Jake Maskall
English actor
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Jake Maskall is an English actor. Working predominantly in theatre, his screen credits include Casualty (2002), Murder City (2004), EastEnders (2004-2006), Beyond the Rave (2008), and The Tudors (2009). He is most notable for playing Prince Cyrus Henstridge for 40 episodes (4 series) of the royalty drama series The Royals (2015-2018).
Life and career
Maskall was born on 17 April 1971 in Essex, England.[citation needed]
He guest starred in Casualty (2002) as Paul Vessey and Scobie in Murder City (2004).[1]
Maskall's most notable role came in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders (2004–2006), in which he played ladies' man and bad boy Danny Moon.[2] His character first appeared on 30 December 2004 and was driven out of the show by gangster Johnny Allen seven months later. He returned for a brief stint in March 2006, when the character was killed off by brother Jake Moon (Joel Beckett) after it was revealed he had killed Dennis Rickman under Johnny Allen's orders.[2]
In March 2006, he toured the UK playing the lead character, Louis Mazzini, in Kind Hearts and Coronets.[1] In May 2006, he played Aeneas in Dido (Queen of Carthage)[1] for Angels in the Architecture at the Chapel of St Barnabas in Soho.[1] This production was then revived at Kensington Palace in 2008. In summer 2006, Maskall starred alongside ex-EastEnder Michael Greco in the independent thriller film Naked in London.[1] In November 2006, he starred as Mephistopheles in a modern adaptation of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.[3]
In 2008, he appeared in the Hammer House horror film serial Beyond the Rave (2008).[1] In 2009, he appeared as Sir Henry Pole for a single episode of the Showtime series The Tudors (2009).[1]
In 2010, he appeared in Much Ado About Nothing in Chester's Grosvenor Park.[4]
He starred as Prince Cyrus Henstridge (alongside Elizabeth Hurley) for 40 episodes in four series of the drama series The Royals (2015–2018).[5]
Personal life
Filmography
- Casualty (2002) – Paul Vesey[7]
- Murder City (2004) – Alan Scobie[7]
- EastEnders – Danny Moon (2004–2005, 2006) (76 episodes)[1]
- Naked in London (2006) – Mark Tierney[1]
- Moving Target (2011) – Jonathan Porchester[8]
- Beyond the Rave (2008) – Strigoi[1]
- Rather You Than Me (2008) – Don[9]
- Feral (2009)
- The Tudors – Lord Montague[1]
- Centurion (2010) – Roman Officer Argos[1]
- The Adored (2012) – Adrian[10]
- The Royals (2015–2018) – King Cyrus Henstridge[11][5]
