James McAvoy

James McAvoy

  • Birthday: 1979-04-21
  • Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also know as: ジェームズ・マカヴォイ

Biography

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.

Filmography

Atonement

2007

As Robbie Turner

Strings

2004

As Hal (voice)

Inside I'm Dancing

2004

As Rory O'Shea

Wanted

2008

As Wesley Gibson

Starter for 10

2006

As Brian Jackson

The Conspirator

2011

As Frederick Aiken

Gnomeo & Juliet

2011

As Gnomeo (voice)

Trance

2013

As Simon

Arthur Christmas

2011

As Arthur (voice)

Welcome to the Punch

2013

As Max Lewinsky

Filth

2013

As Bruce Robertson

Victor Frankenstein

2015

As Victor Frankenstein

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

As Charles Xavier / Professor X

Submergence

2017

As James More

X-Men: First Class

2011

As Charles Xavier / Professor X

Split

2017

As Kevin Wendell Crumb

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

Macbeth

2005

As Joe Macbeth

My Son

2021

As Edmond Murray

Together

2021

As He

Control

0000

As

The Last King of Scotland

2006

As Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

Becoming Jane

2007

As Tom Lefroy

Penelope

2006

As Johnny/Max

Bollywood Queen

2002

As Jay

Atomic Blonde

2017

As David Percival

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

As Charles Xavier / Professor X

Dark Phoenix

2019

As Charles Xavier / Professor X

It Chapter Two

2019

As Bill Denbrough

The Sands Between

2021

As Man

The Last Station

2009

As Valentin Bulgakov

Sherlock Gnomes

2018

As Gnomeo (voice)

The Pool

2001

As Mike

Bright Young Things

2003

As Simon Balcairn

White Teeth

2002

As Josh Malfen

The Book of Clarence

2024

As Pontius Pilate

Wimbledon

2004

As Carl Colt

The Near Room

1997

As Kevin

Lorna Doone

2001

As Sergeant Bloxham

Regeneration

1997

As Anthony Balfour

Killers Kill, Dead Men Die

2007

As The Shutterbug

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

As UPS Guy

The Bubble

2022

As James McAvoy

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

As Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)

Deadpool 2

2018

As Charles Xavier (uncredited)

Production

50/50

2011

As Thanks

Filth

2013

As Producer

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