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Ivan Kaye

Ivan Kaye

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1961-07-01

Birth Place

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

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A Dinner of Herbs

2000

6.0

TV
Apocalypse Clown

Apocalypse Clown

2023

6.3

Movie
Assassination Games

Assassination Games

2011

6.3

Movie
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Bad Girls

1999

7.6

TV
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Bugs

1995

6.8

TV
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Casualty

1986

6.0

TV
Cliffs of Freedom

Cliffs of Freedom

2019

7.3

Movie
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

6.7

Movie
Control

Control

2004

6.0

Movie
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

2012

6.1

Movie
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Dinotopia

2002

5.0

TV
End of Term

End of Term

2021

0.0

Movie
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Faith in the Future

1995

6.3

TV
For Love or Money

For Love or Money

2019

5.4

Movie
Gunpowder Milkshake

Gunpowder Milkshake

2021

6.3

Movie
Hammer of the Gods

Hammer of the Gods

2013

4.4

Movie
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Injustice

2011

7.0

TV
Inside the Mind of Paul Gascoigne

Inside the Mind of Paul Gascoigne

2003

9.0

Movie
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004

6.9

Movie
Lenny Blue

Lenny Blue

2002

0.0

Movie
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Microsoap

1998

0.0

TV
Photo Finish

Photo Finish

2004

0.0

Movie
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Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022

6.4

TV
Solomon

Solomon

1997

6.6

Movie
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The Bill

1984

6.6

TV
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The Borgias

2011

7.6

TV
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The Coroner

2015

6.2

TV
The Dead Collectors

The Dead Collectors

2021

6.5

Movie
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The Green Green Grass

2005

6.7

TV
The King

The King

2019

7.2

Movie
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The Paradise Club

1989

5.8

TV
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The Woman in White

2018

6.1

TV
Tortoise in Love

Tortoise in Love

2012

5.8

Movie
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Trial & Retribution

1997

6.4

TV
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Undercover

2015

7.0

TV
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Vikings

2013

8.1

TV
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Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

2015

7.1

TV