George Mackay • United Kingdom
Shooting Stars 2014
George Mackay made a huge splash last year, starring in both successful and acclaimed How I Live Now, For Those in Peril and Sunshine on Leith
George Mackay's career began at the age of 9 in the role of Cury in P J Hogan's Peter Pan. It continued to flourish in Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back [+see also:
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