Biography

MacKay was born in London

London

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, England

England

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. At the age of five, he produced, directed and created his very own production of the play Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf , Op. 67, is a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 in the USSR. It is a children's story , spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra....

with his friends playing the characters. He cast himself in the lead role of the Wolf so that he could swing from trees.

In 2002, MacKay was spotted at his school, The Harrodian

The Harrodian School

The Harrodian School is an independent day school in Barnes, Southwest London. Formerly the site of Harrods Sports Club, the original premises has been extended and converted for educational purposes...

, by an acting scout, who asked him if he would like to audition for a role in P. J. Hogan

P. J. Hogan

Paul John "P. J." Hogan is an AACTA Awards winning Australian film director and a writer in the film and television genre.Hogan was born in Brisbane, Australia...

's 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan

Peter Pan (2003 film)

Peter Pan is a 2003 fantasy film released as a joint venture of Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. P. J. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J. M. Barrie. Jason Isaacs plays the roles of Captain...

. He attended a workshop, and quickly won the part of one of the Lost Boys, Curly, in what was his big break.

Soon after, he had small roles in an episode of Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to...

and television drama Footprints in the Snow.

In 2005, at the age of thirteen, he won the role of Riccio in The Thief Lord

The Thief Lord (film)

The Thief Lord is a 2006 British-German family film directed by Richard Claus. It is a joint production of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Future Films Limited, Comet Film, and Thema Production. The film is distributed by Warner Brothers...

. The film adaptation of Cornelia Funke's best selling children's novel. Later on in the same year, he was cast in the lead role in Johnny and the Bomb, a BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 three-part television drama adapted from Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...

's novel of the same name

Johnny and the Bomb

Johnny and the Bomb is a 1996 novel by Terry Pratchett. It is the third novel to feature Johnny Maxwell and his friends, and deals with the rules and consequences of time travel...

.

In the 2008 film Defiance

Defiance (2008 film)

Defiance is a 2008 World War II era film written, produced, and directed by Edward Zwick, set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The film is an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by three Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Poland during the Second World War...

he played Aron

Aron Bielski

Aron Bielski, later changed to Aron Bell, is a Polish-American Jew and former member of the Bielski partisans group, the largest armed rescuers of Jews by Jews during World War II. He was also known as Arczyk Bielski...

, the youngest of the four Bielski brothers

Bielski partisans

The Bielski partisans were an organisation of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought against the Nazi German occupiers and their collaborators in the vicinity of Nowogródek and Lida in German-occupied Poland...

 and in 2009 he played Harry in The Boys Are Back

The Boys Are Back (film)

The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian/British drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr, the film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.-Plot:Joe Warr is a British...

. He will be starring in the Marc Evans

Marc Evans

Marc Evans is a Welsh-born film director, whose credits include the films House of America, Resurrection Man and My Little Eye.-Biography:Evans was born in 1963 in Carmarthen, Wales...

-directed musical film Hunky Dory opposite Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.- Early life...

, Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

-Early life:He was born in the former borough of Ogwr in Mid Glamorgan and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama alongside Kimberley Nixon and Tom Cullen, graduating in 2008...

 and Kimberley Nixon

Kimberley Nixon

Kimberley Nixon is a Welsh actress.-Early and personal life:Born in Bristol, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School.In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in...

, which is set in the 1970s Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

.

Filmography

• Peter Pan
  Peter Pan (2003 film)
  Peter Pan is a 2003 fantasy film released as a joint venture of Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. P. J. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J. M. Barrie. Jason Isaacs plays the roles of Captain...
  
  (2003) as Curly
• Rose and Maloney
  Rose and Maloney
  Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to...
  
  as Young Calum (1 episode, 2004)
• Footprints in the Snow (2005) (TV) as Nathan Hill
• The Thief Lord
  The Thief Lord (film)
  The Thief Lord is a 2006 British-German family film directed by Richard Claus. It is a joint production of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Future Films Limited, Comet Film, and Thema Production. The film is distributed by Warner Brothers...
  
  (2006) as Riccio
• Johnny and the Bomb (2006) (TV) as Johnny Maxwell
• Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV) as Adam Peabody
• The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) (TV) as Kit Nubbles
• Defiance
  Defiance (2008 film)
  Defiance is a 2008 World War II era film written, produced, and directed by Edward Zwick, set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The film is an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by three Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Poland during the Second World War...
  
  (2008) as Aron Bielski
  Aron Bielski
  Aron Bielski, later changed to Aron Bell, is a Polish-American Jew and former member of the Bielski partisans group, the largest armed rescuers of Jews by Jews during World War II. He was also known as Arczyk Bielski...
  
  
• The Boys Are Back
  The Boys Are Back (film)
  The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian/British drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr, the film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.-Plot:Joe Warr is a British...
  
  (2009) as Harry
• Hunky Dory (2011) as Jake Zeppi

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