
Christian McKay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Bury, UK
Biography
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).
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Filmography

Churchill at War
TV · as Winston Churchill · 4 eps

Rivals
TV · as Nicky Gordon-Lennox · 1 ep

FDR
TV · as Franklin D. Roosevelt · 3 eps

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie · as Giles Newcombe

Fjällnäs
Movie · as John

The Second Hearing
Movie · as Richard

Warrior
TV · as Samuel Blake · 20 eps

The Leisure Seeker
Movie · as Will Spencer

Provenance
Movie · as John

Crooked House
Movie · as Roger Leonides

Strike
TV · as Inigo Upcott · 3 eps

Churchill's Secret
Movie · as Christopher Soames

Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie · as Earl Wilson

ChickLit
Movie · as David Rose

The Young Messiah
Movie · as Cleopas

Frontier
TV · as Father James Coffin · 18 eps

Draw on Sweet Night
Movie · as George Kirbye

Creditors
Movie · as Grant Pierce

Jekyll and Hyde
TV · as Maxwell Utterson · 10 eps

Closer to the Moon
Movie · as Iorgu Ristea

Northern Soul
Movie · as John's Dad

The Theory of Everything
Movie · as Roger Penrose

Serena
Movie · as Banker in Boston
The Last Sparks of Sundown
Movie · as Rupert Sword

The Engagement
Movie · as Nigel

Rush
Movie · as Lord Hesketh

The Devil's Violinist
Movie · as John Watson
Here Lies
Movie · as Tristan Holy-Route

Legacy
Movie · as Hugo March

I Melt with You
Movie · as Tim

Astonish Me
Movie · as The Museum Guard

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie · as Mackelvore

Borgia
TV · as Cardinal Sforza · 24 eps

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie · as Poker Friend

Mr. Nice
Movie · as Hamilton McMillan

The Road to Coronation Street
Movie · as Harry Elton

Deerfall
Movie · as Father

Margaret
Movie · as John Whittingdale

A Short Stay in Switzerland
Movie · as Carsten

Vivaldi, the Red Priest
Movie · as Estienne Roger

Me and Orson Welles
Movie · as Orson Welles

Abraham's Point
Movie · as Robert

Riot at the Rite
Movie · as Pierre Monteux

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Jefferson Cope · 1 ep


