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James McAvoy

Actor, ProducerBorn April 21, 1979 (46 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Filth
  • Penelope
  • The Conspirator
  • Shameless
  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
  • Submergence
  • Bright Young Things

Known For

  • X-Men: First Class
  • Split
  • X-Men: Apocalypse
  • Wanted
  • Atonement
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • Glass
  • It: Chapter Two
  • Filth
  • Trance
  • The Last King of Scotland
  • Speak No Evil
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix
  • Atomic Blonde
  • Arthur Christmas
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Victor Frankenstein
  • Gnomeo & Juliet
  • Welcome to the Punch
  • Penelope
  • Becoming Jane
  • The Conspirator
  • Starter for 10
  • My Son

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Speak No Evil · as Paddy
    2023
    The Book of Clarence · as Pontius Pilate
    2022
    The Sandman (TV Series) · as Golden Haired Man (voice)
    2021
    My Son · as Edmond Murray
    2021
    Together · as He
    2021
    HouseBroken (TV Series) · as Stan
    2020
    The Bridge (UK) (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2019
    His Dark Materials (TV Series) · as Lord Asriel
    2019
    It: Chapter Two · as Bill Denbrough
    2019
    X-Men: Dark Phoenix · as Charles Xavier / Professor X
    2019
    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 (2018) (TV Series) · 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)
    2017
    Submergence · as James More
    2017
    Atomic Blonde · as David Percival
    2016
    Split · as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
    2016
    X-Men: Apocalypse · as Professor Charles Xavier
    2015
    Victor Frankenstein · as Victor Frankenstein
    2014
    2014
    X-Men: Days of Future Past · as Charles Xavier
    2014
    Muppets Most Wanted · as Ups Guy
    2013
    2013
    2013
    Filth · as Bruce
    2013
    Trance · as Simon
    2013
    Welcome to the Punch · as Max Lewinsky
    2011
    Arthur Christmas · as Arthur (voice)
    2011
    2011
    X-Men: First Class · as Charles Xavier
    2011
    Gnomeo & Juliet · as Gnomeo (voice)
    2010
    The Conspirator · as Frederick Aiken
    2010
    Farewell 'The Bill' · as Gavin Donald
    2009
    The Last Station · as Valentin Bulgakov
    2008
    Wanted · as Wesley Gibson
    2007
    Atonement · as Robbie Turner
    2007
    Becoming Jane · as Tom Lefroy
    2006
    Starter for 10 · as Brian Jackson
    2006
    Penelope · as Johnny/max
    2006
    The Last King of Scotland · as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
    2005
    2005
    Macbeth · as Joe Macbeth
    2005
    ShakespeaRe-Told (TV Series)
    2004
    Strings · as Hal (voice)
    2004
    Rory O'Shea Was Here · as Rory O'shea
    2004
    Wimbledon · as Carl Colt
    2004
    Shameless (TV Series) · as Steve Mcbride
    2003
    Bright Young Things · as Simon Balcairn
    2003
    State of Play (TV Series) · as Dan Foster
    2003
    Early Doors (TV Series) · as Liam
    2003
    Children of Dune (TV Series) · as Leto Atreides Ii
    2002
    Bollywood Queen · as Jay
    2002
    Foyle's War (TV Series) · as Ray Pritchard
    2002
    White Teeth (TV Series) · as Josh Malfen
    2002
    White Teeth · as Josh Malfen
    2001
    The Pool · as Mike
    2001
    Band of Brothers (TV Series) · as James W. Miller
    2001
    Murder in Mind (TV Series) · as Martin Vosper
    2001
    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Gowan Ross
    2000
    Lorna Doone · as Sergeant Bloxham
    2000
    Lorna Doone (TV Series) · as Sergeant Bloxham
    1997
    Regeneration · as Anthony Balfour
    1995
    The Near Room · as Kevin
    1992
    1984
    The Bill (TV Series) · as Gavin Donald

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