Acting · Bury, UK · Born November 11, 1973
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).
TVChurchill at War
2024
as Winston Churchill
TVRivals
2024
as Nicky Gordon-Lennox
TVFDR
2023
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
MovieMrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
as Giles Newcombe
MovieFjällnäs
2021
as John
MovieThe Second Hearing
2019
as Richard
TVWarrior
2019
as Samuel Blake
MovieThe Leisure Seeker
2018
as Will Spencer
MovieCrooked House
2017
as Roger Leonides
TVStrike
2017
as Inigo Upcott
MovieProvenance
2017
as John
TVFrontier
2016
as Father James Coffin
MovieChickLit
2016
as David Rose
MovieFlorence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Earl Wilson
MovieThe Young Messiah
2016
as Cleopas
MovieChurchill's Secret
2016
as Christopher Soames
TVJekyll and Hyde
2015
as Maxwell Utterson
MovieDraw on Sweet Night
2015
as George Kirbye
MovieCreditors
2015
as Grant Pierce
MovieThe Theory of Everything
2014
as Roger Penrose
MovieNorthern Soul
2014
as John's Dad
The Last Sparks of Sundown
2014
as Rupert Sword
MovieSerena
2014
as Banker in Boston
MovieThe Engagement
2014
as Nigel
MovieCloser to the Moon
2014
as Iorgu Ristea
MovieLegacy
2013
as Hugo March
MovieRush
2013
as Lord Hesketh
Here Lies
2013
as Tristan Holy-Route
MovieThe Devil's Violinist
2013
as John Watson
MovieI Melt with You
2011
as Tim
TVBorgia
2011
as Cardinal Sforza
MovieTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Mackelvore
MovieAstonish Me
2011
as The Museum Guard
MovieDeerfall
2010
as Father
MovieMr. Nice
2010
as Hamilton McMillan
MovieYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Poker Friend
MovieThe Road to Coronation Street
2010
as Harry Elton
MovieMargaret
2009
as John Whittingdale
MovieVivaldi, the Red Priest
2009
as Estienne Roger
MovieA Short Stay in Switzerland
2009
as Carsten
MovieMe and Orson Welles
2008
as Orson Welles
MovieAbraham's Point
2008
as Robert
MovieRiot at the Rite
2005
as Pierre Monteux
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Jefferson Cope
