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Jonathan Cake is a Actor British born on 31 august 1967 at Worthing (United-kingdom)
Jonathan James Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and series. His notable screen roles include Jack Favell in Rebecca (1997), Oswald Mosley in Mosley (1997), Japheth in the NBC television film Noah's Ark (1999), Tyrannus in the ABC miniseries Empire ( 2005), Cole Barker in the NBC TV show Chuck and Det. Chuck Vance on the ABC hit drama-series Desperate Housewives (2011–2012).
He has also appeared in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Jump, The American Embassy, Six Degrees, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order, among other TV programs. His film credits include First Knight (1994), True Blue (1996), The One and Only (2002), Brideshead Revisited (2008) and Krews (2010). Cake has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his Broadway debut in Medea (2002). Other stage productions he has appeared in include The Mill on the Floss, Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll, Doubt, Coriolanus and Cymbeline.
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Birth name Jonathan James Cake
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 august 1967 (56 years) at Worthing (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 august 1967 (56 years) at Worthing (United-kingdom)
He has also appeared in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Jump, The American Embassy, Six Degrees, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order, among other TV programs. His film credits include First Knight (1994), True Blue (1996), The One and Only (2002), Brideshead Revisited (2008) and Krews (2010). Cake has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his Broadway debut in Medea (2002). Other stage productions he has appeared in include The Mill on the Floss, Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll, Doubt, Coriolanus and Cymbeline.
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On 24 September 2004, Jonathan married American actress Julianne Nicholson in Italy. The couple have two children, a son Ignatius Cake, born September 2007 and a daughter, Phoebe Margaret Cake, born 30 April 2009. Cake was previously engaged to British actress Olivia Williams; the relationship ended after seven years. He also dated British actress Jemma Redgrave, his co-star in the TV serial Mosley.Usually with
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Brideshead Revisited (2008)
, 2h13Directed by Julian Jarrold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Michael Gambon, Ed Stoppard
Roles Rex Mottram
Rating65%
Although he aspires to become an artist, middle-class Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) reads history at the University of Oxford, where he befriends the flamboyant and wealthy Lord Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw). Sebastian's mother, Lady Marchmain, strongly disapproves of his life-style, especially his heavy drinking. When Sebastian takes him home to visit his nanny, Charles is enthralled by the grandeur of the Marchmain family estate, known as Brideshead, and he is entranced by its residents, including the devout Roman Catholic Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson) and her other children, Sebastian's elder brother Bridey (Ed Stoppard) and his sisters Julia (Hayley Atwell) and Cordelia (Felicity Jones).
The Hollow (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Simon Langton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles, Edward Fox, Claire Price
Roles John Christow
Rating76%
Poirot, venu passer un week-end tranquille dans son cottage, est invité à dîner chez ses riches voisins, les Angkatell. Sont aussi présents d'autres membres de la famille. Au cours du séjour, le médecin John Christow est retrouvé abattu d'une balle près de la piscine, sa femme se tenant à côté de lui un revolver à la main. Mais pour Poirot, cela ressemble plutôt à une mise en scène...
Out of the Ashes (2003)
, 1h53Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Zoie Palmer
Roles Dr. Mengele
Rating67%
Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Romanian gynecologist from Sighetu, Romania, testifies before an Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) review board consisting of three men (Bruce Davison, Richard Crenna, and Beau Bridges). Perl is seeking to be granted citizenship after passing the New York State Medical Licensing Board examinations, wishing to begin practicing in New York. She recounts her early life when she aspired to be a doctor despite the admonishments of her father, her time practicing as a gynecologist before the German invasion, and her experiences as prisoner #25404, where she provided what medical care she could to fellow prisoners. Her most controversial actions included providing late-term abortions to pregnant women in order to save their lives. These pregnant women would otherwise have been killed immediately or subjected to the torture of horrific "medical" experiments.
Riverworld (2003)
, 1h26Directed by Kari Skogland
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Brad Johnson, Emily Lloyd, Jeremy Birchall, Cameron Daddo, Kevin Smith, Jonathan Cake
Roles Nero
Rating50%
In the year 2009, a meteor shower above Earth claims the life of American astronaut Jeff Hale (Brad Johnson). He awakens inside a jade-green bubble beneath the surface of a body of water filled with them. A mysterious cloaked figure pierces his bubble with a staff pressing it against his forehead, forcefully filling his mind with images to come. Dazed and in pain, he soon finds himself crawling nude onto a beach littered with metal canisters containing unisex clothing. Soon dozens of people from different lands and historical eras emerge from the water, also nude, and distribute the canisters. All understand each other's language, except a lone Neanderthal man, who lacks the capacity for speech.
The One and Only (2002)
, 1h31Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Justine Waddell, Richard Roxburgh, Jonathan Cake, Patsy Kensit, Donna Air, Tom Goodman-Hill
Roles Sonny
Rating58%
The film opens with two couples visiting their GP for childlessness. Stevie is married to Sonny, an Italian footballer who plays for Newcastle United, but who has succumbed to frequent injury. He is desperate for a child, and it soon emerges that Stevie has not really been trying. She is reluctant to become pregnant as she doesn't want to get fat. Jenny and Neil are trying to adopt, as Neil is infertile. Being childless has turned Jenny into something of a monster, and Neil now views her with dislike. He wants to break with her but is too kind- hearted. He goes ahead with the plan to adopt to keep her happy. When Stevie meets Neil on the day he comes to deliver her brand new kitchen, it's already too late for love at first sight. Too late for both of them. Stevie is already five minutes pregnant by her Italian footballer husband. And too late for Neil too - his wife Jenny has already applied to adopt an African girl. But too late or otherwise, love at first sight is exactly what happens.
Honest (2000)
, 1h45Directed by Dave Stewart
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt, Derek Deadman, Lynn Ferguson, Peter Facinelli
Roles Andrew Pryce Stevens
Rating41%
The plot follows the antics of three gun-toting, streetwise, saucy sisters in Swinging London in the late 1960s. The film is most notable for the topless scenes by the Appleton sisters. Blatt and the Appletons also contributed to three songs on the film's soundtrack.
Noah's Ark (miniseries) (1999)
, 2h58Directed by John Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Disaster films
Actors Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen, F. Murray Abraham, Jonathan Cake, Carol Kane, Alexis Denisof
Roles Japhet
Rating37%
The film portrays Noah as a resident of Sodom and Gomorrah. The two towns are fighting each other simply for the amusement of their residents. During the fight, Lot, Noah's friend, is injured in the fight, and comes to Noah for help. At the end of the fight, the leader of Gomorrah is killed with his head chopped off and put on a stake, as Sodom claims victory. The next day, Noah's sons excitedly ask their father if he took part in the deadly fight. God then asks Noah to go to Mount Tubac, where God reveals that the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah has provoked God to destroy the cites. After Noah fails to find ten righteous people other than Lot and his wife, Noah and his family flee the city with Lot and his wife, who looks back at Sodom as it is being destroyed by fire and brimstone and turns into a pillar of salt. The next day, they encounter a man selling household goods including pots, pans, hats, etc., which is believed to be God in disguise.
Diamond Girl (1998)
, 1h31Directed by Timothy Bond
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jonathan Cake, Joely Collins, Dyan Cannon
Roles Regan Montana
Rating60%
Claire Barnard (Joely Collins), an unassuming paralegal, works in a small law office for Denny Montana (Kevin Otto), a carefree lawyer more interested in playing tennis and chasing women than he is in his work. Claire's quiet efficiency is largely responsible for Denny's successful law practice. After her parents died in a car accident, Claire has looked after her younger brother Sean. In addition to her normal work responsibilities, Claire has helped Denny manage his family's Napa Valley vineyard and prepare negotiations for the sales merger of the property. In the four years she's worked for Denny, Claire has kept her romantic feelings for him a secret.
Rebecca (miniseries) (1997)
, 2h58Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, Diana Rigg, Geraldine James, Jean Anderson, Faye Dunaway
Roles Jack Favell
Rating73%
While vacationing in Monte Carlo in 1927, Maxim de Winter meets the young and somewhat naive British companion of Mrs. Van Hopper, a typical Ugly American whose bout of influenza frees the girl – who, as in the original novel, is never identified by name – to spend time with the wealthy widower. When Mrs. Van Hopper announces plans to return to New York City, Max proposes to the girl and brings her to his Cornwall coast estate known as Manderley. There a large household staff is supervised by Mrs. Danvers, who was devoted to Max's first wife Rebecca, the victim of a sailing accident some ten months before, whose battered body was discovered forty miles up the coast and identified by her distraught husband.
True Blue (1996)
, 1h50Directed by Joseph S. Cardone
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films
Actors Johan Leysen, Bill Nighy, Geraldine Somerville, Pamela Gidley, Dominic West, Nicholas Rowe
Roles Patrick Conner
Rating61%
True Blue is a film adaptation of Topolski's book of the same name. Although names and events were changed, it tells the story of the 1987 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, from the perspective of Topolski and Macdonald. Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, this low-budget film was made by Film4 Productions, starring Dominic West, and Josh Lucas.
First Knight (1995)
, 2h14Directed by Jerry Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, John Gielgud
Roles Sir Gareth
Rating60%
The film's opening text establishes that King Arthur (Sean Connery) of Camelot, victorious from his wars, has dedicated his reign to promoting justice and peace and now wishes to marry. However, Malagant (Ben Cross), a Knight of the Round Table, desires the throne for himself and rebels.