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
all 89
Movies 64
TV Shows 25
self 20
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Producer 1
Director 1
Speak No Evil (2024)
The Book of Clarence (2024)
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen (2023)
The Sandman (2022)
The Bubble (2022)
The Sands Between (2021)
My Son (2021)
Together (2021)
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson (2020)
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson (2020)
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020)
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two (2019)
The Summers of IT: Chapter One (2019)
His Dark Materials (2019)
It Chapter Two (2019)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Glass (2019)
Watership Down (2018)
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018)
Submergence (2017)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
The Making of 'Split' (2017)
Split (2017)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Filth (2013)
Trance (2013)
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012)
Born in the USSR: 28 Up (2012)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
50/50 (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Conspirator (2011)
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
The Last Station (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Wanted (2008)
Atonement (2007)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
Becoming Jane (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Starter for 10 (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Penelope (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Born in the USSR: 21 Up (2005)
Macbeth (2005)
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
Strings (2004)
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Wimbledon (2004)
Shameless (2004)
Bright Young Things (2003)
State of Play (2003)
Early Doors (2003)
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003)
Bollywood Queen (2002)
Foyle's War (2002)
Top Gear (2002)
White Teeth (2002)
White Teeth (2002)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
The Pool (2001)
Murder in Mind (2001)
Lorna Doone (2001)
Regeneration (1997)
The Near Room (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Control
Untitled Silibil N' Brains biopic
Turn Up The Sun!
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1979-04-21 (44 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
ReligionRoman Catholic
RelationshipsAnne-Marie Duff (2006-10-18 - 2016-05-13)
SiblingsJoy McAvoy
CitizenshipsScotland
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known Asジェームズ・マカヴォイ, 제임스 맥어보이, جيمس مكافوي, เจมส์ แม็กอะวอย, 詹姆斯·麥艾維, Джеймс МакЭвой, Джеймс Макэвой, James Andrew McAvoy, Τζέιμς Μακαβόι, 詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊, ג'יימס מק'אבוי
AwardsLondon Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year, BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film, BAFTA Rising Star Award
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