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 · 92
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self - Guest
Band of Brothers
2001 · James W. Miller
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Top Gear
2002 · Self
Shameless
2004 · Steve McBride
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Sandman
2022 · Golden Haired Man (voi...
Foyle's War
2002 · Ray Pritchard
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Mr. Tumnus
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · Professor Charles Xavi...
His Dark Materials
2019 · Lord Asriel
The Oscars
1953 · Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Charles Xavier
Deadpool 2
2018 · Charles Xavier (uncred...
Dark Phoenix
2019 · Charles Xavier / Profe...
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Self
Speak No Evil
2024 · Paddy
Split
2017 · Dennis / Patricia / He...
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Gowan Ross
It Chapter Two
2019 · Bill Denbrough
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · Self - Guest
Atonement
2007 · Robbie Turner
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · Charles Xavier / Profe...
Wanted
2008 · Wesley Gibson
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Glass
2019 · Patricia / Dennis / He...
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
Atomic Blonde
2017 · David Percival
Murder in Mind
2001 · Martin Vosper
Pose
2026 · Thomas
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011 · Gnomeo (voice)
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003 · Leto Atreides II
State of Play
2003 · Dan Foster
Arthur Christmas
2011 · Arthur (voice)
The Last King of Scotland
2006 · Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
Watership Down
2018 · Hazel (voice)
Filth
2013 · Bruce
My Son
2021 · Edmond Murray
Victor Frankenstein
2015 · Victor Frankenstein
Becoming Jane
2007 · Tom Lefroy
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Penelope
2007 · Johnny/Max
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · UPS Guy
The Book of Clarence
2024 · Pontius Pilate
Early Doors
2003 · Liam
Trance
2013 · Simon
Welcome to the Punch
2013 · Max Lewinsky
Sherlock Gnomes
2018 · Gnomeo (voice)
The Bubble
2022 · James McAvoy
Together
2021 · He
Wimbledon
2004 · Carl Colt
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026 · Self
Lorna Doone
2000 · Sergeant Bloxham
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Self
California Schemin'
2026 · Anthony
Starter for 10
2006 · Brian Jackson
Inside I'm Dancing
2004 · Rory O'Shea
The Conspirator
2011 · Frederick Aiken
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Conor
The Pool
2001 · Mike
The Last Station
2009 · Valentin Bulgakov
Submergence
2018 · James More
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · Conor Ludlow
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019 · Self
White Teeth
2002 · Josh Malfen
Bright Young Things
2003 · Simon Balcairn
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012 · Self
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 · Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Conor
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
2020 · Narrator
Strings
2004 · Hal
The Space Between Attack and Decay
2025 · Narrator
X-Men: First Class
2011 · Charles Xavier
Regeneration
1997 · Anthony Balfour
Lorna Doone
2001 · Sergeant Bloxham
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005 · Joe Macbeth
The Near Room
1997 · Kevin
Bollywood Queen
2002 · Jay
The Making of 'Split'
2017 · Self
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023 · Himself
The Sands Between
2021 · Man
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
2014 · Self
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020 · Cyrano de Bergerac
White Teeth
2002 · Josh Malfen
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
2025 · Narrator