Wesley MacInnes

Wesley MacInnes is a Canadian country musician who performs under the stage name Wes Mack. He is also an actor and a director.

Early life MacInnes was born in Calgary, Alberta. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

In September 2013, Mack received 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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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

Filmography Year Title Role 2009 The Vampire Diaries Peeing Guy #1 2009 A Dog Named Christmas George - Age 20 2010 Smallville Icicle 2011 Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story Sean Harris 2011–12 Heartland Austin Mars 2012 The Phantoms Kevin O Neill 2012 Continuum Hoyt Gerber 2014 Supernatural Thaddeus/Corey 2014 The 100 Derek 2014 Girl House Alex 2015 Motive Theo 2016 iZombie Hunter 2016 Warcraft Gate Guard 2017 Power Rangers Colt Wallace (credited as "Bully") 2019 Cold Pursuit Dante

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Edge of the Storm Release date: September 4, 2015 Label: Universal Music Canada Soul Release date: October 25, 2019 Label: Creator Brand Label Co. Hummingbird Release date: October 20, 2023 Label: Wes Mack

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

Singles Year Title Peak chartpositions CAN CAN Country 2013 "Duet" 89 9 "Our Soundtrack" — 20 2015 "Before You Drive Me Crazy" 98 6 "The Way You Let Me Down" 100 12 "I Lost Count" — 29 2016 "Listen to Me" — — 2025 "Where the Lost Get Found" — 58 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos Year Video DirectorAlbum 2013 "Duet" (with Carly McKillip) Wes MackEdge of the Storm "Our Soundtrack" 2015 "Before You Drive Me Crazy" "The Way You Let Me Down" Andy Hines "I Lost Count" Emma Higgins/Jack Chen 2016 "Listen to Me" Wes Mack 2018 "House on Fire"Soul "PBR State of Mind"2019"Never Have I Ever" (ft. Sons of Daughters )Wes Mack2019"Best Hangover" (ft. Maddie Storvold )Wes Mack

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Result 2014 Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star CMT Video of the Year – "Duet" Video Director of the Year 2015 Songwriter of the Year – "Before You Drive Me Crazy" Video Director of the Year 2016 Album of the Year - Edge Of The Storm Interactive Artist of the Year 2024 Songwriter(s) of the Year - "Whiskey in Colorado"