
Christian McKay
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 · 8.2

Astonish Me
2011 · 8.0

Riot at the Rite
2005 · 8.0

Warrior
2019 · 8.0

The Theory of Everything
2014 · 7.8

Rush
2013 · 7.7

Churchill at War
2024 · 7.6

Rivals
2024 · 7.4

Borgia
2011 · 7.3

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 · 7.3

Strike
2017 · 7.2

The Leisure Seeker
2018 · 7.1

The Road to Coronation Street
2010 · 7.1

Provenance
2017 · 7.0

A Short Stay in Switzerland
2009 · 6.9

Frontier
2016 · 6.8

FDR
2023 · 6.7

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · 6.6

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · 6.6

The Devil's Violinist
2013 · 6.6

Closer to the Moon
2014 · 6.5

Jekyll and Hyde
2015 · 6.4

Me and Orson Welles
2008 · 6.4

Crooked House
2017 · 6.4

The Young Messiah
2016 · 6.3

Churchill's Secret
2016 · 6.3

Mr. Nice
2010 · 6.1

Vivaldi, the Red Priest
2009 · 6.0

The Second Hearing
2019 · 6.0

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · 5.9

Northern Soul
2014 · 5.8

Margaret
2009 · 5.7

Serena
2014 · 5.6

ChickLit
2016 · 5.4

I Melt with You
2011 · 5.3

Legacy
2013 · 5.2

Creditors
2015 · 4.4

Abraham's Point
2008 · 4.0

Deerfall
2010 · 0.0
Here Lies
2013 · 0.0

Draw on Sweet Night
2015 · 0.0
The Last Sparks of Sundown
2014 · 0.0

The Engagement
2014 · 0.0

Fjällnäs
2021 · 0.0