James McAvoy Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

James McAvoy

James McAvoy

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie poster
MOVIE

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

7.1(11.5K)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Mr. Tumnus
The Last King of Scotland movie poster
MOVIE

The Last King of Scotland

7.4(2.4K)
The Last King of Scotland
Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
Becoming Jane movie poster
MOVIE

Becoming Jane

7.3(1.3K)
Becoming Jane
Tom Lefroy
Atonement movie poster
MOVIE

Atonement

7.6(4.7K)
Atonement
Robbie Turner
Strings movie poster
MOVIE

Strings

6.7(0.1K)
Strings
Hal
The Sands Between movie poster
MOVIE

The Sands Between

6.6(0.0K)
The Sands Between
Man
The Pool movie poster
MOVIE

The Pool

5.2(0.1K)
The Pool
Mike
Inside I'm Dancing movie poster
MOVIE

Inside I'm Dancing

7.4(0.2K)
Inside I'm Dancing
Rory O'Shea
Penelope movie poster
MOVIE

Penelope

6.7(1.5K)
Penelope
Johnny/Max
Wimbledon movie poster
MOVIE

Wimbledon

6.2(1.1K)
Wimbledon
Carl Colt

Production

Gallery

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