Career
Justin McDonald is a British actor of film, television and theatre. His keen interest in Art and Literature lead him into acting at an early age and he was soon awarded a scholarship by the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London where he gained a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Acting, trained using the Meisner technique. McDonald went on to complete his studies early in order to film on the television drama Distant Shores for Independent Television Granada, playing series regular Ben McCallister.
Following this he has appeared in many acclaimed television productions such as Holby City, The Bill, Torchwood, Afterlife, Casualty, Emmerdale, Wolfblood and the crime detective series Inspector George Gently.
McDonald"s first major film saw him appearing alongside Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the Beatrix Potter biopic Mission Potter as the young William Heelis, who encouraged the young Beatrix Potter to write and illustrate her stories. which starred Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth. The film was based on the memoirs of the same title written by Blake Morrison.
McDonald"s stage debut came in 2010, playing the role of Klaus Voormann in the original stage adaptation of Backbeat. The untold story of The Beatles during their early Hamburg days.
He played the voice of Frank Simmons in the critically acclaimed Nintendo Wii Video Game Cursed Mountain.
His voice career has also lead him to the Monty Python comedy troupe, playing the voice of young David Sherlock in the animated feature film A Liar"s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python"s Graham Chapman.