Acting

Christian McKay

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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Churchill at War
as Winston Churchill
2024
Rivals
as Nicky Gordon-Lennox
2024
FDR
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
2023
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Giles Newcombe
2022
Fjällnäs
as John
2021
The Second Hearing
as Richard
2019
Warrior
as Samuel Blake
2019
The Leisure Seeker
as Will Spencer
2018
Crooked House
as Roger Leonides
2017
Strike
as Inigo Upcott
2017
Provenance
as John
2017
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
2016
Jekyll and Hyde
as Maxwell Utterson
2015
Draw on Sweet Night
as George Kirbye
2015
Creditors
as Grant Pierce
2015
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
2014
Legacy
as Hugo March
2013
Rush
as Lord Hesketh
2013
Here Lies
as Tristan Holy-Route
2013
The Devil's Violinist
as John Watson
2013
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
2011
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
2010
Margaret
as John Whittingdale
2009
Vivaldi, the Red Priest
as Estienne Roger
2009
A Short Stay in Switzerland
as Carsten
2009
Me and Orson Welles
as Orson Welles
2008
Abraham's Point
as Robert
2008
Riot at the Rite
as Pierre Monteux
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Jefferson Cope
1989