James McAvoy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1979-04-21
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
James McAvoy
Biography
James McAvoy (born April 21, 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.
Also Known For
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dec 07, 2005
The Last King of Scotland
Sep 27, 2006
Becoming Jane
Mar 02, 2007
Atonement
Feb 27, 2007
Strings
Oct 24, 2004
The Sands Between
Sep 25, 2021
The Pool
Oct 04, 2001
Inside I'm Dancing
Oct 15, 2004
Penelope
Nov 17, 2007
Wimbledon
Sep 13, 2004
Wanted
Jun 19, 2008
Starter for 10
Sep 13, 2006
The Last Station
Sep 04, 2009
The Conspirator
Apr 15, 2011
Bright Young Things
Oct 03, 2003
Bollywood Queen
Dec 11, 2002
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
Apr 12, 2023
Gnomeo & Juliet
Jan 13, 2011
Speak No Evil
Sep 11, 2024
Control
X-Men: First Class
Jun 01, 2011
Trance
Mar 27, 2013
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
Welcome to the Punch
Mar 15, 2013
Filth
Sep 23, 2013
The Bubble
Mar 25, 2022
X-Men: Days of Future Past
May 15, 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
May 14, 2014
The Near Room
Apr 11, 1997
Victor Frankenstein
Nov 10, 2015
White Teeth
Sep 16, 2002
Turn Up the Sun
Nov 12, 2025
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Oct 10, 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Oct 10, 2014
X-Men: Apocalypse
May 18, 2016
Muppets Most Wanted
Mar 20, 2014
The Book of Clarence
Jan 11, 2024
Sherlock Gnomes
Mar 15, 2018
California Schemin'
Sep 06, 2025
Split
Jan 19, 2017
Atomic Blonde
Jul 26, 2017
Submergence
Sep 22, 2017
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Sep 09, 2011
Regeneration
Aug 27, 1997
Lorna Doone
Mar 11, 2001
Dark Phoenix
Jun 05, 2019
Glass
Jan 16, 2019
It Chapter Two
Sep 04, 2019
Once Upon a Deadpool
Dec 11, 2018
Macbeth
Nov 14, 2005
Deadpool 2
May 15, 2018
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Dec 10, 2019
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
Feb 20, 2020
The Making of 'Split'
Apr 18, 2017
My Son
Sep 23, 2021
Together
Aug 27, 2021
One World: Together at Home
Apr 18, 2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Dec 25, 2020
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Jun 05, 2012
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Dec 23, 2020
The Space Between Attack and Decay
May 09, 2025
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
Oct 31, 2025
It: The King Cut
Murder in Mind
Apr 22, 2001
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Nov 02, 2001
Early Doors
May 12, 2003
Shameless
Jan 13, 2004
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
State of Play
May 18, 2003
Foyle's War
Oct 27, 2002
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Mar 06, 2018
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Mar 16, 2003
ShakespeaRe-Told
Nov 07, 2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Watership Down
Dec 22, 2018
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Sandman
Aug 05, 2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Apr 08, 2002
Band of Brothers
Sep 09, 2001
His Dark Materials
Nov 03, 2019
Lorna Doone
Dec 24, 2000
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
Oct 11, 2020
