Christian McKay

Christian McKay (born 11th November 1973) appeared in the 2010 drama The Road to Coronation Street as Harry Elton, Coronation Street 's first Executive Producer and one the main people responsible for getting the programme off the ground after a hostile reception from Granada Television executives.

After a false start as a concert pianist, he studied acting at RADA. He is best known for playing the actor Orson Welles in the play Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles and the same character in the 2008 film Me and Orson Welles for which he received numerous acting award nominations. He has also appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot, Getting On and Borgia and the films Abraham's Point, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, I Melt with You, Closer to the Moon, Northern Soul and The Last Sparks of Sundown.