James McAvoy


    Starbirth:
    April 21, 1979
Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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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.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Speak No Evil Paddy 2024
The Book of Clarence Pontius Pilate 2024
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen Himself 2023
The Bubble James McAvoy 2022
The Sands Between Man 2021
My Son Edmond Murray 2021
Together He 2021
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson reader 2020
One World: Together at Home Self 2020
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac 2020
The Summers of IT: Chapter One Self 2019
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two Self 2019
It Chapter Two Bill Denbrough 2019
Dark Phoenix Charles Xavier / Professor X 2019
Glass Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / The Beast / Barry / Heinrich / Jade / Ian / Mary Reynolds / Norma / Jalin / Kat / B.T. / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Mr. Pritchard / Felida / Luke / Goddard / Samuel / Polly 2019
Once Upon a Deadpool Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited) 2018
Deadpool 2 Charles Xavier (uncredited) 2018
Sherlock Gnomes Gnomeo (voice) 2018
Submergence James More 2017
Atomic Blonde David Percival 2017
The Making of 'Split' Self 2017
Split Kevin Wendell Crumb 2017
X-Men: Apocalypse Charles Xavier / Professor X 2016
Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Conor 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Conor 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past Charles Xavier / Professor X 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Conor Ludlow 2014
Muppets Most Wanted UPS Guy 2014
Filth Bruce Robertson 2013
Trance Simon 2013
Welcome to the Punch Max Lewinsky 2013
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special Self 2012
Arthur Christmas Arthur (voice) 2011
X-Men: First Class Charles Xavier / Professor X 2011
The Conspirator Frederick Aiken 2011
Gnomeo & Juliet Gnomeo (voice) 2011
The Last Station Valentin Bulgakov 2009
Wanted Wesley Gibson 2008
Atonement Robbie Turner 2007
Becoming Jane Tom Lefroy 2007
Starter for 10 Brian Jackson 2006
Penelope Johnny/Max 2006
The Last King of Scotland Dr. Nicholas Garrigan 2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Mr. Tumnus 2005
Macbeth Joe Macbeth 2005
Strings Hal (voice) 2004
Inside I'm Dancing Rory O'Shea 2004
Wimbledon Carl Colt 2004
Bright Young Things Simon Balcairn 2003
Bollywood Queen Jay 2002
White Teeth Josh Malfen 2002
The Pool Mike 2001
Lorna Doone Sergeant Bloxham 2001
Regeneration Anthony Balfour 1997
The Near Room Kevin 1997
Control Dr. Conway
Turn Up The Sun!
SHOWCHARACTERYEAR
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest <mt>
Early Doors Liam <mt>
The Daily Show Self <mt>
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno <blank> <mt>
State of Play Dan Foster <mt>
Murder in Mind Martin Vosper <mt>
The One Show Self <mt>
Shameless Steve McBride <mt>
Foyle's War <blank> <mt>
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune Leto Atreides II <mt>
ShakespeaRe-Told <blank> <mt>
White Teeth Josh Malfen <mt>
Watership Down Hazel (voice) <mt>
Top Gear Himself <mt>
Saturday Night Live Self - Host <mt>
The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest <mt>
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Gowan Ross <mt>
Band of Brothers James W. Miller <mt>
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune Narrator <mt>
His Dark Materials Lord Asriel Belacqua <mt>
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer Self - Guest <mt>
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self <mt>
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self <mt>
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon <blank> <mt>
The Sandman Golden Haired Man (voice) <mt>
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self <mt>
The Graham Norton Show Self <mt>
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest <mt>
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