Christian McKay

Actor

Born November 11, 1973 in 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).

Acting

Churchill at War
TV series, 2024
as Winston Churchill
Rivals
TV series, 2024
as Nicky Gordon-Lennox
FDR
TV series, 2023
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Film, 2022
as Giles Newcombe
Fjällnäs
Film, 2021
as John
The Second Hearing
Film, 2019
as Richard
Warrior
TV series, 2019
as Samuel Blake
The Leisure Seeker
Film, 2018
as Will Spencer
Crooked House
Film, 2017
as Roger Leonides
Strike
TV series, 2017
as Inigo Upcott
Provenance
Film, 2017
as John
Frontier
TV series, 2016
as Father James Coffin
ChickLit
Film, 2016
as David Rose
Florence Foster Jenkins
Film, 2016
as Earl Wilson
The Young Messiah
Film, 2016
as Cleopas
Churchill's Secret
Film, 2016
as Christopher Soames
Jekyll and Hyde
TV series, 2015
as Maxwell Utterson
Draw on Sweet Night
Film, 2015
as George Kirbye
Creditors
Film, 2015
as Grant Pierce
The Theory of Everything
Film, 2014
as Roger Penrose
Northern Soul
Film, 2014
as John's Dad
The Last Sparks of Sundown
Film, 2014
as Rupert Sword
Serena
Film, 2014
as Banker in Boston
The Engagement
Film, 2014
as Nigel
Closer to the Moon
Film, 2014
as Iorgu Ristea
Legacy
Film, 2013
as Hugo March
Rush
Film, 2013
as Lord Hesketh
Here Lies
Film, 2013
as Tristan Holy-Route
The Devil's Violinist
Film, 2013
as John Watson
I Melt with You
Film, 2011
as Tim