---
name: "George MacKay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-mackay"
fi1m_id: "george-mackay"
imdb_id: "nm1126657"
tmdb_id: 146750
wikidata_id: "Q970066"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 March 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-22T01:41:34.774492+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# George MacKay

## Identity

George MacKay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-mackay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-mackay
- **IMDb ID:** nm1126657
- **TMDB ID:** 146750
- **Wikidata ID:** Q970066
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacKay_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1126657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146750

Actor. Born 13 March 1992 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 March 1992, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** George Andrew J. MacKay
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Nighy](https://film.one/person/bill-nighy.md), [Imelda Staunton](https://film.one/person/imelda-staunton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (4), 2020s 72 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 74 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 7 of 9 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 3, Comedy 2, History 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $499m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacKay_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1126657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146750

## Coming up

- *Untitled Ocean's Prequel* (2027-06-23)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*1917*](https://film.one/film/1917.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Femme*](https://film.one/film/femme.md) (75)
- **Tubi:** [*Captain Fantastic*](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on George MacKay

> George MacKay is persuasive as men trying hard not to show how frightened they are. We rate the watchfulness and the physical detail; even when the writing is thin, he gives us someone worth following.

In *Femme* (2023), George MacKay’s Preston circles Jules outside a shop, needling him for the benefit of his friends. We were horrified by the wait before the violence, because MacKay makes that need to impress the others so plain. James Rhodes shoots the pavement in the shop’s flat white light and keeps the camera at a distance, making us uncomfortable witnesses. His growl and his posture are choices Preston has made; when he is alone with Jules, the voice lifts and the shoulders drop.

After wider recognition in *Captain Fantastic* (2016) came an international breakthrough with Sam Mendes’s *1917* (2019). As Lance Corporal Schofield, MacKay makes the constant movement feel like effort, with a watchfulness that keeps us concerned for the soldier. Dean-Charles Chapman’s more openly emotional Blake helps, and their performances make the thin characterisation easier to forgive. The camera’s movement can still be more absorbing than the men it follows.

MacKay has followed that breakthrough towards independent and international work, including *Wolf* (2021) and Bertrand Bonello’s *The Beast* (2024). In the latter’s 1910 section, his French-speaking Louis is gentle, waiting to be told he is needed. Opposite Léa Seydoux, MacKay makes that wish clear without pressing for sympathy. The performances are persuasive, though they cannot justify the film’s excessive length.

Mark Jenkin gets particularly good work from him by letting him keep quiet in *Rose of Nevada* (2026). As Nick Dyer, one of two men taking berths on a returned Cornish fishing boat, he keeps his questions to himself. Jenkin holds on his face, and MacKay gives that stillness enough unease to reward the attention. The middle drifts, but MacKay and Callum Turner keep the two men worth watching.

Our reservations have more to do with the scripts. *Femme* asks Jules to make choices we cannot believe, and MacKay’s careful changes of voice and posture cannot fix them. We would like more scripts that give him as much to work with as he gives their characters. Start with *1917* for the watchfulness, or *Femme* if the opening is something you can take.

## Biography

George MacKay is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as Curly in *Peter Pan* (2003). He later took starring roles in *Private Peaceful* (2012), *How I Live Now* (2013), *For Those in Peril* (2013) and *Marrowbone* (2017).

