Wesley MacInnes

Wesley MacInnes is a Canadian country musician under the stage name Wes Mack, an actor, and a director.

Wesley MacInnes
Wes Mack on the Green Carpet at the 2016 CCMA Awards where he was nominated for Album of the Year for Edge of the Storm.
Born
Calgary, Alberta
NationalityCanadian
Other namesWes Mack
OccupationActor
Musician
Known forIcicle in Smallville
Austin Mars in Heartland

Early life

MacInnes was born in Calgary, Alberta. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

Music career

MacInnes performs as a country musician under the name Wes Mack.[2] In June 2013, Mack released his debut single, "Duet" (featuring Carly McKillip of Canadian country duo One More Girl) to Canadian country radio.[3] The song, mixed by renowned producer Joey Moi, peaked at number 9 on the Country Billboard Chart[4] and also landed Mack the overall grand prize in the International Unsigned Only Music competition.[5]

In September 2013 Mack was awarded a Canadian Country Music Association award.

He released a second independent single in late 2013 shortly before announcing his signing a record deal with Big Machine and Universal Music (in a joint venture). He was nominated for three Canadian country music awards: Video of the year (Duet), rising star, and video director of the year (for One More Girl's Love Like Mine).

In January 2015 Mack released his debut major label single, Before You Drive Me Crazy.[6] The song peaked at #6 on the Canadian Country Billboard chart. In June 2015 Mack released his second major label single, The Way You Let Me Down (which peaked at number 11 on the Canadian Country Billboard chart) and began the first leg of Shania Twain's Rock This Country farewell tour serving as the only opening act. After completing the first leg, Mack was asked by Twain to return for a number of additional performances in Canada in the fall. In September 2015, Mack performed on the CCMA Awards show and was nominated for two awards (Music video director of the year and songwriter of the year).

In 2016 Mack released a new single titled Listen To Me, and once again directed the music video, which featured a mixture of current footage, clips from Mack's childhood, sections from his teenage years as well as footage from his tour with Shania Twain. His album Edge of the Storm was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2016 CCMA Awards, where he was also nominated for Interactive Artist of the Year.[7]

Acting career

From 2009 to 2010, MacInnes appeared in two CW shows, The Vampire Diaries and Smallville (where he played the supervillain Icicle in the two-hour TV movie Smallville: Absolute Justice). He also portrayed a young Bruce Greenwood, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film A Dog Named Christmas.[8]

In 2011, MacInnes was cast in a recurring role on CBC's Heartland as country musician Austin Mars - the romantic interest of series lead Mallory Wells.[9] He also appeared in the Lifetime Network biopic Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story (starring Poppy Montgomery) playing the character Sean Harris – the real life inspiration for the Ron Weasley character in the literary and film franchise, Harry Potter.[10]

In 2019, MacInnes appeared opposite Oscar-nominated actor Liam Neeson in the action thriller film, Cold Pursuit.[11] MacInnes portrayed the character Dante.

Filmography
YearTitleRole
2009The Vampire DiariesPeeing Guy #1
2009A Dog Named ChristmasGeorge - Age 20
2010SmallvilleIcicle
2011Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling StorySean Harris
2011–12HeartlandAustin Mars
2012The PhantomsKevin O Neill
2012ContinuumHoyt Gerber
2014SupernaturalThaddeus/Corey
2014The 100Derek
2014Girl HouseAlex
2015MotiveTheo
2016iZombieHunter
2016WarcraftGate Guard
2017Power RangersColt Wallace (credited as "Bully")
2019Cold PursuitDante

[12]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details
Edge of the Storm
Soul

Extended plays
Title Album details
Wes Mack
  • Release date: June 2, 2015
  • Label: Universal Music Canada

Music videos
Year Video Director Album
2013 "Duet" (with Carly McKillip) Wes Mack Edge of the Storm
"Our Soundtrack"
2015 "Before You Drive Me Crazy"
"The Way You Let Me Down" Andrew Hines
"I Lost Count"[13] Emma Higgins/Jack Chen
2016 "Listen to Me" Wes Mack
2018 "House On Fire" Soul
"PBR State of Mind"
2019 "Never Have I Ever"[14] (ft. Sons of Daughters) Wes Mack
2019 "Best Hangover" (ft. Maddie Storvold) Wes Mack

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Result
2014 Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Nominated
CMT Video of the Year – "Duet" Nominated
Video Director of the Year Nominated
2015 Songwriter of the Year – "Before You Drive Me Crazy" Nominated
Video Director of the Year Nominated
2016 Album of the Year - Edge Of The Storm Nominated
Interactive Artist of the Year Nominated

References
  1. Steve Eramo. Smallville's Wesley MacInnes – The Iceman Cometh. April 11, 2010 [Retrieved May 18, 2012]. Sci Fi TV and Talk.
  2. "CMT Artist Bio". CMT. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. Artist: Wes Mack. [Retrieved December 30, 2013]. CMT Canada.
  4. "Wes Mack Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. Unsigned Only Music Competition Announces 2013 Winners. August 29, 2013 [Retrieved December 30, 2013]. PR Web.
  6. "Universal Music Press Release". Universal Music. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  7. "Universal Music Press Release". Universal Music. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  8. Jasmyn Pozzo. Wesley MacInnes gets magical in the JK Rowling Story. Aug 18, 2011 [Retrieved May 17, 2012]. Vancouver Observer.
  9. Heartland On CBC. Season 5's Sixth New Episode. October 30, 2011 [Retrieved May 18, 2012]. Heartland.
  10. Heath McCoy. Wesley MacInnes on playing 'the guy behind Ron Weasley'. Aug 18, 2011 [Retrieved May 12, 2012]. National Post.
  11. "Calgary's Wesley MacInnes suffers the wrath of Liam Neeson in Cold Pursuit". calgaryherald. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  12. "IMDB Artist Page Wesley MacInnes". IMDB. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  13. "I Lost Count – Wes Mack". Vevo. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  14. "Wes Mack - Never Have I Ever (ft Sons of Daughters ) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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