Christian McKay

Acting

Born November 11, 1973, Bury, UK

Christian McKay was born in Bury, Lancashire. He is a British actor and classical musician. Christian received international acclaim for his performance in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles (2008) as Orson Welles, a role he also interpreted in the one-man play "Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles" at a number of venues, including the Edinburgh Festival and King's Head in London, and in US at the "Brits Off Broadway" festival 2007. Among others, his excellent film work also includes gems such as in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Rush (2013), The Theory of Everything (2014) and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016).

Filmography

• Churchill at War — Winston Churchill
• Rivals — Nicky Gordon-Lennox
• FDR — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Giles Newcombe
• 2021Fjällnäs — John
• 2019The Second Hearing — Richard
• Warrior — Samuel Blake
• 2018The Leisure Seeker — Will Spencer
• 2017Crooked House — Roger Leonides
• 2017Provenance — John
• Strike — Inigo Upcott
• 2016ChickLit — David Rose
• 2016Churchill's Secret — Christopher Soames
• 2016Florence Foster Jenkins — Earl Wilson
• Frontier — Father James Coffin
• 2016The Young Messiah — Cleopas
• 2015Creditors — Grant Pierce
• 2015Draw on Sweet Night — George Kirbye
• Jekyll and Hyde — Maxwell Utterson
• 2014Closer to the Moon — Iorgu Ristea
• 2014Northern Soul — John's Dad
• 2014Serena — Banker in Boston
• 2014The Engagement — Nigel
• 2014The Last Sparks of Sundown — Rupert Sword
• 2014The Theory of Everything — Roger Penrose
• 2013Here Lies — Tristan Holy-Route
• 2013Legacy — Hugo March
• 2013Rush — Lord Hesketh
• 2013The Devil's Violinist — John Watson
• 2011Astonish Me — The Museum Guard
• Borgia — Cardinal Sforza
• 2011I Melt with You — Tim
• 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Mackelvore
• 2010Deerfall — Father
• 2010Mr. Nice — Hamilton McMillan
• 2010The Road to Coronation Street — Harry Elton
• 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger — Poker Friend
• 2009A Short Stay in Switzerland — Carsten
• 2009Margaret — John Whittingdale
• 2009Vivaldi, the Red Priest — Estienne Roger
• 2008Abraham's Point — Robert
• 2008Me and Orson Welles — Orson Welles
• 2005Riot at the Rite — Pierre Monteux
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Jefferson Cope