James Mackay (actor)

James Wilson Mackay (born 20 July 1984) is an Australian actor known for playing Steven Carrington in The CW television series Dynasty.

James Mackay
James Mackay in 2012
Born (1984-07-20) 20 July 1984
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Early life

Mackay attended Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia, where he first started acting in school plays.[1]

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.[2]

Career

Stage

In 2013 Mackay played Irwin in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys at the Sydney Opera House,[3] 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.[4]

Mackay was an artistic associate of independent theatre company Cry Havoc.[5] He worked on two shows with the company, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 2009 (playing Marc Antony),[6] and Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters in 2010 (playing Andrey), for which he also collaborated on an original music score.[7]

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.[8]

Other credits include Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce,[9] and The Lovers, directed by Palme d'Or winner and Oscar nominee Roland Joffé (The Mission, The Killing Fields). Mackay also played roles in the 2012 horror-thriller Redd Inc[10] (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.[11]

In 2017, Mackay was cast in The CW's Dynasty reboot as Steven Carrington,[12][13] and left in 2019.[14]

Awards

In June 2013 Mackay was the recipient of the fifth annual Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship.[15]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009Don't Be Afraid of the DarkThe Librarian
2010ConnectionDanShort film
2011HairpinSimonShort film
2012Redd Inc, aka "Inhuman Resources"Rudy Khan
Being VeniceFireman
2013The LoversCharles StewartAlso known as Singularity and Time Traveller (UK)
2015The DressmakerWilliam Beaumont
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Prosecutor
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Maddox
Battle of the Sexes Barry Court

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Rescue: Special Ops Saxon Blake Episode: "Out of the Ashes"
2012 The Straits Joel Thomson 5 episodes
Micro Nation Lindsay McFadden Episode: "Meet Pullamawang"
2014 The Tomorrow People Julian Masters Episodes: "Enemy of My Enemy", "Rumble"
2017 The Leftovers Bernard Episode: "G'Day Melbourne"
Love Child Lance Episode: "Episode Three" (Season 4)
2017–2019 Dynasty Steven Carrington Series regular (season 1), recurring (season 2)

Theatre
Year Play Role Venue
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
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References
  1. "The ten next big names in stage acting". smh.com.au.
  2. "Cult Magazine -". Cult Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. "School of thought". smh.com.au.
  4. "True Liaisons". TheMusic.com.au.
  5. "James Mackay - New Talent".
  6. "Julius Caesar". Sydney.concreteplayground.com.au.
  7. "Overave • Chekhov's THREE SISTERS by CRY HAVOC • atyp Studio 1, The Wharf Sydney • 12 Oct 2010". au.overave.com.
  8. "Toronto Film Review: 'The Dressmaker'". Variety. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. "Heath Ledger Scholarship Award Given to Australian Actor James Mackay".
  10. "Redd Inc. Signs Termination Papers for the Overworked: A Movie Review ~ 28DLA".
  11. "Airdate: Micro Nation". 4 October 2012.
  12. Villarreal, Yvonne (8 September 2017). "The do's and don'ts of reboots: Dynasty edition". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  13. Rice, Lynette (2 August 2017). "Dynasty Reboot Corrects Original Series' Homophobia". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  14. "Dynasty season 3: Will James Mackay's Steven Carrington return to the CW drama?". Meaww.com. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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