James McAvoy

James McAvoy

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Glasgow, Scotland, UK
    Birthday
    4/21/1979
Atonement
Atonement
7.651
Strings
Strings
6.603
Inside I'm Dancing
Inside I'm Dancing
7.41
Wanted
Wanted
6.512
Starter for 10
Starter for 10
6.414
The Conspirator
The Conspirator
6.552
Gnomeo & Juliet
Gnomeo & Juliet
5.866
Trance
Trance
6.625
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas
6.762
Welcome to the Punch
Welcome to the Punch
5.855
Filth
Filth
6.9
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein
5.941
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
6.704
X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse
6.513
Submergence
Submergence
5.456
X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class
7.297
Split
Split
7.339
Glass
Glass
6.679
It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two
6.85
Macbeth
Macbeth
7.8
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
9.125
The Making of 'Split'
The Making of 'Split'
6.636
My Son
My Son
6.175
Together
Together
5.882
Speak No Evil
0
The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland
7.419
Becoming Jane
Becoming Jane
7.331
Penelope
Penelope
6.7
Bollywood Queen
Bollywood Queen
6
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
6.165
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
6.735
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde
6.411
X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past
7.526
Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix
5.99
The Sands Between
The Sands Between
6.6
The Last Station
The Last Station
6.4
Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes
5.647
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
6.9
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
0
The Pool
The Pool
5.149
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
6.308
White Teeth
White Teeth
6.1
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
10
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7.131
The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence
0
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two
7.2
Wimbledon
Wimbledon
6.183
The Summers of IT: Chapter One
The Summers of IT: Chapter One
8.429
The Near Room
The Near Room
5.8
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
5.9
Regeneration
Regeneration
5.6
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
4.6
Muppets Most Wanted
Muppets Most Wanted
6.3
The Bubble
The Bubble
4.649
Once Upon a Deadpool
Once Upon a Deadpool
7.1
Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2
7.491
One World: Together at Home
One World: Together at Home
7.406
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