James McAvoy
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.
Acted in
Speak No Evil
2024
as Paddy
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Pontius Pilate
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
as Himself
The Sandman
2022
as Golden Haired Man (voice)
The Bubble
2022
as James McAvoy
The Sands Between
2021
as Man
My Son
2021
as Edmond Murray
Together
2021
as He
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020
as reader
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
2020
as Narrator
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020
as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Summers of It – Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
His Dark Materials
2019
as Lord Asriel
It Chapter Two
2019
as Bill Denbrough
Dark Phoenix
2019
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
Glass
2019
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
Watership Down
2018
as Hazel (voice)
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
2018
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Gnomeo (voice)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Submergence
2017
as James More
Atomic Blonde
2017
as David Percival
The Making of 'Split'
2017
as Self
Split
2017
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Professor Charles Xavier
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Victor Frankenstein
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Conor
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Conor
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Charles Xavier
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Conor Ludlow
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as UPS Guy
Filth
2013
as Bruce
Trance
2013
as Simon
Welcome to the Punch
2013
as Max Lewinsky
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012
as Self
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Arthur (voice)
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
X-Men: First Class
2011
as Charles Xavier
The Conspirator
2011
as Frederick Aiken
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Gnomeo (voice)
The Last Station
2009
as Valentin Bulgakov
Wanted
2008
as Wesley Gibson
Becoming Jane
2007
as Tom Lefroy
Atonement
2007
as Robbie Turner
Starter for 10
2006
as Brian Jackson
Penelope
2006
as Johnny/Max
The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Mr. Tumnus
Macbeth
2005
as Joe Macbeth
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
X-Men
2005
as Xavier
Strings
2004
as Hal (voice)
Inside I'm Dancing
2004
as Rory O'Shea
Wimbledon
2004
as Carl Colt
Shameless
2004
as Steve McBride
Bright Young Things
2003
as Simon Balcairn
State of Play
2003
as Dan Foster
Early Doors
2003
as Liam
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003
as Leto Atreides II
Bollywood Queen
2002
as Jay
Foyle's War
2002
White Teeth
2002
as Josh Malfen
White Teeth
2002
as Josh Malfen
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Gowan Ross
The Pool
2001
as Mike
Band of Brothers
2001
as James W. Miller
Murder in Mind
2001
as Martin Vosper
Lorna Doone
2001
as Sergeant Bloxham
Lorna Doone
2000
as Sergeant Bloxham
Regeneration
1997
as Anthony Balfour
The Near Room
1997
as Kevin
Control
as Dr. Conway
Turn Up the Sun!