James Mackay (actor)
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| Born | 20 July 1984 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
James Mackay (born 20 July 1984) is an Australian actor.
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.
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, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 2009 (playing Marc Antony), and Chekhov’s Three Sisters in 2010 (playing Andrey), for which he also collaborated on an original music score.
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 upcoming films Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the next instalment of Jerry Bruckheimer's franchise, directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.
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