

He then appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Wallenstein, The Odyssey and Beggar's Opera. Also that year, he appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great. He also performed the play at the Barbican Theatre in London in 1993. In 1992, Jonathan Cake appeared in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He attended a two-year training programme at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He became a rugby player in college and graduated in 1989. As a teenager, he toured Britain with London's National Youth Theatre.Īfter leaving school, Cake studied English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By the age of eight, Jonathan had taken drama classes and took part in plays. This exposure ignited his interest in the performing arts. When he was four years old, he was invited on stage during a traditional British pantomime for children. His father was a glassware importer and his mother a school administrator. Chuck Vance on the ABC drama series Desperate Housewives (2011–2012).Ĭake was born in Worthing, Sussex. 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) and Det. Jonathan James Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and films.
