Person

Christian McKay

Acting · Born 1973-11-11 · 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).

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  Agatha Christie's Poirot

  Jefferson Cope

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  Warrior

  Samuel Blake

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  Strike

  Inigo Upcott

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  Rivals

  Nicky Gordon-Lennox

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  Frontier

  Father James Coffin

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  Rush

  Lord Hesketh

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  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  Mackelvore

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  Borgia

  Cardinal Sforza

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  The Theory of Everything

  Roger Penrose

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  Crooked House

  Roger Leonides

• 2024Churchill at WarWinston Churchill
• 2024RivalsNicky Gordon-Lennox
• 2023FDRFranklin D. Roosevelt
• 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to ParisGiles Newcombe
• 2021FjällnäsJohn
• 2019The Second HearingRichard
• 2019WarriorSamuel Blake
• 2018The Leisure SeekerWill Spencer
• 2017Crooked HouseRoger Leonides
• 2017StrikeInigo Upcott
• 2017ProvenanceJohn
• 2016FrontierFather James Coffin
• 2016ChickLitDavid Rose
• 2016Florence Foster JenkinsEarl Wilson
• 2016The Young MessiahCleopas
• 2016Churchill's SecretChristopher Soames
• 2015Jekyll and HydeMaxwell Utterson
• 2015Draw on Sweet NightGeorge Kirbye
• 2015CreditorsGrant Pierce
• 2014The Theory of EverythingRoger Penrose
• 2014Northern SoulJohn's Dad
• 2014The Last Sparks of SundownRupert Sword
• 2014SerenaBanker in Boston
• 2014The EngagementNigel
• 2014Closer to the MoonIorgu Ristea
• 2013LegacyHugo March
• 2013RushLord Hesketh
• 2013Here LiesTristan Holy-Route
• 2013The Devil's ViolinistJohn Watson
• 2011I Melt with YouTim
• 2011BorgiaCardinal Sforza
• 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyMackelvore
• 2011Astonish MeThe Museum Guard
• 2010DeerfallFather
• 2010Mr. NiceHamilton McMillan
• 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerPoker Friend
• 2010The Road to Coronation StreetHarry Elton
• 2009MargaretJohn Whittingdale
• 2009Vivaldi, the Red PriestEstienne Roger
• 2009A Short Stay in SwitzerlandCarsten
• 2008Me and Orson WellesOrson Welles
• 2008Abraham's PointRobert
• 2005Riot at the RitePierre Monteux
• 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotJefferson Cope