings such as the mini-series Brilliant! (2007), the short film Sherlock Holmes Confidential (2013) and his recent dark comedy short Acter (2020).
Kaye has a reputation of being especially kind and appreciative towards his fans on social media and in person. He is a supporter of the Hounslow Urban Farm (where 'Green Green Grass' was partially filmed) and, with several other actors, the Justice for Andrew campaign, seeking justice for the murder of a young Liverpudlian. He has two grown-up daughters and lives in London.
Kaye has been interested in acting from early childhood. A remarkably versatile actor, he already had a successful stage career in London's West End in dramatic and musical theatre before starting his work in television and film in his early thirties.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been featured in over 50 roles in TV and film. Due to his enormous versatility, Ivan Kaye has been featured in a wide array of roles encompassing lead and main parts as well as antagonists, outright villains, and comical characters.
Recent major productions and roles 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 played by Johnny Depp) in Dark Shadows (2012), Ivar the Boneless in Hammer of the Gods (2013), King Aelle of Northumbria in Vikings (2013-2017), pub landlord Mick Sturrock in The Coroner (2015-2016) and goon leader Yankee in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021). All of these productions have reached an international audience and have been dubbed in several languages.
Kaye has also appeared in Layer Cake (2004) and is well-known in the UK as herdsman Bryan in BBC’s comedy series The Green Green Grass.
From October 2017 to January 2018 he returned to theatre after almost twenty years, starring as Tom Kettle in the critically acclaimed multi-award-winning stage play The Ferryman at the Gielgud Theatre London.
Kaye has also worked as a voice artist in several video games such as Star Wars The Old Republic, Stuntman, C-12 and more.
As a founder and director of Comedy Ink Productions together with actor/writer Douglas McFerran, he has produced and acted as a lead in short comedic offerings such as the mini-series Brilliant! (2007), the short film Sherlock Holmes Confidential (2013) and his recent dark comedy short Acter (2020).
Kaye has a reputation of being especially kind and appreciative towards his fans on social media and in person. He is a supporter of the Hounslow Urban Farm (where 'Green Green Grass' was partially filmed) and, with several other actors, the Justice for Andrew campaign, seeking justice for the murder of a young Liverpudlian. He has two grown-up daughters and lives in London.
Filmography
| 2023 | Apocalypse Clown · as The Great Alphonso |
| 2022 | Wedding Season (TV Series) · as Mr. Delaney |
| 2022 | Sister Boniface Mysteries (TV Series) · as Ted Button |
| 2021 | End of Term · as Garth Stroman |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake · as Yankee |
| 2020 | The Dark Tower · as Mayor Hart Thorin |
| 2019 | The King · as Scrope |
| 2019 | Cliffs of Freedom · as Ghazi Khalif |
| 2019 | For Love or Money · as Patrick |
| 2018 | The Woman in White (2018) (TV Series) · as Pesca |
| 2015 | The Coroner (TV Series) · as Mick Sturrock |
| 2015 | Undercover (TV Series) · as Garabed |
| 2015 | Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (TV Series) · as King Aelle (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Hammer of the Gods · as Ivar |
| 2013 | Vikings (TV Series) · as King Aelle |
| 2012 | Tortoise in Love · as Sean |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows · as Joshua Collins |
| 2011 | Assassination Games · as Polo Yakur |
| 2011 | Injustice (2011) (TV Series) · as Ds Harry Bowman |
| 2011 | The Borgias (TV Series) · as Ludovico Sforza |
| 2005 | The Green Green Grass (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Layer Cake · as Freddie Hurst |
| 2003 | Photo Finish · as Herbie Harris |
| 2003 | Labyrinth · as Ariel Sharon |
| 2002 | Dinotopia (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Lenny Blue · as Di Ron Featherstone |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | A Dinner of Herbs (TV Series) · as Dan Bannaman |
| 2000 | Metropolis (TV Series) · as Hector |
| 1999 | Bad Girls (1999) (TV Series) · as Charlie Atkins |
| 1999 | Sunburn (TV Series) · as Kidnapper |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Jimmy Furnival |
| 1998 | Microsoap (TV Series) · as Roger |
| 1998 | Solomon · as Adonijah |
| 1997 | Solomon (TV Series) · as Adonijah |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Faith in the Future (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Peter Principle (TV Series) · as Paulo |
| 1995 | Bugs (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm · as Reuben Starkadder |
| 1994 | Men of the World (TV Series) · as John |
| 1989 | The Paradise Club (TV Series) · as Arthur Burns |
| 1988 | London's Burning (TV Series) · as Jimmy Watts |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Guy |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Dr Jonathan Leroy |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |