James McAvoy
James McAvoy
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.
Known For
Actor
as Dr. Conway
as Paddy
as Pontius Pilate
as Himself
as James McAvoy
as Golden Haired Man (voice)
as Man
as Edmond Murray
as He
as Self
as Cyrano de Bergerac
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Bill Denbrough
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
as 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
as Lord Asriel
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
as Gnomeo (voice)
as Hazel (voice)
as Self - Guest
as James More
as David Percival
as Self
as Kevin Wendell Crumb
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
as Victor Frankenstein
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
as Conor Ludlow
as UPS Guy
as Self
as Bruce
as Simon
as Max Lewinsky
as Self
as Arthur (voice)
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
as Frederick Aiken
as Gnomeo (voice)
as Valentin Bulgakov
as Self - Guest
as Wesley Gibson
as Tom Lefroy
as Robbie Turner
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Brian Jackson
as Johnny/Max
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
as Self
as Joe Macbeth
as Hal (voice)
as Rory O'Shea
as Carl Colt
as Steve McBride
as Simon Balcairn
as Dan Foster
as Liam
as Leto Atreides II
as Jay
as Josh Malfen
as Himself
as Josh Malfen
as Gowan Ross
as Mike
as Sergeant Bloxham
as Self - Guest
as James W. Miller
as Martin Vosper
as Sergeant Bloxham
as Anthony Balfour
as Kevin
as Self
as Self - Host
Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
Crew
as Thanks