Ivan Blakeley Kaye is an English actor and producer. His international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three seasons of The Borgias, and King Aelle in the first four Seasons of the History channel’s series Vikings.
More recent projects include action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, the series pilot for Amazon’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, the first British original Disney+ series Wedding Season, and a leading role in the Irish comedy feature film Apocalypse Clown. In the UK, he is also widely known for his role as Bryan in the comedy series The Green Green Grass.
Where did Ivan Kaye go to high school?
Kaye was born on 1 July 1961 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. His passion for entertainment started in early childhood when he recreated television adverts at age two and performed shows with his friends throughout his childhood.
As his parents were social workers who moved frequently, Kaye attended thirteen different senior schools and experienced bullying along the way. It was in a school fight that he got his nose broken. As his parents ran hostels for mentally ill people, adolescents and delinquents, Kaye came in contact with various types of behaviors and people from an early age
