Ivan Kaye

Ivan Kaye is an English actor and producer from Northampton. He began on stage in 1980, playing Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Sadler's Wells, and took further stage roles in the 1980s and 1990s at the Royal National Theatre and at the Piccadilly Theatre. He moved to television in 1990 with guest roles on The Paradise Club and The Bill, and in 1992 took the lead as Sam Sterne in Sam Saturday. His international profile grew through historical drama, where he played the Duke of Milan in The Borgias and King Aelle in Vikings. In Assassination Games (2011) he was the drug baron Polo Yakur, and in Dark Shadows (2012) he played Joshua Collins, while earlier roles included Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and Solomon (1997). British viewers also know him from Bad Girls, Bugs, and as Bryan in The Green Green Grass.