Cast & creator
Christian McKay
Best known for Agatha Christie's Poirot, Rivals, Warrior
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).
Also known as: 크리스티안 맥케이, Кристиан МакКей
35
film credits
9
television credits
44
1989–2024 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (44)
Showing 44 of 44 credits
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jefferson Cope
1989
Rivals
Nicky Gordon-Lennox
2024
Warrior
Samuel Blake
2019
Strike
Inigo Upcott
2017
Frontier
Father James Coffin
2016
Rush
Lord Hesketh
2013
The Theory of Everything
Roger Penrose
2014
Borgia
Cardinal Sforza
2011
Crooked House
Roger Leonides
2017
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Giles Newcombe
2022
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mackelvore
2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Poker Friend
2010
Jekyll and Hyde
Maxwell Utterson
2015
The Leisure Seeker
Will Spencer
2018
Florence Foster Jenkins
Earl Wilson
2016
Serena
Banker in Boston
2014
The Young Messiah
Cleopas
2016
Churchill at War
Winston Churchill
2024
FDR
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2023
Me and Orson Welles
Orson Welles
2008
I Melt with You
Tim
2011
The Devil's Violinist
John Watson
2013
Closer to the Moon
Iorgu Ristea
2014
Mr. Nice
Hamilton McMillan
2010
Northern Soul
John's Dad
2014
Churchill's Secret
Christopher Soames
2016
A Short Stay in Switzerland
Carsten
2009
Astonish Me
The Museum Guard
2011
Riot at the Rite
Pierre Monteux
2005
Vivaldi, the Red Priest
Estienne Roger
2009
The Road to Coronation Street
Harry Elton
2010
Provenance
John
2017
Legacy
Hugo March
2013Here Lies
Tristan Holy-Route
2013
Draw on Sweet Night
George Kirbye
2015
Deerfall
Father
2010The Last Sparks of Sundown
Rupert Sword
2014
Creditors
Grant Pierce
2015
The Second Hearing
Richard
2019
Margaret
John Whittingdale
2009
Abraham's Point
Robert
2008
ChickLit
David Rose
2016
The Engagement
Nigel
2014
Fjällnäs
John
2021