Acting
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 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
Pose
Film · 2026
California Schemin'
Film · 2026
Faith
Film · 2026
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Series · 2026
The Space Between Attack and Decay
Film · 2025
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
Film · 2025
Speak No Evil
Film · 2024
The Book of Clarence
Film · 2024
Hot Ones Versus
Series · 2024
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
Film · 2023
The Bubble
Film · 2022
The Sandman
Series · 2022
The Sands Between
Film · 2021
My Son
Film · 2021
Together
Film · 2021
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
Film · 2020
One World: Together at Home
Film · 2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
Film · 2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Film · 2020
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
Series · 2020
Dark Phoenix
Film · 2019
Glass
Film · 2019
It Chapter Two
Film · 2019
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Film · 2019
His Dark Materials
Series · 2019
Sherlock Gnomes
Film · 2018
Submergence
Film · 2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
Film · 2018
Deadpool 2
Film · 2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Series · 2018
Watership Down
Series · 2018
Split
Film · 2017
Atomic Blonde
Film · 2017
The Making of 'Split'
Film · 2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
Film · 2016
Victor Frankenstein
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Film · 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Film · 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Film · 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Film · 2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Film · 2014
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Trance
Film · 2013
Welcome to the Punch
Film · 2013
Filth
Film · 2013
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Film · 2012
The Conspirator
Film · 2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
Film · 2011
X-Men: First Class
Film · 2011
Arthur Christmas
Film · 2011
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Film · 2011
Conan
Series · 2010
The Last Station
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Wanted
Film · 2008
Becoming Jane
Film · 2007
Atonement
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Last King of Scotland
Film · 2006
Penelope
Film · 2006
Starter for 10
Film · 2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Film · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Film · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
Series · 2005
Strings
Film · 2004
Inside I'm Dancing
Film · 2004
Wimbledon
Film · 2004
Shameless
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Bright Young Things
Film · 2003
Early Doors
Series · 2003
State of Play
Series · 2003
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Bollywood Queen
Film · 2002
White Teeth
Film · 2002
Foyle's War
Series · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Series · 2002
White Teeth
Series · 2002
The Pool
Film · 2001
Lorna Doone
Film · 2001
Murder in Mind
Series · 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Series · 2001
Band of Brothers
Series · 2001
Lorna Doone
Series · 2000
The Near Room
Film · 1997
Regeneration
Film · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Control
Film
Fear the Reaper
Film