Jayden McGinlay

Jayden has over 13 years of experience in acting. He starred in his first professional stage production at age 8 before his start on screen at age 9.

Jayden plays Cecil in the re-imagining of Stephen King's Children of the Corn, written and directed by Kurt Wimmer (Salt) and produced by Lucas Foster (Ford v Ferrari) Doug Barry (FML) John Baldecchi (Happy Death Day). It had its theatrical release in March 2023 and is streaming on Shudder. It was the only film in the world to shoot entirely during the 2020 Covid lock-down.

Jayden plays Teddy in 'The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay', on Disney+ opposite Izabela Rose (Upside-Down Magic) as Quinn, directed by Christine Luby (This Little Love of Mine) and produced by the The Steve Jaggi Company.

Jayden also played Max in the Netflix Original thriller Sweet River, released in 2020.

Jayden has performed in over 30 stage productions including the Australian National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with Rachael Beck and David Hobson, Opera Australia and Gordon Frost's National Tour of The King and I, with Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes, and the London Palladium Production of The Sound of Music, with Marina Prior and Cameron Daddo.