James McAvoy
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
Credits
- 2024 · Speak No Evil as Paddy
- 2024 · Hot Ones Versus as Self
- 2024 · The Book of Clarence as Pontius Pilate
- 2023 · Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen as Himself
- 2022 · The Sandman as Golden Haired Man (voice)
- 2022 · The Bubble as James McAvoy
- 2021 · The Sands Between as Man
- 2021 · My Son as Edmond Murray
- 2021 · Together as He
- 2020 · The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson as reader
- 2020 · The Bridge: Race to a Fortune as Narrator
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
- 2019 · The Summers of IT: Chapter One as Self
- 2019 · The Summers of IT: Chapter Two as Self
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Lord Asriel
- 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 · Watership Down as Hazel (voice)
- 2018 · Once Upon a Deadpool as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
- 2018 · Deadpool 2 as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
- 2018 · Sherlock Gnomes as Gnomeo (voice)
- 2018 · The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Submergence as James More
- 2017 · Atomic Blonde as David Percival
- 2017 · The Making of 'Split' as Self
- 2017 · Split as Kevin Wendell Crumb
- 2016 · X-Men: Apocalypse as Professor Charles Xavier
- 2015 · Victor Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as Conor
- 2014 · The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him as Conor
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Charles Xavier
- 2014 · The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them as Conor Ludlow
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as UPS Guy
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Filth as Bruce
- 2013 · Trance as Simon
- 2013 · Welcome to the Punch as Max Lewinsky
- 2012 · X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self
- 2011 · Arthur Christmas as Arthur (voice)
- 2011 · Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Charles Xavier
- 2011 · The Conspirator as Frederick Aiken
- 2011 · Gnomeo & Juliet as Gnomeo (voice)
- 2009 · The Last Station as Valentin Bulgakov
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Wanted as Wesley Gibson
- 2007 · Becoming Jane as Tom Lefroy
- 2007 · Atonement as Robbie Turner
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Brian Jackson
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Penelope as Johnny/Max
- 2006 · The Last King of Scotland as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Mr. Tumnus
- 2005 · Macbeth as Joe Macbeth
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2004 · Strings as Hal (voice)
- 2004 · Inside I'm Dancing as Rory O'Shea
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Carl Colt
- 2004 · Shameless as Steve McBride
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Simon Balcairn
- 2003 · State of Play as Dan Foster
- 2003 · Early Doors as Liam
- 2003 · Frank Herbert's Children of Dune as Leto Atreides II
- 2002 · Bollywood Queen as Jay
- 2002 · Foyle's War as
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · White Teeth as Josh Malfen
- 2002 · White Teeth as Josh Malfen
- 2002 · The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Gowan Ross
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · The Pool as Mike
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as James W. Miller
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Martin Vosper
- 2001 · Lorna Doone as Sergeant Bloxham
- 2000 · Lorna Doone as Sergeant Bloxham
- 1997 · Regeneration as Anthony Balfour
- 1997 · The Near Room as Kevin
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 2024 · Control as Dr. Conway
- 2024 · Turn Up the Sun! as
- 2024 · California Schemin' as