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James McAvoy

James McAvoy

Birthday: 1979-04-21 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
My Son

as    Edmond Murray

2021
Together

as    He

2021
The Sands Between

as    Man

2020
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac

as    Cyrano de Bergerac

2020
The Sandman

as    Lord Morpheus

2020
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune

as    Narrator

2019
It Chapter Two

as    Bill Denbrough

2019
Dark Phoenix

as    Charles Xavier / Professor X

2019
Glass

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

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

as    Gnomeo (voice)

2018
Watership Down

as    Hazel (voice)

2018
Submergence

as    James More

2017
Atomic Blonde

as    David Percival

2017
Split

as    Kevin Wendell Crumb

2016
X-Men: Apocalypse

as    Charles Xavier / Professor X

2015
Victor Frankenstein

as    Victor Frankenstein

2014
Filth

as    Bruce Robertson

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past

as    Charles Xavier / Professor X

2014
2013
Welcome to the Punch

as    Max Lewinsky

2013
Trance

as    Simon

2011
Arthur Christmas

as    Arthur (voice)

2011
X-Men: First Class

as    Charles Xavier / Professor X

2011
The Conspirator

as    Frederick Aiken

2011
Gnomeo & Juliet

as    Gnomeo (voice)

2009
The Last Station

as    Valentin Bulgakov

2008
Wanted

as    Wesley Gibson

2007
Becoming Jane

as    Tom Lefroy