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James McAvoy is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and made mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play and the science fiction mini-series Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. He has performed in several West End productions and received three 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.
Born
Saturday, 21 April 1979
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Speak No Evil | Paddy | 2024 |
| The Book of Clarence | Pontius Pilate | 2024 |
| The Sandman | Golden-Haired Man | 2022 |
| Bubble | James McAvoy | 2022 |
| The Bubble | James McAvoy | 2022 |
| My Son | Edmond Murray | 2021 |
| Together | He | 2021 |
| HouseBroken | Stan | 2021 |
| The Bridge | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2020 |
| The Sandman | Lord Morpheus | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Speak No Evil | Paddy | 2024 |
| The Book of Clarence | Pontius Pilate | 2024 |
| The Sandman | Golden-Haired Man | 2022 |
| Bubble | James McAvoy | 2022 |
| The Bubble | James McAvoy | 2022 |
| My Son | Edmond Murray | 2021 |
| Together | He | 2021 |
| HouseBroken | Stan | 2021 |
| The Bridge | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2020 |
| The Sandman | Lord Morpheus | 2020 |
| Global Goal: Unite for Our Future | Self | 2020 |
| One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020 |
| His Dark Materials | Lord Asriel / Lord Asriel Belacqua | 2019 |
| It Chapter Two | Bill Denbrough | 2019 |
| X-Men: Dark Phoenix | Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X / Charles Xavier | 2019 |
| National Theater Live: Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | 2019 |
| Glass | Norma / Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / Barry / Jade / The Beast / Heinrich / Ian / Mary Reynolds / Jalin / Kat / B.T. / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Mr. Pritchard / Felida / Luke / Goddard / Samuel / Polly | 2019 |
| Watership Down | Hazel / Hazel (voice) | 2018 |
| Deadpool 2 | Charles Xavier | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Sherlock Gnomes | Gnomeo (voice) / Gnomeo | 2018 |
| The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C | Self - Contestant | 2018 |
| Submergence | James More | 2017 |
| Atomic Blonde | David Percival | 2017 |
| Split | Kevin Wendell Crumb / Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Barry / Orwell / Jade | 2017 |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | Professor Charles Xavier / Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2016 |
| Victor Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Orange Carpet Special Edition | Self | 2014 |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kitchen Sequence | Self | 2014 |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Conor Ludlow / Conor | 2014 |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Conor Ludlow / Conor | 2014 |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 2014 |
| The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Conor Ludlow | 2014 |
| Muppets Most Wanted | UPS Guy | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self / Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Sit Down with the Stars | Self | 2014 |
| Filth | Bruce / Bruce Robertson | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Trance | Simon | 2013 |
| Welcome to the Punch | Max Lewinsky | 2013 |
| Arthur Christmas | Arthur / Arthur (voice) | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| X-Men: First Class | Professor X / Charles Xavier (30 Years) / Charles Xavier | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Gnomeo & Juliet | Gnomeo / Gnomeo (voice) | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself / Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| Film Fiend | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| The Conspirator | Frederick Aiken | 2010 |
| Farewell 'The Bill' | Gavin Donald | 2010 |
| The Many Faces of... | Valentin | 2009 |
| The Last Station | Valentin Bulgakov / Valentin | 2009 |
| Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps | Mr. Maurice Mouseling | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| CBeebies Bedtime Story | Self - Storyteller | 2009 |
| The Rotten Tomatoes Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Wanted | Wesley / Wesley Gibson | 2008 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2008 |
| Atonement | Robbie Turner | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Charles Xavier in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' | 2007 |
| Becoming Jane | Tom Lefroy | 2007 |
| The 79th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
| Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
| Starter for 10 | Brian Jackson | 2006 |
| Capturing Idi Amin | Interviewee | 2006 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self / Mr. Tumnus | 2006 |
| Penelope | Max / Johnny / Johnny/Max | 2006 |
| The Last King of Scotland | Dr. Nicholas Garrigan | 2006 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Tumnus | 2005 |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | Joe Macbeth | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Balls of Steel | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Rory O'Shea Was Here | Rory O'Shea | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Himself - Guest | 2004 |
| