Cleaver Greene's character is loosely based on one of Sydney's most colourful barristers, an author and co-creator of Rake, Charles Waterstreet. Both (fictional) Greene and Waterstreet have a Bachelor of Law from the University of New South Wales.
Announced by Richard Roxburgh 31/1/15 that Rake season 4 will go ahead
Richard Roxburgh won the 2013 AACTA Award in the Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama category for his role as Cleaver Greene.
The Fox Network in the US commissioned an American version (Rake (2014)), starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences. It aired between January and April 2014. Richard Roxburgh was a producer on the American version alongside Kinnear.
Announced 21/8/17 that series 5 will be produced in October with an airing in 2018 (in Australia)