Mackenzie Gray was born and raised in Toronto. 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" and has won or been nominated for many awards in his various disciplines.
Gray changed his name from Alexander (his first name) to Mackenzie (his middle name) while at the Stratford Festival under the direction of John Neville. Apparently there was an opera singer named Alexander Gray, whod been around for many years, and the unions had never noticed the conflict.
Gray produced the single biggest independent theatre hit in Toronto with Crows Theatres production of "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love" which subsequently became a hit in New York City and eventually Denys Arcand s first English-language feature Love & Human Remains .
Mackenzie booked his series lead of Greg Hearney on "The Net" by making a crazy videotape in which he played 15 characters in a minute and a half, through digital editing. The producers had stated they were looking for someone with versatility.
Gray wrote vignettes for "Sesame Street" for several years in the 1980s.
Gray posed as Mick Jagger for a photograph to launch Karl Lagerfeld s perfume "Foto" in the early 90s.
Gray was the lead singer and rhythm of a rock and roll band called "The Fridge Stickers".
Mackenzie Gray played Franknfurter in the 21st Anniversary production of "The Rocky Horror Show".
Is the only actor to have played three different roles in live-action Superman dramatizations - all three of them villains. He portrayed both Alistair Kreig and a clone of Lex Luthor in the TV series "Smallville" , and Jax-Ur in Man of Steel .