MacKay gained wider recognition for his leading role as Lance Corporal Schofield in the war film *1917* (2019). He played Preston in the thriller *Femme* (2023), for which he won a British Independent Film Award, Louis in *The Beast* (2024) and Nick Dyer in *Rose of Nevada* (2025). He was born in Hammersmith, London, on 13 March 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *& Sons* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Jamie — [page](https://film.one/film/and-sons.md)
- *Rose of Nevada* (2026), Fi1m 79, as Nick Dyer — [page](https://film.one/film/rose-of-nevada.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (2026), Fi1m 73, as Edward Ferrars — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility-2026.md)
- *The Beast* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Louis — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beast.md)
- *Femme* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Preston — [page](https://film.one/film/femme.md)
- *1917* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Lance Corporal Schofield — [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), Fi1m 63, as Bodevan Cash — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Joe "Bromley" — [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *For Those in Peril* (2013), Fi1m 73, as Aaron — [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Untitled Ocean's Prequel* (2027), Actor
- *Sense and Sensibility* (2026), as Edward Ferrars — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility-2026.md)
- *& Sons* (2026), as Jamie — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/and-sons.md)
- *Mission* (2026), as Dylan
- *Rose of Nevada* (2026), as Nick Dyer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/rose-of-nevada.md)
- *Broken English* (2026), as The Record Keeper
- *Sign Language* (2025), as Seb O'Teur
- *The End* (2024), as Son
- *The Beast* (2024), as Louis — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beast.md)
- *Femme* (2023), as Preston — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/femme.md)
- *I Came By* (2022), as Toby Nealey
- *Find the Light* (2022), as The Lifeguard
- *Munich - The Edge of War* (2021), as Hugh Legat
- *Wolf* (2021), as Jacob
- *The Trick* (2021), as Sam Bowen
- *Ataraxia* (2020), as Boy
- *1917* (2019), as Lance Corporal Schofield — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)
- *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), as Ned Kelly
- *A Guide to Second Date Sex* (2019), as Ryan
- *Nuclear* (2019), as Boy
- *Ophelia* (2019), as Hamlet
- *Been So Long* (2018), as Gil
- *Where Hands Touch* (2018), as Lutz
- *To Provide All People* (2018), as Father
- *Marrowbone* (2017), as Jack Marrowbone
- *Narrated By* (2016), as Bill Sipowitz
- *Captain Fantastic* (2016), as Bodevan Cash — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-fantastic.md)
- *Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories* (2016), series, as Simon Powers
- *Infinite* (2016), as Sid
- *11.22.63* (2016), series, as Bill Turcotte
- *The Outcast* (2015), series, as Lewis Aldridge
- *Fuel to Fire* (2015), as Tomas Gant
- *Bypass* (2014), as Tim
- *Pride* (2014), as Joe "Bromley" — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson* (2013), as Jake Whittam
- *Pieces* (2013), as Son
- *Sunshine on Leith* (2013), as Davy Henshaw
- *How I Live Now* (2013), as Eddie
- *For Those in Peril* (2013), as Aaron — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)
- *Private Peaceful* (2012), as Tommo Peaceful
- *The Best of Men* (2012), as Private William Heath
- *The Devil's Dosh* (2012), as Marcus
- *Birdsong* (2012), series, as Private Douglas
- *Hunky Dory* (2011), as Jake
- *French Exchange* (2011), as Jack
- *The Boys Are Back* (2009), as Harry Warr
- *Defiance* (2008), as Aron Bielski
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (2007), as Kit
- *Tsunami: The Aftermath* (2006), series, as Adam Peabody
- *Johnny and the Bomb* (2006), series, as Johnny Maxwell
- *The Thief Lord* (2006), as Riccio
- *Footprints in the Snow* (2005), as Nathan Hill
- *Peter Pan* (2003), as Curly
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, as Young Calum
- *Cry to Heaven*, Actor
- *The Animals*, as Miles

## Gallery

- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-1e5d3c1bac51.jpg) George MacKay — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/George_MacKay_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3_%28Cropped%29.jpg/1280px-George_MacKay_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3_%28Cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George Mackay at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-5b74b61f8f3f.jpg) George Mackay at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. — gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/GeorgeMackaySept2013TIFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![George MacKay, The Boys are Back film premiere (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-5e6f7a147a46.jpg) George MacKay, The Boys are Back film premiere (2009) — Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/George_MacKay_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-460d2c44e1c1.jpg) George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2.jpg/1280px-George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-a132632d42e5.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-5cabffe35285.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-848ba70585c7.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB
- ![George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-d691b3e370f9.jpg) George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-d2e91904111a.jpg) George MacKay, Jane Pollard,, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Broken English. (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3.jpg/1280px-George_MacKay_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-812b4d33731f.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-7287594f2115.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB
- ![George MacKay](https://film.one/media/person/6836/gallery-796c9048a083.jpg) George MacKay — Image via TMDB

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