Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
McRae was part of the radical theatre group 7:84 before graduating from Edinburgh University, and by 1977 he had joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the United Kingdom he had substantial roles in The French Lieutenant"s Woman and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan. He has performed in several musicals on the London stage, including Mamma Mia! and Mission Saigon, in which he played the part of The Engineer.
In 2008 he played the part of Scarecrow in the Southbank"s production of The Wizard of Ounces
In 2006, he acted in Rabbit, a play by Nina Raine which opened at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, and then transferred to the Trafalgar Studios, Whitehall. McRae starred in the play The Kreutzer Sonata, based on Tolstoy"s novella, which opened at the Gate Theatre in London in 2009 with McRae in the solo role, and was revived for a second run in 2012.
The production also transferred to New York City. His performance received acclaim both in the United Kingdom from many top publications, and in the United States. from the New York Times.
He has concentrated mainly on avant-garde and political theatre. In 2009, McRae won rave reviews as the title role in The Execution of Gary Glitter.