Christian McKay
Christian McKay
Christian Stuart McKayis an English stage and screen actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film Me and Orson Welles, which received critical praise and was nominated for awards such as the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in movies such as You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Rush...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 November 1973
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Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.
classical originally studied took
Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
fictional playing
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.
great love record since
I want to record 'Goyescas' by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager.
century cottage music playing
I'm very happy in my 18th century worker's cottage in Kent and playing my music for the dog-walkers paused outside.
few great hope quite
I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.
given music people
People say to me now, 'Oh, you've given up the piano.' How can you? Music is a virus.
horses men
Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.
amount films hand helping man met people turned
I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and he turned around and said: 'No man is self-made;' and certainly, if you want to make films or get into television or even theatre, the amount of help that you need, the amount of people who need to give you a helping hand is extraordinary.
below ranks rest royal several shakespeare stay work
I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carrier - to King Lear.
independent writing play
I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.
men car
Men love women but, even more than that, men love cars.
play actors
Some actors play themselves, don't they?
wine people tvs
Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever anyone said I looked like Orson Welles I said that I wasnt that fat, and I would get on a diet, quickly.