Cake, Jonathan 1967–

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CAKE, Jonathan 1967–

PERSONAL

Born August 31, 1967, in Worthing (some sources cite Rye-on-Sea), Sussex, England; father, a glassware importer; mother, a school administrator. Education: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduated, 1989; studied with National Youth Theatre, London, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Avocational Interests: Playing cricket, rugby, and basketball.

Addresses: Agent—Elyse Scherz, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Claire Maroussas, International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., London W1B 1BS, England.

Career: Actor. Appeared in commercials, including work for Cadbury confections.

Awards, Honors: Barclays Best Actor Award, 2002, for Baby Doll; Theatre World Award, 2003, for Medea.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Jack Wellington, The American Embassy, Fox, 2002. Dr. Malcolm Bower, Inconceivable, NBC, 2005.

Appeared as Gareth in the series Degrees of Error, BBC (England).

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Nat, Cold Lazarus, Bravo, 1996.

Jack Favell, "Rebecca," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1997.

Peter Templer, A Dance to the Music of Time, Channel 4 (England), 1997.

Oswald "Tom" Mosley, Mosley, Channel 4, 1998.

George Brunos, The Jump, 1998.

Japhet, Noah's Ark (also known as Arche Noah—Das groesste abenteuer der menschheit), NBC, 1999.

Charles Anderson, The Swap, ITV (England), 2002.

Jason Shepherd, Fallen, ITV, 2004.

Tyrannus, Empire, ABC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Advocate, Nightlife, BBC (England), 1996.

Ned Ridley, The Girl (also known as Catherine Cookson's "The Girl"), 1996.

Hattersley, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, PBS, 1996.

Rex Johnson, Cows, 1997.

Regan Montana, Diamond Girl (also known as Harlequin's "Diamond Girl" and Un amour inattendu), The Movie Channel, 1998.

Wayne, The Bench, 1999.

Dr. Josef Mengele, Out of the Ashes, Showtime, 2003.

John Christow, Poirot: The Hollow, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Alastair Campbell, The Government Inspector, Channel 4 (England), 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Nero, Riverworld, Sci-Fi Channel, 2003.

Marriage, HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ed, "Windfall," Press Gang, ITV (England), 1993.

Jerome, "Babies," Frank Stubbs Promotes, ITV, 1994.

Ludo, "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," Goodnight, Sweetheart, BBC (England), 1995.

Stallion, "Road Rage," The Thin Blue Line, BBC, 1996.

Hippy protestor, "No Trace of Tracy," Jonathan Creek, PBS, 1997.

Randolph Cleveland, "Voodoo Feet of Death," Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, BBC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Carrott U Like, BBC (England), 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Appeared in episodes of Degrees of Error and The Garden.

Film Appearances:

Sir Gareth, First Knight, Columbia, 1995.

Patrick Conner (some sources cite Gavin Stewart), True Blue (also known as Miracle at Oxford), FilmFour, 1996.

Andrew Pryce-Stevens, Honest, Pandora Film/Winchester Films, 2000.

Sonny, The One and Only, Pathe Distribution, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Baby Doll, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, Albery Theatre, London, 2000.

Jason, Medea, Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA, 2002, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theatre, and Brooks Atkinson Theatre, both New York City, 2002–2003.

Father Flynn, Doubt, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 2005.

Also appeared as Jason, Medea, Queen's Theatre, London; appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of As You Like It, The Beggar's Opera, The Odyssey, Tamburlaine, and Wallenstein; also appeared in productions of Mill on the Floss and One Over the Eight.