Too Opinionated Interview: Mackenzie Gray

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 9:22 p.m.

Today on Too Opinionated, actor Mackenzie Gray visits and talks about his new film, Ditched.\xa0 A professional actor for over 40 years, he has appeared in over 150 films and television shows. As of 2017, he is a series regular on the Marvel/FX Series Legion\xa0playing "The Eye" and is a recurring cast member on both the CW series\xa0Riverdale\xa0as "The Pathologist" and plays "The Time Master" on DC's\xa0DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Since moving to Vancouver in 1998 as a series lead for the television series\xa0The Net, he has appeared as a guest star in scores of Vancouver or Calgary-filmed productions, recently including the BBC America/Netflix series\xa0Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency,\xa0Fargo,\xa0R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour,\xa0Alcatraz, and\xa0Project Mc\xb2. He returned to Toronto to Guest-Star in the series\xa0Bitten.

Guest-Starring roles include "John Amos" in\xa0If There Be Thorns, "David Bowie" in\xa0Some Assembly Required, "Lex Luthor" in Season 10 of\xa0Smallville, "The Djiin" in\xa0Supernatural, "The Observer" in the series finale of\xa0Fringe, as the Devil, in the form of Keith Richards, in\xa0R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour, as a Southern U.S. Senator opposed to Civil Rights in the mini-series\xa0The Kennedys\xa0and as a Graphic Novelist with a dark secret again in\xa0R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour.

Other Guest-Star or Lead roles include work on the TV series\xa0Human Target,\xa0Young Blades,\xa0Da Vinci's Inquest,\xa0The Collector,\xa0First Wave,\xa0So Weird,\xa0Once Upon a Time,\xa0True Justice,\xa0The Bridge,\xa0Sanctuary,\xa0Psych,\xa0Kyle XY,\xa0The L Word,\xa0Romeo!,\xa0The Twilight Zone,\xa0Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight,\xa0Big Sound,\xa0Andromeda,\xa0Cold Squad,\xa0Voyage of the Unicorn\xa0and\xa0Welcome to Paradox.

Mackenzie was recently seen on the big screen in\xa0Warcraft, and was celebrated around the world for his portrayal of "Jax-Ur" in Warner Brothers'\xa0Zack Snyder-directed Superman film\xa0Man of Steel. He appeared as the band's Road Manager in\xa0Metallica's 3-D IMAX Feature\xa0Metallica Through the Never\xa0and appeared in\xa0Terry Gilliam's\xa0The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Other feature film work includes co-starring roles in\xa0Grave Encounters,\xa0Shooter,\xa0Storm Seekers,\xa0Riddles of the Sphinx,\xa0Destination: Infestation,\xa0Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead,\xa0Strip Search,\xa0Christmas on Chestnut Street,\xa02103: The Deadly Wake,\xa0Word of Honor,\xa0The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting,\xa0Falling Fire,\xa0In Her Mother's Footsteps,\xa0Hard Ride to Hell,\xa0Shepherd,\xa0Fugitives Run,\xa0Replikator\xa0and\xa0The Long Kiss Goodnight. Mackenzie also works extensively as a "voice" performer. He is the voice of "Obadiah Stane" in Marvel Comics' series\xa0Iron Man: Armored Adventures, "Gramorr" in\xa0LoliRock, and has recurring roles on the animated TV series Tetsujin,\xa0Stargate: Infinity,\xa0Action Man, Madeline, Evolution and\xa0NASCAR Racers. He has also recorded several lead roles in animated feature films. Notable among these are "Long John Silver" in Treasure Island, "Professor Henry" in\xa0Madeline: My Fair Madeline\xa0and the dual lead roles of "Doctor Nightingale" and "Adrian Rourke" in\xa0Groove Squad. Other animated work includes Tony Hawk,\xa0Ben Hur\xa0(with\xa0Charlton Heston) and\xa0Ark,\xa0Master Keaton,\xa0Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, Lost Continent,\xa0Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!\xa0and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He has created many voices for Video Games, is the lead in the new Black Orchid XBox Game and several characters in the latest edition of Dawn of War.

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