James Mackay

**James Mackay** is a main actor on The CW's *Dynasty*, portraying the role of Steven Carrington.

## Biography

### Early Life

Mackay was born on July 20, 1984, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the son of psychologist, social researcher, and writer, Hugh Mackay. Mackay attended Sydney Grammar School, where he first started acting in school plays, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history and English literature from the University of Sydney. He trained as an actor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

### Career

Mackay made his acting debuts in both film and theatre, in the 2009 supernatural horror film, *Don't Be Afraid of the Dark* and as Marc Antony in a *Julius Caesar* production. The same theatre venue, Cry Havoc, featured Mackay in a production of *Three Sisters* the following year. In 2010, he made his television debut in an episode of the Australian drama series, *Rescue: Special Ops*.

In 2012, Mackay obtained a recurring role in the Australian drama series, *The Straits*, as Joel Thomson, as well as the role of Danceny in Sydney Theatre Company's production of *Les Liaisons Dangereuses*. Mackay played Irwin in Peach Theatre Company's 2013 production of *The History Boys* and Charles Stewart in the 2013 Belgian romance time travel adventure film, *The Lovers*. In June 2013, Mackay was the recipient of the fifth annual Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship.

Throughout the mid-2010s, Mackay made numerous film and television appearances, including, two episodes of *The Tomorrow People* (2014), *The Dressmaker* (2015), *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016), and episode of *The Leftovers* (2017), *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017), an episode of *The Love Child* (2017), and *Battle of the Sexes* (2017).

In 2017, Mackay landed the series regular role of Steven Carrington in The CW's *Dynasty*, a reboot of the 1980s primetime soap opera of the same name. Mackay departed from the main cast in 2018, four episodes into the second season. His departure proved controversial amongst fans and production; his costars spoke out against his Mackay's sudden termination from the series. The character's fate was left on an even greater cliffhanger in the fourteenth episode of the second season, in 2019, which would not be resolved until Mackay's return in the series finale, in 2022.

Mackay portrayed Orlando in Melbourne Theatre Company's 2021 production of *As You Like It* and starred as Simon Englert in the 2022 six-part Australian crime drama, *Saw River*.

## Trivia

* After news broke of Maddison Brown getting cast on Dynasty, he posted a picture of the two of them together.
* On June 30, 2019, the last day of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, James posted a picture in support.

## Gallery

### Videos

How Does the New "Dynasty" Compare to the Original? E! Live from the Red Carpet-0
### Images

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 5
* General

## External Links

* James Mackay on Internet Movie Database
* James Mackay on Wikipedia
* James Mackay on Facebook
* James Mackay on Instagram
* James Mackay on Twitter

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BmefVsWFtSr/?hl=en&taken-by=jameswmackay
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzW44r8gVAI/