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).

Christian McKay

Acting Born November 11, 1973 Bury, UK

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).

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Jefferson Cope

Warrior

Samuel Blake

Rivals

Nicky Gordon-Lennox

Strike

Inigo Upcott

Frontier

Father James Coffin

Borgia

Cardinal Sforza

Rush

Lord Hesketh

The Theory of Everything

Roger Penrose

Crooked House

Roger Leonides

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Giles Newcombe

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Mackelvore

Florence Foster Jenkins

Earl Wilson