Christian McKay

Born: 1973-11-11, Bury, UK

Biography

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

• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
• Rivals (2024)
• Strike (2017)
• Rush (2013)
• Frontier (2016)
• Borgia (2011)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• Crooked House (2017)
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
• Serena (2014)
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
• The Leisure Seeker (2018)
• Astonish Me (2011)
• The Devil's Violinist (2013)
• The Young Messiah (2016)
• Mr. Nice (2010)
• Me and Orson Welles (2008)
• I Melt with You (2011)
• Northern Soul (2014)
• Deerfall (2010)
• Churchill's Secret (2016)
• Closer to the Moon (2014)
• A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009)
• The Road to Coronation Street (2010)
• Riot at the Rite (2005)
• The Second Hearing (2019)
• ChickLit (2016)
• Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009)
• Abraham's Point (2008)