Rory McKenna Pro

Actor, Extra, Model, Dancer, Teacher/Choreographer,… more

Victoria, Australia
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Rory is a professional Musician and Actor working in Melbourne. He has booked recent jobs with the AFL, Crown, and the Melbourne Grand Prix (sharing the stage with Rudimental) Rory has been developing his acting skills with courses at NIDA and Howard Fine acting school in Melbourne. He has written… more
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Shawn Mendes - Mercy (Rory McKenna Cover

Uploaded 2 years ago

Rory's Videos: Episode 1 - The Makeover

Uploaded 4 years ago

Rory's Videos: Episode 2 - Co-Host With

Uploaded 4 years ago

Rory McKenna voice over

Uploaded 9 months ago

Holmsey - Escape ft. Rory McKenna

Uploaded 6 months ago

Audio

7 Nation army dollar sing final (cover

Me singing, Beatboxing and playing guitar on my loop pedal. I play this live at almost every gig

Physical Details

Height:
185 cm / 6ft 1in
Waist:
78 cm / 31in
Weight:
84 kg / 184 lbs
Eye color:
Brown
Ethnicity:
Maori
Hair color:
Black
Chest:
111 cm / 44 in
Hair length:
Medium
Skin color:
Tanned
Hair type:
Wavy

Credits

2018
  • Melbourne City FC : Music entertainment all season
  • Grand Prix Main Stage : Rory Mckenna
  • ANZAC Day AFL game : Music entertainment for Essendon
  • Escape - Holmsey ft. Rory McKenna : 500,000+ plays on Spotify
  • Is this Home - Glencoe song release : Written by Rory McKenna, vocals by Rory McKenna
2017
  • 'The Bend Call' : Short film. Rory plays 'Pogo'
  • Escape - Holmsey song release : Written by Rory McKenna, vocals by a Rory McKenna
  • ANZAC AFL game : Music entertainment for the VIP room
  • PWC building launch : Music entertainment
  • Grand Prix Main Stage : Solo performance for 2 hrs
  • Grand Prix corporate stands : Various solo performances throughout the GP weekend
  • AFL season launch at Melbourne Park : 3 hr solo music entertainment
  • ihealth Sauna Photoshoot : topless athlete model
2016
  • Jessie and Marc Murphy's wedding (Carlton football captain) : 1.5 hrs music entertainment
  • 'Lil Project' Charity Event : 15 minute performance
  • 50+ Solo performances in Melbourne this year alone : Guitar, Keyboard & Vocals
  • Entertainment for the Worldwide Enprocal Launch : Music entertainment
  • Offspring TV show on TEN : Bartender
  • Corrs Chambers Westgath Law Firm Event : Music entertainment
  • House Husbands TV show : Bar Attendee
  • Upper Middle Bogan TV show : Hotel Guest
  • Neighbours TV show : Bar Guest
  • Preston Market : Music entertainment
  • Skinny Dog Hotel : Music entertainment
  • Wolf and I Windsor Bar : Music entertainment
  • Panton Hill hotel : Music entertainment
  • Buddabah Bar : Music entertainment
  • Little Billy Restaurant and Bar : Music entertainment
  • Various Corperate and Wedding gigs with Jukebox Dynamite : Vocals
2015
  • 1 year Teaching at Christchurch's 'School of Rock' : Vocal, Guitar and Keyboard Tutoring
  • Howard Fine : Foundation Course
  • 'Absolution' Short Film : supporting role
  • Recorded and Released a song on the 'Majestic Sounds Like' EP : Stars Ft. Rory McKenna
  • NIDA: Acting Techniques 1 &2
  • NIDA : Audition Essentials course
  • NIDA : Screen Acting Techniques
2014
  • Christchurch Tourism : Tour Guide for Online ads
  • Moorhouse Single Release : Somebody Loves You
  • Rory's Videos Launch on Youtube + Facebook : Self Directed and Written short Web series
  • Online Spokesperson for Xfactor AU (Season 6) : Moorhouse Youtube Webisodes
  • Charity Song 'For Everyone' Ft. Moorhouse, Stan Walker and many more NZ legends
  • Moorhouse Album Release with Sony Music
  • Moorhouse Single Release, 'Take a Picture'
2013
  • Performance at Christchurch's Christmas in the Park : 100,000+ crowd
  • XFACTOR NZ 4TH PLACE : As part of the band 'Moorhouse'
  • 'Hope and Wire' NZ TV series : Speaking role as 'Worker'
  • Moorhouse single 'Mama Said' in the top 5 in NZ charts
2012
  • Self Employed Vocal Coaching : 2012-2015
  • Good Morning Show Appearance : Moorhouse Performance + Interview
  • Erin Simpson Show Apperance : Moorhouse performance + Interview
  • Vision College : Diploma in Contemporary Music
  • Moorhouse debut: 'Titanium cover'
2011
  • Christchurch Boys High School : Levels 1, 2 and 3 with Merit Endorsement
2010
  • Various Productions at Majestic Church, Christchurch : Singing, Acting, Worship Leading, Public Speaking (2010-2015)
  • Hoys Cinema Employee (2010-2012) : Cinema Attendant
  • First solo performance at the Majestic Theatre in Christchurch : 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay
2007
  • Notre Dame College's 'The Wizard of Oz' : A Member of the 'Lollipop Guild'
  • Shepparton Stag Show 'Only the Beginning' as : Michael Jackson
2004
  • Year 5 School Play 'Time Warp' as : Michael Jackson
2002
  • Mrs Butler stage show - Palmerston North, New Zealand
2000
  • Rainbow Fish Stage Show at Hokowhitu Primary School, Palmerston North
1998
  • 1st year of school Christmas production : Christmas tree

