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