Antoine McKay (born August 10, 1970) is an American actor, director and educator who appears as “Bunkie” in the hit TV primetime drama Empire and "Uncle Spike" in South Side.
McKay, who was the second of four children, attended St. Aloysius Elementary and graduated from Wayne Memorial High School.
[2] McKay developed an interest in performing early in life, but it wasn’t until he saw his older brother perform in a high school version of Oklahoma that he was finally inspired to pursue acting.
McKay attended Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI, where he studied theatre.
McKay performed on Second City’s Main Stages[3] in Detroit and later relocated to Chicago[4] where he performed alongside actors like Keegan-Michael Key, Nyima Funk, Josh Funk and Marc Evan.