Christian McKay
November 11, 1973 (52 years old) 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Churchill at War as Winston Churchill
- 2024 · Rivals as Nicky Gordon-Lennox
- 2023 · FDR as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Giles Newcombe
- 2021 · Fjällnäs as John
- 2019 · The Second Hearing as Richard
- 2019 · Warrior as Samuel Blake
- 2018 · The Leisure Seeker as Will Spencer
- 2017 · Crooked House as Roger Leonides
- 2017 · Strike as Inigo Upcott
- 2017 · Provenance as John
- 2016 · Frontier as Father James Coffin
- 2016 · ChickLit as David Rose
- 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins as Earl Wilson
- 2016 · The Young Messiah as Cleopas
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Christopher Soames
- 2015 · Jekyll and Hyde as Maxwell Utterson
- 2015 · Draw on Sweet Night as George Kirbye
- 2015 · Creditors as Grant Pierce
- 2014 · The Theory of Everything as Roger Penrose
- 2014 · Northern Soul as John's Dad
- 2014 · The Last Sparks of Sundown as Rupert Sword
- 2014 · Serena as Banker in Boston
- 2014 · The Engagement as Nigel
- 2014 · Closer to the Moon as Iorgu Ristea
- 2013 · Legacy as Hugo March
- 2013 · Rush as Lord Hesketh
- 2013 · Here Lies as Tristan Holy-Route
- 2013 · The Devil's Violinist as John Watson
- 2011 · I Melt with You as Tim
- 2011 · Borgia as Cardinal Sforza
- 2011 · Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Mackelvore
- 2011 · Astonish Me as The Museum Guard
- 2010 · Deerfall as Father
- 2010 · Mr. Nice as Hamilton McMillan
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Poker Friend
- 2010 · The Road to Coronation Street as Harry Elton
- 2009 · Margaret as John Whittingdale
- 2009 · Vivaldi, the Red Priest as Estienne Roger
- 2009 · A Short Stay in Switzerland as Carsten
- 2008 · Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
- 2008 · Abraham's Point as Robert
- 2005 · Riot at the Rite as Pierre Monteux
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Jefferson Cope