1979-04-21 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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 and the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. 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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The Bubble | Himself | 2022-03-25 |
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Together | He | 2021-08-27 |
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The Sands Between | Man | 2021-09-25 |
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My Son | Edmond Murray | 2021-09-23 |
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National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | 2020-02-20 |
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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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Dark Phoenix | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2019-06-05 |
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The Summers of IT: Chapter Two | Self | 2019-12-10 |
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The Summers of IT: Chapter One | Self | 2019-12-10 |
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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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It Chapter Two | Bill Denbrough | 2019-09-04 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Gnomeo (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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Deadpool 2 | Charles Xavier (uncredited) | 2018-05-10 |
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Once Upon a Deadpool | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2018-12-11 |
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Atomic Blonde | David Percival | 2017-07-26 |
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Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb | 2017-01-19 |
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The Making of 'Split' | Himself | 2017-04-18 |
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Submergence | James More | 2017-09-22 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2016-05-18 |
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Victor Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | 2015-11-10 |
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X-Men: Unguarded | Self | 2015-07-14 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2014-05-15 |
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Muppets Most Wanted | UPS Guy | 2014-03-20 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Conor | 2014-10-10 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Conor Ludlow | 2014-05-14 |
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Conor | 2014-10-10 |
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Welcome to the Punch | Max Lewinsky | 2013-03-15 |
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Trance | Simon | 2013-03-27 |
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Filth | Bruce Robertson | 2013-09-23 |
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X-Men: First Class | Charles Xavier (24 Years) / Professor X | 2011-06-01 |
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X-Men: First Class 35mm Special | Self | 2011-05-27 |
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Gnomeo & Juliet | Gnomeo (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
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Arthur Christmas | Arthur (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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The Conspirator | Frederick Aiken | 2010-09-10 |
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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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Becoming Jane | Tom Lefroy | 2007-03-02 |
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Atonement | Robbie Turner | 2007-09-07 |
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Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Shutterbug | 2007-03-13 |
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The Last King of Scotland | Dr. Nicholas Garrigan | 2006-01-12 |
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Starter for 10 | Brian Jackson | 2006-09-13 |
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Penelope | Johnny/Max | 2006-03-01 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Tumnus | 2005-12-07 |
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Macbeth | Joe Macbeth | 2005-11-14 |
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Strings | Hal | 2004-10-24 |
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Wimbledon | Carl Colt | 2004-09-13 |
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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 | 2002-01-01 |
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The Pool | Mike | 2001-10-04 |
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Lorna Doone | Sergeant Bloxham | 2001-03-11 |
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Regeneration | Anthony Balfour | 1997-08-27 |
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The Near Room | Kevin | 1995-08-20 |
