James McAvoy
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.
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of...
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Speak No Evil
as PaddyWhen an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a...
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Deadpool 2
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a...
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27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of...
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For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its...
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X-Men: Apocalypse
as Professor Charles XavierAfter the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Charles XavierThe ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods...
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Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there...
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Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes...
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Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets a sexy woman...
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The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts...
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Atonement
as Robbie TurnerAs a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives...
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In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural...
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Once Upon a Deadpool
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a...
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Atomic Blonde
as David PercivalAn undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a...
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The Book of Clarence
as Pontius PilateStreetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family,...
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Gnomeo & Juliet
as Gnomeo (voice)A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden...
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Sherlock Gnomes
as Gnomeo (voice)Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the...
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Becoming Jane
as Tom LefroyA biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
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Wimbledon
as Carl ColtBritish tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking...
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Muppets Most Wanted
as UPS GuyWhile on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist...
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Victor Frankenstein
as Victor FrankensteinEccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox...
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Starter for 10
as Brian JacksonIn 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of...
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Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise...
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My Son
as Edmond MurrayWhen a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of...
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Submergence
as James MoreWhile James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the...
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Penelope
as Johnny/MaxForlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone...
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Filth
as BruceA bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction...
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The Conspirator
as Frederick AikenMary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of...
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Welcome to the Punch
as Max LewinskyWhen notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max...
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Inside I'm Dancing
as Rory O'SheaMichael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore...
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The Summers of It – Chapter Two: It Ends
as SelfThis documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake...
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The Last Station
as Valentin BulgakovA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and...
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A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which...
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Together
as HeA husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the...
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The Pool
as MikeInternational students at an elite Prague school are stalked and murdered by a masked killer...
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Bright Young Things
as Simon BalcairnDuring the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with...
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Strings
as Hal (voice)Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to...
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Conor LudlowA New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the...
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as ConorTold from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they...
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as ConorTold from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love...
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One World: Together at Home
as SelfA global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health...
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X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
as SelfTV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".
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Bollywood Queen
as JayA cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.
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Regeneration
as Anthony BalfourWilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent,...
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The Sands Between
as ManA woman has a phone conversation with her significant other which slowly deteriorates as she...
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Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as uncreditedAn eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through...
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White Teeth
as Josh MalfenAn adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back...
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The Near Room
as KevinCharlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at...
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Macbeth
as Joe MacbethA chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class...
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Lorna Doone
as Sergeant BloxhamThe year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's...
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The Making of 'Split'
as SelfA piece in which Shyamalan discusses his growth as a person and a filmmaker, how the film...
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National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de BergeracFierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the...
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Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two...
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
as SelfSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as SelfAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as uncreditedAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - GuestBravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as SelfStephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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The Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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The Graham Norton Show
as Self - GuestEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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Top Gear
as SelfThis fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary,...
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Shameless
as Steve McBrideThe story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...
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Band of Brothers
as James W. MillerDrawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters,...
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His Dark Materials
as Lord AsrielLyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are...
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The One Show
as SelfA topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Gowan RossDS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
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The Sandman
as Golden Haired Man (voice)After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds...
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Foyle's War
as uncreditedAs WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates...
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as uncreditedJay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
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Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
as Leto Atreides IIFrank Herbert's Children of Dune is a three-part miniseries written by John Harrison and...
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Murder in Mind
as Martin VosperMurder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...
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State of Play
as Dan FosterThe murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to...
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Watership Down
as Hazel (voice)Fleeing their doomed warren, a group of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - GuestJonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from...
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ShakespeaRe-Told
as uncreditedFour of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.
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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - GuestFour different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their...
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Early Doors
as LiamA sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the...
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Hot Ones Versus
as SelfWelcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices:...
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White Teeth
as Josh MalfenThe lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
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Lorna Doone
as Sergeant BloxhamPassionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search...
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The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
as NarratorBritish version of the Spanish reality series "El Puente" in which 12 strangers come together on...
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