Mackenzie Gray

Alexander Mackenzie Gray^[1] (born 22 November 1957) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Canada.

Life and career

Gray was born in Toronto.^[2] After studying and working in London, UK, he completed his training at the University of Toronto. He performed in independent films in the UK, but his first North American feature film was The Wars in 1983. A professional actor for over 30 years,^[3] he has worked on stage numerous times in Britain, Canada and the United States.^[4] He has also appeared in over 130 films and television shows^[5] and was a series lead on a major US network. Gray has also done voiceover work for animated series, documentaries and video games.^[6] In addition to performing, Gray is a director, writer and producer in film and theatre. He wrote vignettes and "shorts" for several episodes of Sesame Street from 1984 to 1986.

Gray also has a musical background. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Toronto rock band The Fridge Stickers. Mackenzie has composed and recorded many songs, incidental music and scores for films, TV shows and web features. In 2008, he co-produced the award-winning feature film Poe: Last Days of The Raven. He taught Film History at The Art Institute of Vancouver for 5 years and teaches Acting for Film at The University of British Columbia. He was a sitting member of the board of directors of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for 4 years, as well as a voting member. He also served on the Western Gemini 2006 Committee for that year's Gemini Awards.^[7]

Gray has appeared multiple times in Superman media,^[8] including twice in the television series Smallville, notably as an older clone of Lex Luthor; and as Kryptonian scientist Jax-Ur in Man of Steel.^[2] He played Fangtom in the 2011 animated series Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, and also took the lead role of Dr. Hitz in the 2016 short film 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be based on the short story by Kurt Vonnegut. He also provided the voice for the main villain, Gramorr, in the first two seasons of LoliRock. Gray also appeared in the 2011 horror film Grave Encounters.^[9] In 2016, Gray portrayed Lux Dujour in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. In 2017, Gray voiced Dandy Grandeur in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season seven episode "Fluttershy Leans In". He currently portrays Walter / The Eye on the FX television series Legion.^[10]

( Gray appears in a film called "A Winter Princess" copyright 2009- as King Kristof. I've just watched this film but I'm unable to add this to the film section. )

Filmography

Film

Television

Short films

Awards and nominations

Gray has won 3 Leo awards and been nominated for one on 16 other occasions.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Mackenzie Gray Biography (1957-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
2. ^ "Man of Steel role opens doors for Vancouver actor Mackenzie Gray" by Marsha Lederman at www.theglobeandmail.com
3. ^ "The Film Within A Film: "The Gray Vampire", Mackenzie Gray on the set of 'The Wolf Who Came to Dinner'" by Beatrice King at vancouversun.com
4. ^ "2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards winners announced" by Greg David at www.tv-eh.com
5. ^ "Mackenzie Gray credits Crazy8s for pushing him to produce iconic film noir" at www.vancouverisawesome.com
6. ^ Mackenzie Gray voice acting credits at www.behindthevoiceactors.com
7. ^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Annual Report" Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2006-2007
8. ^ "The Marvel Villain You Likely Forgot Riverdale's Mackenzie Gray Played" by Jonah Schuhart at www.looper.com
9. ^ Harvey, Dennis (24 May 2011). "Grave Encounters". Variety.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
10. ^ "REEL PEOPLE: Gray Matters" by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com
11. ^ "Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘Metallica Through The Never’, ‘Muscle Shoals’, ‘Shepard & Dark’, ‘We Are What We Are’, ‘Morning’, ‘The Wicker Man’, ‘On The Job’, ‘The Network’" at deadline.com
12. ^ "Production begins on Soska sisters’ Rabid remake" by Regan Reid at playbackonline.ca
13. ^ "[FrightFest Review] ‘Rabid’ Remake Pays Tribute to Cronenberg and Canadian Horror" by Meagan Navarro at bloody-disgusting.com
14. ^ "Photos from the Set of "Under the Bridge of Fear" by Caroline Coutts at vancouversun.com
15. ^ "Doing intergalactic battle. 1 Sheriff, a host of Goddesses." by Style Dayne at vancouversun.com
16. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 1999 at www.leoawards.com
17. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2000 at www.leoawards.com
18. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2002 at www.leoawards.com
19. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2004 at www.leoawards.com
20. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2011 at www.leoawards.com
21. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2012 at www.leoawards.com
22. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2014 at www.leoawards.com
23. ^ "#YVRSHOOTS - LEO AWARDS Go to DOWN RIVER, CONTINUUM, MOTIVE & More" by Susan Gittins at www.vancouverisawesome.com
24. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2015 at www.leoawards.com
25. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2016 at www.leoawards.com
26. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2017 at www.leoawards.com
27. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2018 at www.leoawards.com
28. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2020 at www.leoawards.com

External links

• Mackenzie Gray at IMDb