George MacKay was born 13th March 1992 to costume designer, Kim Baker and stage/lighting designer, Paul Christopher MacKay.
At the age of 10, George was scouted to audition for a role in the family feature, Peter Pan. He quickly landed the part of Curly, one of the Lost Boys, and went on to have several minor roles on TV, including an episode of Rose & Maloney and Footprints in the Snow.
At the age of thirteen, George landed the part of Riccio in the film adaptation of Cornelia Funke's best-selling children's novel, The Theif Lord and was also cast in lead role for BBC adaptation of Terry Pratchett's, Johnny and the Bomb.
George worked with Tim Roth, Chiwetel Ejiofer and Sophie Okonedo for the HBO Movie Tsunami - The Aftermath and later took a part in the Dikensian drama, The Old Curiosity Shop. Soon after, George co-starred with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber on Defiance.
In 2009, George took on the role of Harry, in The Boys are Back alongside Clive Owen, for which he received 2 award nominations. His career took another step forward with Hunky Dory.
Since, George has featured in several shorts which have been popular on the festival circuit and played the part of Tommo Peaceful with counterpart Jack O'Connell in the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful.
2013 was George's breakthrough year, and was recognised for his parts as Aaron in For Those in Peril, Davy in the musical Sunshine on Leith, Jake Whittam in Breakfast with Johnny Wilkinson and the dark horse Eddie in How I Live Now. George received several nominations and for such features and later bought home a total of 5 awards.
George had a stint in the West End in 2014 in The Cement Garden. He portrayed Joe in the well-received Pride and Duane Hopkins' Bypass premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
Both Captain Fantastic and Sadie Jones' The Outcast are in post-production and George will be returning to theatre for Eugene O'Neill's 'Ah,Wilderness!' this April.
