Jayden McGinlay
ACTOR | PERFORMER | MUSICIAN
ABOUT
Jayden McGinlay is a versatile actor on both stage and screen, having worked professionally in musicals, feature films and on television from a very young age. Jayden was the youngest child in Australia to play the lead role of Jeremy Potts in the professional tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, at just 8 years oldtwo years below the age the producers had agreed would be the minimum requirement for the role.
Children of the Corn
2023 (Role: Cecil) Lionsgate
Feature Film | Horror
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The film describes the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults’ irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children’s future.
The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay
2022 (Role: Teddy) Disney Channel
Feature Film | 1h 25m | Family | Drama
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15 year old Quinn Perkins is ecstatic to be spending the summer working as an intern with her best friend Daniella and marine biologist father Charlie. Quinn is thrilled to be researching the reef’s unnatural shift in biodiversity, but things feel different between herself and Daniella and it’s not long before Quinn agrees to join adventurer wannabe Teddy on a treasure hunt as a distraction. Mysterious events start to occur and the teens assume they are being haunted by local legend Every Fallow. After receiving Everly’s journal from his daughter, the teens discover a treasure map and must work to uncover the truth about the mysterious Everly Fallow and what, or who, is responsible for the problems on the reef.
Sweet River
2020 (Role: Max) Netflix Original
Feature Film | 1h 42m | MA15+ | Horror/ Mystery |
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Hana’s search for her son’s body leads her to the sleepy town of Billing, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose the town’s secrets – secrets that both the living and the dead will fight to protect.
Remus and Ron
2020 (Role: Henry) Why Not? Films
Short Film | 9m 40s | MA15+ | Horror
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Remus and Ron tells the story of how Remus a 30-year-old eccentric and awkward man ended up in the back of a police car arrested for murder. He looks back on his childhood and reminisces on how he turned out so different from his identical twin brother Ron, despite being inflicted the same bizarre and abusive upbringing. Exploring themes of nature vs nurture and twisting the stereotypes of future serial killer behavior, Remus and Ron is a dark and disturbing look at how one twin could be so evil and the other so caring.
Harrow
2018 (Role: Eli) ABC
TV Series | Drama/ Crime
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Harrow tells the story of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a forensic pathologist with a total disregard for authority.
Thicker Than Water
2018 (Role: Young Susha) Amazon Prime Video
Feature Film | 1h 12m | Drama
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A sister struggles to keep her brothers together when the eldest, a recovering drug addict, returns from rehab.
Project: One Shot
2016 (Role: Henry)
Short Film | 19m 40s | Drama
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The brainchild and vision of Darwin Brooks, a Gold Coast director (The Great Gatsby, Charlie’s Farm, The Suicide Theory, 47 Ronin, The Railway Man, Australia, Prince of Persia, Alexander and Peter Pan), to produce a short film captured in one take. No edits or cuts.
John and Ian’s hopes of a day out on the the water are thwarted by unexpected mechanical troubles and they are forced to make their way through a town of misfits and questionable characters.
Driven By Love
2014 (Role: Matthew)
Short Film | 14m 40s | Drama
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Inspired by a collaboration of true stories, this film leaves no stone unturned when telling the story of single mother, Ariel, and the challenges she faces in life as a single mother. There is something about Ariel’s resilience that teaches her child the art of compassion.
Odyssey
2015 (Role: Arthur)
Short Film | 6m 37s | Sci-Fi/ Drama
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When a young boy loses his mother to the vastness of space, what can he do but remember her as a superhero?
Follow My Way
2018 (Role: Boy)
Short Film | 20m 1s | Thriller
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Along with her young son, a single mother flees from an abusive cult in the middle of the night, but soon discovers that the hardest cages to escape are drawn in our own minds.