Jonathan Cake

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Job Title

Actor

Born

August 31, 1967

Career Milestones

1995

Feature film debut, "First Knight"

1996

Appeared in the Dennis Potter-scripted miniseries "Cold Lazarus" and the British TV adaptation of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"

1997

Was featured in the acclaimed British miniseries "A Dance to the Music of Time"

1998

Portrayed the title role in the TV biopic "Mosley" (ITV)

1999

Appeared as one of Noah's sons in the NBC miniseries "Noah's Ark"

2002

Co-starred in "The American Embassy" (Fox)

2002

Won the prestigious Barclays Best Actor Award for the stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams' film, "Baby Doll"

2003

Appeared in Showtime's "Out of the Ashes"

2003

Made his Broadway debut in the leading role of Jason, opposite future "Empire" cast mate Fiona Shaw, in the ancient Greek drama "Medea"

2005

Portrayed Tyrannus, a fierce gladiator in ABC's epic six-hour drama series, "Empire"