Actor | Director | Creative
MARC MACKINNON

Biography
I am a Glasgow-based actor and creative. Over the last ten years, I have performed across the UK and Internationally with companies like The National Theatre, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, The Tron Theatre, A Play, a Pie, and a Pint, Scottish Opera, Storyhouse Chester, Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn, the Australian Discovery Orchestra and Sydney Festival.
Recent theatre credits include: Macbeth (Storyhouse); Gallus in Weegieland, Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell (Tron Theatre); The Last Cabaret on Earth, Medea on the Mic (A Play, A Pie, and A Pint); Macbeth (an undoing) (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh/ Rose Theatre Kingston/ TFANA Brooklyn); An Oak Tree (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Ode to Joy (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sydney Festival); Four Play (Above the Stag); Peter Gynt (National Theatre/Edinburgh International Festival).
Alongside acting, I am also the wearer of many other creative hats, mainly as a writer, director, and professional tarot reader. Most recently, I have directed as part of Framework Festival at the Citizens Theatre, and have just finished my debut short film, Aineolach, which is currently being submitted to the film festival circuit for 2026.
Training:
Mountview (MA in Performance - Acting)
University of Glasgow (MA undergraduate in Theatre Studies)
Representation: Susie Dumbreck at Infinity Artists Management
Reviews
"Mackinnon’s singing and piano playing is gorgeous, his stage presence wise, witty and irresistible."
— The Scotsman (The Last Cabaret on Earth)
"...Mackinnon is a force to be reckoned with, not only for the quick whips in the script but for the adoring way he plays Manpussy."
— Theatre Travels (Ode to Joy)
"Mackinnon dominates the stage, pushing the comedy... giving way to almost tragedy and soft tenderness."
— Boyz Magazine (Four Play)
"...a splendid performance from a naturally gifted storyteller."
— Corr Blimey (Medea on the Mic)
"A ball of unending creative beauty."
— British Theatre Guide (Gallus in Weegielland)

















