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James McAvoy
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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 B…
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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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James McAvoy's Filmography
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Faith
as Michael
California Schemin'
as Anthony
Pose
as Thomas
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
as Narrator
The Space Between Attack and Decay
as Narrator
Speak No Evil
as Paddy
The Book of Clarence
as Pontius Pilate
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
as Himself
The Bubble
as James McAvoy
The Sands Between
as Man
My Son
as Edmond Murray
Together
as He
No Poster
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
as reader
No Poster
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Readings
One World: Together at Home
as Self
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self
It Chapter Two
as Bill Denbrough
Dark Phoenix
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
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
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
Sherlock Gnomes
as Gnomeo (voice)
Submergence
as James More
Atomic Blonde
as David Percival
The Making of 'Split'
as Self
Split
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Professor Charles Xavier
Victor Frankenstein
as Victor Frankenstein
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Conor
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Conor
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Charles Xavier
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Conor Ludlow
Muppets Most Wanted
as UPS Guy
Filth
as Bruce
Trance
as Simon
Welcome to the Punch
as Max Lewinsky
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
as Self
Arthur Christmas
as Arthur (voice)
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
X-Men: First Class
as Charles Xavier (24 Years)
The Conspirator
as Frederick Aiken
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Gnomeo (voice)
The Last Station
as Valentin Bulgakov
Wanted
as Wesley Gibson
Becoming Jane
as Tom Lefroy
Atonement
as Robbie Turner
Starter for 10
as Brian Jackson
Penelope
as Johnny/Max
The Last King of Scotland
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Joe Macbeth
Strings
as Hal
Inside I'm Dancing
as Rory O'Shea
Wimbledon
as Carl Colt
Bright Young Things
as Simon Balcairn
Bollywood Queen
as Jay
White Teeth
as Josh Malfen
The Pool
as Mike
Lorna Doone
as Sergeant Bloxham
Regeneration
as Anthony Balfour
The Near Room
as Kevin
No Poster
Control
as Dr. Conway
No Poster