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Jonathan Cake

Jonathan Cake

British actor Jonathan Cake was born 31 August 1967 in Worthing, England. He has worked on various TV programs and series. His most notable roles include Oswald Mosley in Mosley, Tyrannus in the TV epic Empire and Dr. Malcolm Bowers in the hit NBC TV series Inconceivable.
Jonathan, as well as his siblings, were given special pet names by his mother and father. He was called 'Jaffa' while his sister, Jane, was called 'Fairy' and his elder brother Michael was named 'Birthday.'
In summer 2006, he played the lead role in the Shakespeare's Globe Theater's production of Coriolanus.
He is married to American actress Julianne Nicholson.





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Jonathan Cake - what members say


  • The Girl
  • The Girl review by from LEEDS
    Rated - 4.0 stars cookson at her best 15 February 2009
    ...for the more romantic of us.wanted to watch it as Jonathan Cake was in it.hav'nt read the book so cannot compare it to that.if you like catherine cooksons work then you will...   Read customer review

Jonathan Cake - filmography


  • Mosley (2006)
    Starring: Eric Allan,  Hugh Bonneville,  Jonathan Cake
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The controversial Channel Four drama tracing the rise to infamy of Oswald Mosley (Jonathan Cake) from confirmed socialist to Nazi sympathiser and founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists. It looks at his life before his rise, his uncompromising and dangerous ideals, his oratory skills ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 296 members
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  • Empire (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Vincent Regan,  Fiona Shaw,  Orla Brady
    Director: John Gray,  Kim Manners,  Greg Yaitanes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lavish TV miniseries charting the struggle for power in post-Caesar Rome. With the assassination of Julius Caesar by the ambitious Marc Anthony (Vincent Regan) fresh in his mind, Caesar's chosen heir, his 18 year-old nephew Octavius (Santiago Cabrera), is forced to flee the city to fight another ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 149 members
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  • Out Of The Ashes (2003)
    Starring: Christine Lahti,  Bruce Davison,  Jonathan Cake
    Director: Joseph Sargent
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Out of the Ashes, one woman is forced to choose between two horrifying acts of evil, and ultimately finds the courage to make the right choice. Based on actual events that occurred during World War II that chronicles the life of Dr. Gisella Perl, a woman who lost her entire family and was forced ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 264 members
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  • The One And Only on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Justine Waddell,  Jonathan Cake,  Richard Roxburgh
    Director: Simon Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British remake of the 1999 Danish comedy 'Den Eneste En', based on the play by Susanne Bier. When Stevie (Justine Waddell) meets Geordie kitchen-fitter Neil (Richard Roxburgh) on the day he comes to deliver her brand new kitchen, it's already too late for love at first sight. Stevie's already five ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 630 members
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  • The Swap on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rachel O'Meara,  Phyllida Law,  Jonathan Cake
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama starring Robert DeNiro as Sammy Nicoletti, an adult film director who is murdered. His brother Vito (Anthony Charnota) vows to find the killer and avenge Sammy's death. When Vito is released from prison he begins his own investigation, encountering deceit and blackmail. The final days of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 70 members
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  • Honest on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Annette Badland,  Natalie Appleton,  Peter Facinelli
    Director: David A. Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nicole and Natalie Appleton and Melanie Blatt of pop group All Saints make their acting debut in David Stewart's swinging Sixties crime caper. Sisters Gerry (Nicole), Mandy (Natalie) and Jo Chase (Melanie) hold up a Carnaby Street jewellers disguised as men. Gerry is the last to get away, and is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 523 members
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  • Martina Cole - The Jump (1998)
    Starring: Adrian Dunbar,  Jonathan Cake,  Susan Vidler
    Director: Richard Standeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Donna Brunos worships her husband and is devastated when he is jailed for armed robbery. He swears he has been set up and persuades Donna to help him escape. Implementing the jump takes Donna into a world she never knew existed and she is confronted by a series of shattering revelations that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 139 members
    Not available for rental
  • A Dance To The Music Of Time (2 discs) (1997)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  Edward Fox,  Lucy Flemming
    Director: Christopher Morahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James Purefoy stars, along with several British household names, in this television adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12 novels. The story revolves around friendship, murder, adultery, ambition and failure and is set against a backdrop of social, political and artistic life during the pivotal years of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 554 members
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  • True Blue on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Nicholas Rowe,  Brian McGovern,  Josh Lucas
    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the true story of the 1987 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Following the previous year's defeat by Cambridge, American Oxford student Rick Ross and Brit Donald Macdonald vow revenge. Oxford coach Daniel Topolski initiates a harsh training schedule for the team, only to face a rebellion from ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 371 members
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  • The Girl on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jill Baker,  Siobhan Flynn,  Jonathan Cake
    Director: David Wheatley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tough and gripping drama based on the story by top author Catherine Cookson. When transmitted on ITV in February 1996, it received viewing figures in excess of 13 million. Hannah Boyle, much loved by her father Matthew Thornton is hated by his wife Anne. When tragedy befalls the Thornton ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 38 members
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  • Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The ... (1989)
    Starring: Megan Dodds,  David Suchet,  Jonathan Cake
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Accompanied by his elegant and trusty sidekick Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser), Detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) exercises his little grey cells in another instalment of the ITV series based on Agatha Christie's 'Poirot' novels. Poirot joins Sir Henry Angkatell (Edward Hardwicke) and fellow ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,051 member
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Jonathan Cake facts

5 most recent films

Brideshead Revisited - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Rome, Blood and Sand - 2.5 stars
Mosley - 3.5 stars
Empire - 3.0 stars
Out Of The Ashes - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Hollow - 3.5 stars
Mosley - 3.5 stars
A Dance To The Music Of Time - 3.5 stars
Out Of The Ashes - 3.0 stars
Brideshead Revisited - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Mills And Boon - Diamond Girl - 3.0 stars
The Girl - 3.5 stars
Honest - 2.0 stars
Rome, Blood and Sand - 2.5 stars
The Swap - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Edward Fox - 3 times - show films
Paul Rhys - 3 times - show films
Alan Bennett - 3 times - show films
Claire Skinner - 3 times - show films
Lucy Flemming - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Morahan - 3 times - show films
John Gray - 2 times - show films
Greg Yaitanes - 2 times - show films
Kim Manners - 2 times - show films
David Wheatley - 1 times - show films