Christian Magby
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Bio
Christian Magby is an actor and composer, who previously starred opposite Raul Esparza in the world premiere of the rock musical, “Galileo” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show was written by Danny Strong and directed by Michael Mayer. He had a supporting role in the Oscar nominated, Amazon feature, “One Night in Miami,” directed by Regina King, starring opposite Leslie Odom Jr., Aldis Hodge and Lance Reddick. He was a recurring guest star for two seasons on The CW’s hit series, “The Flash,” and he also recurred on The CW series, “Legacies.”
Born in Atlanta, he started his acting career with the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta. At the age of sixteen, he wrote his first musical, “Love DOES Cost a Thing,” which premiered at 7 Stages Theatre and since then, has written and composed several musicals. Magby composed the music, “The Incredible Book Eating Boy” that ran at Alliance Theatre Company from July through October of 2022, and is currently slated to premiere at South Coast Repertory in 2025. He composed the music for “Milo Imagines the World,” which premiered at Chicago Children’s Theatre. In addition, he executive produced and composed the musical "Mother of God,” that premiered at the Southwest Arts Center in Atlanta in December of 2022.
Magby has worked as an actor and music director in a number of Atlanta theatres, including Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, and Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company.
He is a graduate of SCAD and was commissioned to arrange the school’s alma mater.