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 (۲۰۱۷) playing “The Eye” and is a recurring cast member on both the CW series Riverdale (۲۰۱۶) as “The Pathologist” and plays “The Time Master” on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (۲۰۱۶).

Since moving to Vancouver in 1998 as a series lead for the television series The Net(1998), he has appeared as a guest star in scores of Vancouver or Calgary-filmed productions, recently including the BBC America/Netflix series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (۲۰۱۶), Fargo (۲۰۱۴), R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (۲۰۱۰), Alcatraz(2012), and Project Mc² (۲۰۱۵). He returned to Toronto to Guest-Star in the series Bitten(2014).

Guest-Starring roles include “John Amos” in If There Be Thorns (۲۰۱۵), “David Bowie” in Some Assembly Required (۲۰۱۴), “Lex Luthor” in Season 10 of Smallville (۲۰۰۱), “The Djiin” in Supernatural (۲۰۰۵), “The Observer” in the series finale of Fringe (۲۰۰۸), as the Devil, in the form of Keith Richards, in R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (۲۰۱۰), as a Southern U.S. Senator opposed to Civil Rights in the mini-series The Kennedys (۲۰۱۱) and as a Graphic Novelist with a dark secret again in R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour(2010).

Other Guest-Star or Lead roles include work on the TV series Human Target (۲۰۱۰), Young Blades (۲۰۰۵), Da Vinci’s Inquest (۱۹۹۸), The Collector (۲۰۰۴), First Wave (۱۹۹۸), So Weird (۱۹۹۹), Once Upon a Time (۲۰۱۱), True Justice (۲۰۱۰), The Bridge (۲۰۱۰), Sanctuary (۲۰۰۸), Psych (۲۰۰۶), Kyle XY (۲۰۰۶), The L Word (۲۰۰۴), Romeo! (۲۰۰۳), The Twilight Zone (۲۰۰۲), Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (۲۰۰۲), Big Sound (۲۰۰۰), Andromeda (۲۰۰۰), Cold Squad (۱۹۹۸), Voyage of the Unicorn (۲۰۰۱) and Welcome to Paradox (۱۹۹۸).

Mackenzie was recently seen on the big screen in Warcraft: The Beginning (۲۰۱۶), and was celebrated around the world for his portrayal of “Jax-Ur” in Warner Brothers’ Zack Snyder-directed Superman film Man of Steel (۲۰۱۳). He appeared as the band’s Road Manager in Metallica’s 3-D IMAX Feature Metallica Through the Never (۲۰۱۳) and appeared in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (۲۰۰۹). Other feature film work includes co-starring roles in Grave Encounters (۲۰۱۱), Shooter (۲۰۰۷), Storm Seekers (۲۰۰۹), Riddles of the Sphinx (۲۰۰۸), Destination: Infestation (۲۰۰۷), Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (۲۰۰۸), Strip Search (۱۹۹۷), Christmas on Chestnut Street (۲۰۰۶), ۲۱۰۳: The Deadly Wake (۱۹۹۷), Word of Honor (۲۰۰۳), The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting(2003), Falling Fire (۱۹۹۷), In Her Mother’s Footsteps (۲۰۰۶), Hard Ride to Hell (۲۰۱۰), Shepherd (۱۹۹۸), Fugitives Run (۲۰۰۵), Replikator (۱۹۹۴) and The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996).

He co-produced and acted in the upcoming feature film Heart of Clay (۲۰۱۷), and the award-winning feature film Poe: Last Days of the Raven (۲۰۰۸). Mackenzie has written, produced and directed 7 short films. His Crazy 8’s Film Noir short Under the Bridge of Fear(2013) screened at Cannes Court Métrage at The Cannes Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Whistler Film Festival and was broadcast by the CBC. It was nominated for 10 LEO Awards, winning one.