Gareth Saxe made his Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 revival of Heartbreak House. The following year he joined the starry cast of the Tony-nominated revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, sharing the stage with Raul Esparza, Eve Best and Ian McShane. After catching Saxe's performance, Julie Taymor tapped the actor to join The Lion King as Simba's villainous uncle, Scar.