Renowned character actor and theater director, recently starred in Scott Coopers THE PALE BLUE EYE opposite Christian Bale for Netflix, HIJACK opposite Idris Elba for Apple+, and the series finale of CARNIVAL ROW for Amazon. In the coming months you will see McBurney starring opposite Elizabeth Banks in director Christine Jeffs, A MISTAKE, which premiered at The Tribeca Film festival; co-starring with Andre Holland in Duke Johnson’s THE ACTOR, as well as starring in Robert Eggers latest film NOSFERATU, amongst a star studded cast.  

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Other film credits include: the voice of “Lord Protector” in the Oscar-nominated animated feature WOLFWALKERS for Apple+. Abel Ferrara’s SIBERIA opposite Willem Dafoe, Christopher McQuarrie’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- ROGUE NATION, James Wan’s THE CONJURING 2, Robert Zemeckis’ ALLIED, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Tomas Alfredson’s TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, Cary Joji Fukunaga’s JANE EYRE, Nicole Holofcener’s FRIENDS WITH MONEY, Kevin Macdonald’s THE LAST KIND OF SCOTLAND, BODY OF LIES and ROBIN HOOD (both for director Ridley Scott), and the title role of the legendary filmmaker in Renny Bartlett’s EISENSTEIN. Other streaming and television appearances include “Rupert Murdoch” opposite Russell Crowe in THE LOUDEST VOICE for Showtime, REV as “Archdeacon Robert” BBC TV, and as “Donaldson” in the original UTOPIA for Channel 4