1979-04-21 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
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Turn Up the Sun | 2025-11-12 | |
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California Schemin' | 2025-09-06 | |
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Lions Uncut: Australia 2025 | Narrator | 2025-10-31 |
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The Space Between Attack and Decay | Narrator | 2025-05-09 |
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Speak No Evil | Paddy | 2024-09-11 |
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The Book of Clarence | Pontius Pilate | 2024-01-11 |
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Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen | Himself | 2023-04-12 |
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The Bubble | James McAvoy | 2022-03-25 |
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The Sands Between | Man | 2021-09-25 |
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Together | He | 2021-08-27 |
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My Son | Edmond Murray | 2021-09-23 |
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The Magical World of Julia Donaldson | Self - Readings | 2020-12-23 |
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The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson | reader | 2020-12-25 |
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One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
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National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | 2020-02-20 |
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It Chapter Two | Bill Denbrough | 2019-09-04 |
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The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends | Self | 2019-12-10 |
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Dark Phoenix | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2019-06-05 |
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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 | 2019-01-16 |
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Deadpool 2 | Charles Xavier (uncredited) | 2018-05-15 |
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Once Upon a Deadpool | Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited) | 2018-12-11 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Gnomeo (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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Atomic Blonde | David Percival | 2017-07-26 |
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The Making of 'Split' | Self | 2017-04-18 |
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Submergence | James More | 2017-09-22 |
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Split | Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade | 2017-01-19 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse | Professor Charles Xavier | 2016-05-18 |
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Victor Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | 2015-11-10 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Conor | 2014-10-10 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Conor | 2014-10-10 |
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Muppets Most Wanted | UPS Guy | 2014-03-20 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Conor Ludlow | 2014-05-14 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Charles Xavier | 2014-05-15 |
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Trance | Simon | 2013-03-27 |
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Welcome to the Punch | Max Lewinsky | 2013-03-15 |
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Filth | Bruce | 2013-09-23 |
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X-Men: First Class 35mm Special | Self | 2012-06-05 |
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Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | 2011-09-09 | |
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Gnomeo & Juliet | Gnomeo (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
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The Conspirator | Frederick Aiken | 2011-04-15 |
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X-Men: First Class | Charles Xavier | 2011-06-01 |
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Arthur Christmas | Arthur (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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The Last Station | Valentin Bulgakov | 2009-09-04 |
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Wanted | Wesley Gibson | 2008-06-19 |
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Atonement | Robbie Turner | 2007-02-27 |
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Penelope | Johnny/Max | 2007-11-17 |
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Becoming Jane | Tom Lefroy | 2007-03-02 |
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Starter for 10 | Brian Jackson | 2006-09-13 |
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The Last King of Scotland | Dr. Nicholas Garrigan | 2006-09-27 |
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Macbeth | Joe Macbeth | 2005-11-14 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Tumnus | 2005-12-07 |
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Wimbledon | Carl Colt | 2004-09-13 |
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Strings | Hal | 2004-10-24 |
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Inside I'm Dancing | Rory O'Shea | 2004-10-15 |
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Bright Young Things | Simon Balcairn | 2003-10-03 |
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White Teeth | Josh Malfen | 2002-09-16 |
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Bollywood Queen | Jay | 2002-12-11 |
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Lorna Doone | Sergeant Bloxham | 2001-03-11 |
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Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit | Mike | 2001-10-04 |
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The Near Room | Kevin | 1997-04-11 |
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Regeneration | Anthony Balfour | 1997-08-27 |
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Control | Dr. Conway |
