Jayden McGinlay
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jayden grew up on the Gold Coast in Australia and has over 15 years of experience in acting, starring in his first professional stage production at age 8 before his start on screen at age 9.
Jayden plays Cecil Williams alongside Elena Kampouris (‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’) as Boleyn Williams, in the re-imagining of Stephen King's ‘Children of the Corn’ written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and Stephen King, and produced by Lucas Foster, Doug Barry, John Baldecchi and Sean Harner. It had its theatrical release in 2023 and is now streaming on Netflix. It was the only film in the world to shoot entirely during the 2020 Covid lockdown.
Jayden also plays Teddy in ‘The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay’ on Disney+ opposite Izabela Rose (‘Upside-Down Magic’) as Quinn, and Max in the Netflix Original thriller ‘Sweet River’.
Jayden has performed in over 30 stage productions including the Australian National Tour of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ as Jeremy Potts, Opera Australia and Gordon Frost's National Tour of ‘The King and I’, and the London Palladium Production of ‘The Sound of Music’.
Jayden plays Cecil Williams alongside Elena Kampouris (‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’) as Boleyn Williams, in the re-imagining of Stephen King's ‘Children of the Corn’ written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and Stephen King, and produced by Lucas Foster, Doug Barry, John Baldecchi and Sean Harner. It had its theatrical release in 2023 and is now streaming on Netflix. It was the only film in the world to shoot entirely during the 2020 Covid lockdown.
Jayden also plays Teddy in ‘The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay’ on Disney+ opposite Izabela Rose (‘Upside-Down Magic’) as Quinn, and Max in the Netflix Original thriller ‘Sweet River’.
Jayden has performed in over 30 stage productions including the Australian National Tour of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ as Jeremy Potts, Opera Australia and Gordon Frost's National Tour of ‘The King and I’, and the London Palladium Production of ‘The Sound of Music’.
