James McAvoy

Born

April 21, 1979 (46 years old)

Known For

Acting

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, 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

7.5

X-Men: First Class

Speak No Evil

Paddy

7.2

2024

The Book of Clarence

Pontius Pilate

6.0

2024

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

Himself

10.0

2023

The Bubble

James McAvoy

4.6

2022

The Sands Between

Man

6.5

2021

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo (voice)

5.7

2018

Submergence

James More

5.5

2017

Atomic Blonde

David Percival

6.4

2017

Split

Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade

7.3

2017

X-Men: Apocalypse

Professor Charles Xavier

6.5

2016

Victor Frankenstein

6.0

2015

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

Conor

6.7

2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

Conor

6.7

2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Charles Xavier

7.5

2014

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

Conor Ludlow

6.2

2014

Muppets Most Wanted

UPS Guy

6.3

2014

Filth

Bruce

6.9

2013

Trance

Simon

6.6

2013

Welcome to the Punch

Max Lewinsky

5.9

2013

Arthur Christmas

Arthur (voice)

6.8

2011

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

8.3

2011

X-Men: First Class

Charles Xavier

7.3

2011

The Conspirator

Frederick Aiken

6.6

2011

Gnomeo & Juliet

Gnomeo (voice)

5.9

2011

The Last Station

Valentin Bulgakov

6.3

2009

Wanted

Wesley Gibson

6.5

2008

Becoming Jane

Tom Lefroy

7.3

2007

Atonement

Robbie Turner

7.6

2007

Starter for 10

Brian Jackson

6.4

2006

Penelope

Johnny/Max

6.7

2006

The Last King of Scotland

Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

7.4

2006

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mr. Tumnus

7.1

2005

Strings

Hal (voice)

6.7

2004

Inside I'm Dancing

Rory O'Shea

7.4

2004

Wimbledon

Carl Colt

6.2

2004

Bright Young Things

Simon Balcairn

6.3

2003

Bollywood Queen

Jay

4.8

2002

White Teeth

Josh Malfen

6.0

2002

The Pool

Mike

5.0

2001

Control

Dr. Conway

0.0

The Near Room

Kevin

4.9

1997

Turn Up the Sun!

1.0

California Schemin'

0.0

Hot Ones Versus

Self · (1 episode)

9.7

2024

The Sandman

Golden Haired Man (voice) · (1 episode)

7.9

2022

My Son

Edmond Murray

6.2

2021

Together

5.8

2021

The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

reader

10.0

2020

The Magical World of Julia Donaldson

Self - Readings

6.0

2020

The Bridge: Race to a Fortune

Narrator · (13 episodes)

4.0

2020

One World: Together at Home

Self

7.0

2020

National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

8.4

2020

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

Self

7.1

2019

His Dark Materials

Lord Asriel · (12 episodes)

7.9

2019

It Chapter Two

Bill Denbrough

6.8

2019

Dark Phoenix

Charles Xavier / Professor X

6.0

2019

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

6.7

2019