
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).

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Warrior
2019

Rivals
2024

Strike
2017

Frontier
2016

Borgia
2011

Rush
2013

The Theory of Everything
2014

Crooked House
2017

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016

Jekyll and Hyde
2015

Churchill at War
2024

The Leisure Seeker
2018

The Devil's Violinist
2013

FDR
2023

The Young Messiah
2016

Serena
2014

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010

Me and Orson Welles
2008

I Melt with You
2011

Mr. Nice
2010

Closer to the Moon
2014

Churchill's Secret
2016

A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009

Riot at the Rite
2005

Astonish Me
2011

Margaret
2009

Northern Soul
2014

Legacy
2013

The Road to Coronation Street
2010

Vivaldi, the Red Priest
2009

Abraham's Point
2008

Provenance
2017

Draw on Sweet Night
2015