Acting

Acting experience

Previous paid speaking roles

Languages
  • English
Accents
  • Australian
  • Irish
  • New Zealand
  • South African
  • UK Cockney
  • UK English
  • UK Posh
  • UK Scottish
  • USA Boston
  • USA California
  • USA New York
  • USA Southern
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Indian
  • Italian
  • Maori
  • Mexican
  • Pacific Islander
  • Russian
  • Spanish
- Various School Productions
- Completed Miranda Harcourt Screen Acting course 2010
- Completed NIDA Audition course 28th June 2015
- Completed NIDA acting techniques 1 and 2 on the 10th July 2015
- Currently in NIDA 8 week Screen acting techniques course July 2015-September 2015
- Stand-up Comedy experience
- Performed in 3 local theatre stage shows
- Portfolio of amateur movie productions as the lead role
- X-Factor NZ 2013 – Finalist Moorhouse (placed 4th). Worked extensively for 20 weeks with Film, Sound, Stage crew.
- X-factor Australia 2014 spokesman for TV3 online
- Music Video Moorhouse for singles ‘Take a picture’ and ‘Somebody Loves you’
- Wrote and recorded a solo song called ‘Stars’ and completed a music video for the song.
- Appearances on TV shows – TV1, TV2, TV3, 4:30 show, Erin Simpson, What Now
- Appearance on Gaylene Preston’s TV mini-series “Hope & Wire”
- Producer of Rory’s Videos – Youtube “Rory’s Videos”

Extras

Extras experience

Previous speaking roles

Modeling

Modeling experience

Beginner, starting out

Runway modelling for Christchurch
Various photo shoots for my artist page
Various fitness shoots type/shape
Photo shoots for Xfactor NZ 2013 (top 12 contestant)

Music

Guitar ability

Intermediate

Keyboard ability

Intermediate

Vocal ability

Lead singer

Vocal range

Tenor

Singing styles
  • Pop
Favourite genres
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • Indie
  • Hip-hop
  • Jazz
  • Classical
Influences: Onerepublic, James Arthur, James Blake, Matt Corby

- vocal lessons for 3 years (2010-2012)
- Studied at 'Vision College' in the year of 2012 (got a Diploma in Contemporary Music)
- Taught vocals for 3 months (January - April (2013))
- Placed 4th on Xfactor NZ 2014 as a part of the boy group 'Moorhouse'
- Posted various videos to youtube as a group (Moorhouse) and solo (Rory McKenna)
- Placed 2nd in the Ryan Seacrest 'Best Wrecking Ball cover' contest with my own simple rendition of the Miley Cyrus song

TV & Reality

I was on Xfactor New Zealand in 2013 with the group 'Moorhouse'
famous for a few viral covers on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3mWuQVn_c

Our group came 4th on the Show!!
I have also done a few appearances on NZ TV shows but nothing major!
I am 21 and a vocal tutor to students around my city!
My dream is to be travelling doing what I love - Acting, singing, entertaining :)

Look forward to hearing back from you

Kind Regards,
Rory

Dancing

Dancing ability

Expert

Teaching or Choreography ability

Expert

Dance styles
  • Hip Hop

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