James McAvoy

Biography

James McAvoy 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

Mr. Tumnus

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

Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

The Last King of Scotland

Tom Lefroy

Becoming Jane

Robbie Turner

Atonement

Hal (voice)

Strings

Man

The Sands Between

Mike

Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit

Rory O'Shea

Inside I'm Dancing

Johnny/Max

Penelope

Carl Colt

Wimbledon

Wesley Gibson

Wanted

Brian Jackson

Starter for 10

Valentin Bulgakov

The Last Station

Frederick Aiken

The Conspirator

Simon Balcairn

Bright Young Things

Jay

Bollywood Queen

Himself

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

Gnomeo (voice)

Gnomeo & Juliet

Paddy

Speak No Evil

Dr. Conway

Control

Charles Xavier

X-Men: First Class

Simon

Trance

Arthur (voice)

Arthur Christmas

Max Lewinsky

Welcome to the Punch

Bruce

Filth

James McAvoy

The Bubble

Charles Xavier

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Conor Ludlow

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

Kevin

The Near Room

Victor Frankenstein

Josh Malfen

White Teeth

Turn Up the Sun!

Conor

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

Conor

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

Professor Charles Xavier

X-Men: Apocalypse

UPS Guy

Muppets Most Wanted

Pontius Pilate

The Book of Clarence

Gnomeo (voice)

Sherlock Gnomes

California Schemin'

Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade

Split

David Percival

Atomic Blonde

James More

Submergence

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

Anthony Balfour

Regeneration

Sergeant Bloxham

Lorna Doone

Charles Xavier / Professor X

Dark Phoenix

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

Glass