Christian McKay(I)

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Churchill at War (2024)

Christian McKay was born in Bury, Lancashire. He is an 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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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 26 nominations total

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Known for

Me and Orson Welles

6.7

Orson Welles

2008

Rush

8.1

Lord Hesketh

2013

Florence Foster Jenkins

6.8

Earl Wilson

2016

The Theory of Everything

7.7

Roger Penrose

2014

Credits

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Actor

C.B. Strike
7.9
TV Series
- Inigo Upcott
- 2024
Rivals
7.9
TV Series
- Nicky Gordon-Lennox
- 2024
Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War
7.7
TV Series
- Chester Arthur
- 2024
FDR
8.0
TV Series
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D Roosevelt
- 2023
Dangerous Liaisons
5.8
TV Series
- Comte de Sevigny
- 2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
7.1
- Giles Newcombe
- 2022
Fjällnäs
Short
- John
- 2021
Warrior
8.4
TV Series
- Mayor Samuel Blake
- 2019–2020
The Second Hearing
5.9
Short
- 2019
Grantchester
7.9
TV Series
- Anthony Hobbs
- 2019
The Talent Agent
Short
- Jeff Rogers
- 2018
Crooked House
6.3
- Roger Leonides
- 2017
The Leisure Seeker
6.7
- Will Spencer
- 2017
Provenance
5.6
- John
- 2017
Frontier
7.1
TV Series
- Father James Coffin
- 2016

Music Department

Soundtrack

Videos16

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Florence Foster Jenkins

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Florence Foster Jenkins

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Florence Foster Jenkins

Personal details

Alternative names
- Christian Mackay
Height
- 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
Born
- 1973
- Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Spouse
- Emily Allen2013 - present (2 children)
Other works
Has performed on the soundtracks for BBC radio productions including 'Women in Love', 'Mansfield Park', 'Facade' and 'The Piano'.

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Trivia
He was commissioned a Colonel by the State of Kentucky in 2009.

Quotes
(on Me and Orson Welles (2008)) Richard Linklater thought his Orson would be on the London stage playing Shakespeare. I was briefly, but I didn't tell him I was playing a eunuch.