Jake Maskall (born 17 April 1971) is an English television, film and theatre actor.
Jake Maskall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1971 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–2019 |
Career
editJake has guest starred in Casualty as Paul Vessey and Scobie in Murder City.
Jake's most notable role came in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders where he played ladies' man and bad boy Danny Moon. His character first appeared on 30 December 2004 and was driven out of the show by gangster Johnny Allen seven months later. He returned to EastEnders for a brief stint in March 2006 when the character was killed off by brother Jake Moon (played by Joel Beckett) after it was revealed he had killed Dennis Rickman under Johnny Allen's orders.[1]
In 2005, he appeared in Stars in Fast Cars.
In theatre he played Andrew in Troop and in March 2006, he toured across the UK in Kind Hearts and Coronets playing the lead character Louis Mazzini. Late 2006 saw Jake doing promotion for the department store chain Debenhams.
In May 2006, Jake played Aeneas in Dido (Queen of Carthage) for Angels in the Architecture at the Chapel of St Barnabas in Soho. This production was then revived at Kensington Palace in 2008. In the summer of 2006, Jake starred alongside ex-EastEnder, Michael Greco, in the independent thriller film Naked in London which is still awaiting an international release date. In November 2006, he starred as Mephistopheles in a modern adaptation of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.[2]
In 2008 he appeared in the horror film serial Beyond the Rave.
In 2009 he appeared in adverts for Littlewoods and he appeared as Sir Henry Pole for a single episode of the Showtime series, The Tudors.[3]
In 2010, he appeared in Much Ado About Nothing in Chester's Grosvenor Park.[4]
He appeared in The Adored by Carl Medland and Amarjeet Singh, a psychological lesbian thriller, released in 2012.[5]
He then starred in the drama series The Royals as Prince Cyrus Henstridge.[6]
Personal life
editIn a 2005 interview with Now Magazine, while he was still working on EastEnders, Maskall revealed that he was gay, and that he'd been in a relationship for 12 years, saying "it's not a secret".[7]
Filmography
edit- The Royals (2015) .... King Cyrus[6]
- Centurion (2010) .... Argos.
- Rather You Than Me (2008)
- Beyond the Rave (2008) .... Strigoi
- Naked in London (2006) .... Mark Tierney
- EastEnders .... Danny Moon (2004-2005, 2006) (76 episodes)
- Murder City (2004) .... Alan Scobie
- Casualty (2002) .... Paul Vesey
References
edit- ^ Jeffery, Morgan (11 February 2016). "Jake Maskall reveals why he demanded EastEnders demise". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Faustus". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Die Tudors (2007–2010) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. June 2018.
- ^ "The Guardian **** – 'Much Ado About Nothing' / 'Hercules'". Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ Isaac, Tim (31 December 2013). "The Adored Trailer - Lesbian desire starts to burn in the psychological thriller". Big Gay Picture Show. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b Kondolojy, Amanda (4 December 2014). "E! Sets Premiere for First Scripted Drama Series The Royals for March 15th at 10PM". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "I'm gay, says EastEnders star". 16 February 2005.
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