James Mackay (actor)
James Wilson Mackay is an Australian actor known for playing Steven Carrington in The CW television series Dynasty.Early life
Mackay attended Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia, where he first started 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
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, and Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters in 2010, for which he also collaborated on an original music score.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.
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 Joffé. Mackay also played roles in the 2012 horror-thriller Redd Inc, 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, and left in 2019.Awards
In June 2013 Mackay was the recipient of the fifth annual Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship.Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
