
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

Strike
2017

Rivals
2024

Rush
2013

Frontier
2016

The Theory of Everything
2014

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011

Borgia
2011

Jekyll and Hyde
2015

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016

Crooked House
2017

The Leisure Seeker
2018

Serena
2014

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010

Churchill at War
2024

The Devil's Violinist
2013

The Young Messiah
2016

Me and Orson Welles
2008

FDR
2023

Closer to the Moon
2014

I Melt with You
2011

Churchill's Secret
2016

Mr. Nice
2010

Northern Soul
2014

Margaret
2009

Legacy
2013

Abraham's Point
2008

A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009

ChickLit
2016

Vivaldi, the Red Priest
2009

Provenance
2017

Astonish Me
2011

Riot at the Rite
2005

The Road to Coronation Street
2010