James McAvoy
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1979-04-21 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- James Andrew McAvoy
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
TV Shows (31)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Top Gear
2002
as Self
The Sandman
2022
as Golden Haired Man (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Shameless
2004
as Steve McBride
Band of Brothers
2001
as James W. Miller
Foyle's War
2002
as Ray Pritchard
His Dark Materials
2019
as Lord Asriel
Hot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Gowan Ross
Murder in Mind
2001
as Martin Vosper
State of Play
2003
as Dan Foster
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003
as Leto Atreides II
Watership Down
2018
as Hazel (voice)
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026
as Self
Early Doors
2003
as Liam
Lorna Doone
2000
as Sergeant Bloxham
White Teeth
2002
as Josh Malfen
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
2020
as Narrator
Movies (64)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Mr. Tumnus
Deadpool 2
2018
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Professor Charles Xavier
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Charles Xavier
Split
2017
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
It Chapter Two
2019
as Bill Denbrough
Dark Phoenix
2019
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
Pose
2026
as Thomas
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
Speak No Evil
2024
as Paddy
Wanted
2008
as Wesley Gibson
Atonement
2007
as Robbie Turner
Atomic Blonde
2017
as David Percival
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Arthur (voice)
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
Penelope
2007
as Johnny/Max
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Gnomeo (voice)
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Victor Frankenstein
The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as UPS Guy
Welcome to the Punch
2013
as Max Lewinsky
Filth
2013
as Bruce
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Gnomeo (voice)
Faith
as Michael
Trance
2013
as Simon
Together
2021
as He
The Bubble
2022
as James McAvoy
Becoming Jane
2007
as Tom Lefroy
Wimbledon
2004
as Carl Colt
My Son
2021
as Edmond Murray
The Conspirator
2011
as Frederick Aiken
Starter for 10
2006
as Brian Jackson
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Pontius Pilate
California Schemin'
2026
as Anthony
Bright Young Things
2003
as Simon Balcairn
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Conor
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Conor Ludlow
Submergence
2018
as James More
Inside I'm Dancing
2004
as Rory O'Shea
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Conor
The Near Room
1997
as Kevin
The Last Station
2009
as Valentin Bulgakov
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
as Joe Macbeth
The Making of 'Split'
2017
as Self
Lorna Doone
2001
as Sergeant Bloxham
The Pool
2001
as Mike
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012
as Self
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
as Self
Strings
2004
as Hal
Regeneration
1997
as Anthony Balfour
The Space Between Attack and Decay
2025
as Narrator
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
2014
as Self
White Teeth
2002
as Josh Malfen
The Sands Between
2021
as Man
Bollywood Queen
2002
as Jay
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
as Self - Readings
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020
as reader
X-Men: First Class
2011
as Charles Xavier
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
2025
as Narrator
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
as Himself
Control
as Dr. Conway
About James McAvoy
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 vo… With 95 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, James McAvoy has appeared in 64 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular James McAvoy Movies
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) — as Mr. Tumnus
- Deadpool 2 (2018) — as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — as Professor Charles Xavier
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — as Charles Xavier
- Split (2017) — as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
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