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James McAvoy
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James McAvoy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-04-21,Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
James McAvoy (born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play, science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA award-winning series Shameless (British TV series) He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008). In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.

Filmography

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

7.133

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005-12-07

The Last King of Scotland

7.421

The Last King of Scotland
2006-09-27

7.307

Becoming Jane
2007-03-02

7.643

Atonement
2007-02-27

6.675

Strings
2004-10-24

The Sands Between

6.5

The Sands Between
2021-09-25

5.109

The Pool
2001-10-04

Inside I'm Dancing

7.428

Inside I'm Dancing
2004-10-15

6.732

Penelope
2006-03-01

6.216

Wimbledon
2004-09-13

6.5

Wanted
2008-06-19

6.401

Starter for 10
2006-09-13

The Last Station

6.338

The Last Station
2009-09-04

The Conspirator

6.554

The Conspirator
2011-04-15

Bright Young Things

6.315

Bright Young Things
2003-10-03

Bollywood Queen

4.8

Bollywood Queen
2002-12-11

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

10

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023-04-12

Gnomeo & Juliet

5.896

Gnomeo & Juliet
2011-01-13

7.2

Speak No Evil
2024-09-11

0

Control

X-Men: First Class

7.297

X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01

6.623

Trance
2013-03-27

Arthur Christmas

6.764

Arthur Christmas
2011-11-10

Welcome to the Punch

5.857

Welcome to the Punch
2013-03-15

6.851

Filth
2013-09-23

4.614

The Bubble
2022-03-25

X-Men: Days of Future Past

7.527

X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014-05-15

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

6.174

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014-05-14

4.889

The Near Room
1997-04-11

Victor Frankenstein

5.953

Victor Frankenstein
2015-11-10

6.25

White Teeth
2002-09-16

Turn Up the Sun!

1

Turn Up the Sun!

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

6.706

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014-10-10

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

6.698

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014-10-10

X-Men: Apocalypse

6.516

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016-05-18

Muppets Most Wanted

6.3

Muppets Most Wanted
2014-03-20

The Book of Clarence

5.918

The Book of Clarence
2024-01-11

Sherlock Gnomes

5.72

Sherlock Gnomes
2018-03-15

California Schemin'

0

California Schemin'
2025-09-06

7.342

Split
2017-01-19

6.428

Atomic Blonde
2017-07-26

5.461

Submergence
2017-09-22

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

8

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011-09-09

5.704

Regeneration
1997-08-27

5.69

Lorna Doone
2001-03-11

5.97

Dark Phoenix
2019-06-05

6.666

Glass
2019-01-16

6.833

It Chapter Two
2019-09-04

Once Upon a Deadpool

7.1

Once Upon a Deadpool
2018-12-11

7.6

Macbeth
2005-11-14

7.489

Deadpool 2
2018-05-15

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

7.136

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019-12-10

National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac

8.4

National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020-02-20

The Making of 'Split'

6.353

The Making of 'Split'
2017-04-18

6.165

My Son
2021-09-23

5.828

Together
2021-08-27

One World: Together at Home

7.029

One World: Together at Home
2020-04-18

The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

10

The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020-12-25

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special

6.724

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012-06-05

The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

6

The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020-12-23

The Space Between Attack and Decay

0

The Space Between Attack and Decay
2025-05-09

8.4

Murder in Mind
2001-04-22

4.607

The One Show
2006-08-14

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

5.962

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001-11-02

7.7

Early Doors
2003-05-12

7.545

Shameless
2004-01-13

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.405

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

7.486

State of Play
2003-05-18

7.898

Foyle's War
2002-10-27

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

7.5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018-03-06

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

6.991

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003-03-16

ShakespeaRe-Told

7.5

ShakespeaRe-Told
2005-11-07

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.323

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

6.818

Watership Down
2018-12-22

7.514

Top Gear
2002-10-20

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

7.91

The Sandman
2022-08-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.083

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

The Graham Norton Show

7.185

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

7.152

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002-04-08

Band of Brothers

8.572

Band of Brothers
2001-09-09

His Dark Materials

7.872

His Dark Materials
2019-11-03

7

White Teeth
2002-09-17

8

Lorna Doone
2000-12-24

The Bridge: Race to a Fortune

4

The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
2020-10-11

Hot Ones Versus

9.667

Hot Ones Versus
2024-01-31