James McAvoy
Acting · Born 1979-04-21 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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…
Filmography
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Mr. Tumnus
- The Last King of Scotland as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
- Becoming Jane as Tom Lefroy
- Atonement as Robbie Turner
- Inside I'm Dancing as Rory O'Shea
- Speak No Evil as Paddy
- X-Men: First Class as Charles Xavier
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Charles Xavier
- Muppets Most Wanted as UPS Guy
- Split as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
TV
- Shameless as Steve McBride
- Foyle's War as Ray Pritchard
- The Sandman as Golden Haired Man (voice)
- Band of Brothers as James W. Miller
- His Dark Materials as Lord Asriel
- Murder in Mind as Martin Vosper
- The Daily Show as Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- Early Doors as Liam
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno