Get To Know Ivan Kaye Better

Ivan Blakeley Kaye is an accomplished British actor with the experience of dozens of roles in television, film, dramatic and musical theatre. Currently he is best known internationally as King Aelle of Northumbria in ‘Vikings’. He has also co-starred in movies ‘Dark Shadows’ (with Johnny Depp), ‘Layer Cake’ (with Daniel Craig) and ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ (with Kate Beckinsale and Ian McKellen).

His unique versatility enables him to bring any type of character to life in a convincing manner. Hence he has been featured in a wide array of roles encompassing lead and main parts as well as antagonists, outright villains and comical characters. When watching his work you will notice his personal style of adding shades and layers to his roles and thereby leaving his subtle mark of first-class acting.

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This section is devoted to introducing you to Ivan, his life and the development of his career to date by presenting an unequalled collection of information.

We have included relevant personal information that is freely available to a general public or has been publicly shared by Ivan at some point in interviews or otherwise.

Some sources of our compilation are not available online at the moment, but will be live again in the future. Links to these sources will be added when available.

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Information on Ivan currently is arranged on four sub-pages:

1- To get a quick overview of Ivan’s work and basic personal data, please go to our sub-page “Ivan Kaye in a Nutshell”.

2- For a more in-depth portrayal please visit our sub-page “The Power of Passion: Ivan Kaye’s Story”.

3- To get a glimpse at some more of Ivan’s personal qualities, interests and causes, please have a look at our sub-page “The Man behind the Masks: Ivan Kaye as a Person”.

4- For additional real-life quotes and a collection of trivia and trademarks please go to our sub-page “Quotes, Trivia & Trademarks”. This section is in development and we are happy about suggestions.

(Photo: Marc Hayden 2018)