James Mackay

James Mackay Biography

James Mackay (born 20 July 1984) is an Australian actor.

Early life and education

Mackay attended Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia, where he first starting acting in school plays.

Mackay studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history and English literature, before training as an actor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth.

Career

Acting: stage

In 2013 Mackay played Irwin in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys at the Sydney Opera House, alongside John Wood, Heather Mitchell and Paul Goddard. In 2012 he performed with the Sydney Theatre Company as Danceny in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Hugo Weaving and Pamela Rabe.

Mackay was an artistic associate of independent theatre company Cry Havoc. He worked on two shows with the company, William Shakespeare"?s Julius Caesar in 2009 (playing Marc Antony), and Anton Chekhov"?s Three Sisters in 2010 (playing Andrey), for which he also collaborated on an original music score.

Acting: film and television

Mackay most recently appeared as William Beaumont in the 2015 Australian film The Dressmaker with Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving. He is also credited on imdb.com as having worked on the films Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson, and the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the next instalment of Jerry Bruckheimer's franchise, directed by Joachim Rnning and Espen Sandberg.

Other credits include Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce, and The Lovers, directed by Palme d'Or winner and Oscar nominee Roland Joff (The Mission, The Killing Fields). Mackay also played roles in the 2012 horror-thriller Redd Inc (released as Inhuman Resources in the US), Matchbox Pictures"? series The Straits, a crime drama filmed in Cairns and the Torres Straits, and the 2012 television comedy Micro Nation.

In 2017, Mackay was cast in The CW's Dynasty reboot as Steven Carrington.

Awards

In June 2013 Mackay was the recipient of the fifth annual Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship.

Filmography

Theatre

Year	Play	Role	Company
2009	Julius Caesar	Marc Antony	Cry Havoc
2010	Three Sisters	Andrey	Cry Havoc
2012	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Danceny	Sydney Theatre Company
2013	The History Boys	Irwin	Peach Theatre Company

Film

Year	Film	Production company, director	Role	Type
2009	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Miramax, dir. Troy Nixey	The Librarian	Feature
2010	Connection	AFTRS, dir. Jen Leacey	Dan	Short Film
2011	Hairpin	AFTRS, dir. Laura Scrivano	Simon	Short Film
2012	Redd Inc, aka "Inhuman Resources"	Green Light Productions, dir. Dan Krige	Rudy Khan	Feature
2012	Being Venice	Dragonet Films, dir. Miro Bilbrough	Fireman	Feature
2013	Singularity (also known as The Lovers or Time Traveller)	Corsan Films, dir. Roland Joff	Charles Stewart	Feature
2015	The Dressmaker	Jocelyn Moorhouse	William Beaumont	Feature
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Mel Gibson	Prosecutor	Feature
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Joachim Rnning and Espen Sandberg	Maddox	Feature
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris	Barry Court	Feature

Television

Year	Project	Role	Notes
2010	Rescue: Special Ops	Saxon Blake	Episode: "Out of the Ashes"
2012	The Straits	Joel Thomson	(5) episodes
2012	Micro Nation	Lindsay McFadden	Episode: "Meet Pullamawang"
2014	The Tomorrow People	Julian Masters	(2) episodes: "Enemy of My Enemy", "Rumble"
2017	The Leftovers	Bernard	Episode: "G'Day Melbourne"
2017	Love Child	Lance	Episode: Season 4, Episode Three
2017	Dynasty	Steven Carrington	Series regular

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