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