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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 21, 1979
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- ジェームズ・マカヴォイ
- جيمس مكافوي
- เจมส์ แม็กอะวอย
- 詹姆斯·麥艾維
- Джеймс Макэвой
- James Andrew McAvoy
- Τζέιμς Μακαβόι
- 詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊
- ג'יימס מק'אבוי
- Джеймс Макевой
- جیمز مکآووی
James McAvoy
4.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Anthony
California Schemin'
2026
6.2
Thomas
Pose
2025
0.0
Narrator
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
2025
0.0
Narrator
The Space Between Attack and Decay
2025
7.2
Paddy
Speak No Evil
2024
9.7
Self
Hot Ones Versus
2024
5.9
Pontius Pilate
The Book of Clarence
2024
10.0
Himself
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
7.9
Golden Haired Man (voice)
The Sandman
2022
4.6
James McAvoy
The Bubble
2022
Credits
California Schemin'
as Anthony
2026
0.0
Pose
as Thomas
2025
6.2
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
as Narrator
2025
0.0
The Space Between Attack and Decay
as Narrator
2025
0.0
Speak No Evil
as Paddy
2024
7.2
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2024
9.7
The Book of Clarence
as Pontius Pilate
2024
5.9
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
as Himself
2023
10.0
The Sandman
as Golden Haired Man (voice)
2022
7.9
The Bubble
as James McAvoy
2022
4.6
The Sands Between
as Man
2021
6.6
My Son
as Edmond Murray
2021
6.2
Together
as He
2021
5.7
🎬
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
as reader
2020
10.0
🎬
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
as Self - Readings
2020
6.0
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
as Narrator
2020
4.0
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
2020
8.3
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self
2019
7.1
His Dark Materials
as Lord Asriel
2019
7.9
It Chapter Two
as Bill Denbrough
2019
6.8
Dark Phoenix
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
2019
6.0
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
2019
6.7
Watership Down
as Hazel (voice)
2018
6.9
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
2018
7.1
Deadpool 2
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
2018
7.5
Sherlock Gnomes
as Gnomeo (voice)
2018
5.7
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
7.4
Submergence
as James More
2017
5.5
Atomic Blonde
as David Percival
2017
6.4
The Making of 'Split'
as Self
2017
6.4
Split
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
2017
7.3
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Professor Charles Xavier
2016
6.5
Victor Frankenstein
as Victor Frankenstein
2015
6.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Conor
2014
6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Conor
2014
6.7
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Charles Xavier
2014
7.5
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Conor Ludlow
2014
6.2
Muppets Most Wanted
as UPS Guy
2014
6.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Filth
as Bruce
2013
6.8
Trance
as Simon
2013
6.6
Welcome to the Punch
as Max Lewinsky
2013
5.9
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
as Self
2012
6.8
Arthur Christmas
as Arthur (voice)
2011
6.8
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
8.0
X-Men: First Class
as Charles Xavier
2011
7.3
The Conspirator
as Frederick Aiken
2011
6.6
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Gnomeo (voice)
2011
5.9
The Last Station
as Valentin Bulgakov
2009
6.3
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Wanted
as Wesley Gibson
2008
6.5
Penelope
as Johnny/Max
2007
6.7
Becoming Jane
as Tom Lefroy
2007
7.3
Atonement
as Robbie Turner
2007
7.6
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
The Last King of Scotland
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
2006
7.4
Starter for 10
as Brian Jackson
2006
6.4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Tumnus
2005
7.1
Macbeth
as Joe Macbeth
2005
7.6
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
7.5
Strings
as Hal
2004
6.7
Inside I'm Dancing
as Rory O'Shea
2004
7.4
Wimbledon
as Carl Colt
2004
6.2
Shameless
as Steve McBride
2004
7.6
Bright Young Things
as Simon Balcairn
2003
6.2
State of Play
as Dan Foster
2003
7.4
Early Doors
as Liam
2003
7.7
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
as Leto Atreides II
2003
7.0
Bollywood Queen
as Jay
2002
4.5
Foyle's War
as Ray Pritchard
2002
7.9
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
White Teeth
as Josh Malfen
2002
5.9
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Gowan Ross
2002
7.2
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
2001
6.0
The Pool
as Mike
2001
5.1
Band of Brothers
as James W. Miller
2001
8.6
Murder in Mind
as Martin Vosper
2001
8.4
Lorna Doone
as Sergeant Bloxham
2001
5.7
Lorna Doone
as Sergeant Bloxham
2000
7.7
Regeneration
as Anthony Balfour
1997
5.5
The Near Room
as Kevin
1997
4.6
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
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Control
as Dr. Conway
N/A
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