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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-04-21 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

ジェームズ・マカヴォイ

제임스 맥어보이

جيمس مكافوي

เจมส์ แม็กอะวอย

詹姆斯·麥艾維

Джеймс МакЭвой

Джеймс Макэвой

James Andrew McAvoy

Τζέιμς Μακαβόι

詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊

ג'יימס מק'אבוי

Джеймс Макевой

جیمز مک‌آووی

James McAvoy

Biography

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

Acting

The Last King of Scotland

2006

The Last King of Scotland

as

Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

Becoming Jane

2007

Becoming Jane

as

Tom Lefroy

Atonement

2007

Atonement

as

Robbie Turner

Strings

2004

Strings

as

Hal (voice)

The Pool

2001

The Pool

as

Mike

Inside I'm Dancing

2004

Inside I'm Dancing

as

Rory O'Shea

Penelope

2006

Penelope

as

Johnny/Max

Wimbledon

2004

Wimbledon

as

Carl Colt

Wanted

2008

Wanted

as

Wesley Gibson

Starter for 10

2006

Starter for 10

as

Brian Jackson

The Last Station

2009

The Last Station

as

Valentin Bulgakov

The Conspirator

2011

The Conspirator

as

Frederick Aiken

Bright Young Things

2003

Bright Young Things

as

Simon Balcairn

Gnomeo & Juliet

2011

Gnomeo & Juliet

as

Gnomeo (voice)

Speak No Evil

2024

Speak No Evil

as

Paddy

Control

Control

as

Dr. Conway

X-Men: First Class

2011

X-Men: First Class

as

Charles Xavier

Trance

2013

Trance

as

Simon

Arthur Christmas

2011

Arthur Christmas

as

Arthur (voice)

Welcome to the Punch

2013

Welcome to the Punch

as

Max Lewinsky

Filth

2013

Filth

as

Bruce

The Bubble

2022

The Bubble

as

James McAvoy

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

as

Charles Xavier

The Near Room

1997

The Near Room

as

Kevin

Victor Frankenstein

2015

Victor Frankenstein

as

Victor Frankenstein

White Teeth

2002

White Teeth

as

Josh Malfen

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

X-Men: Apocalypse

as

Professor Charles Xavier

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

Muppets Most Wanted

as

UPS Guy

The Book of Clarence

2024

The Book of Clarence

as

Pontius Pilate

Sherlock Gnomes

2018

Sherlock Gnomes

as

Gnomeo (voice)

Split

2017

Split

as

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

Atomic Blonde

2017

Atomic Blonde

as

David Percival

Submergence

2017

Submergence

as

James More

Regeneration

1997

Regeneration

as

Anthony Balfour

Lorna Doone

2001

Lorna Doone

as

Sergeant Bloxham

Dark Phoenix

2019

Dark Phoenix

as

Charles Xavier / Professor X

Glass

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

It Chapter Two

2019

It Chapter Two

as

Bill Denbrough

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

Once Upon a Deadpool

as

Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)

Macbeth

2005

Macbeth

as

Joe Macbeth

Deadpool 2

2018

Deadpool 2

as

Charles Xavier (uncredited)

My Son

2021

My Son

as

Edmond Murray

Together

2021

Together

as

He

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

as

Martin Vosper

Shameless

Shameless

as

Steve McBride

State of Play

State of Play

as

Dan Foster

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as

Ray Pritchard

Watership Down

Watership Down

as

Hazel (voice)

Top Gear

Top Gear

as

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

The Sandman

The Sandman

as

Golden Haired Man (voice)

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

as

James W. Miller

His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

as

Lord Asriel

White Teeth

White Teeth

as

Josh Malfen

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

as

Sergeant Bloxham

Production

Filth

2013

Filth

as

Crew

50/50

2011

50/50

as

Directing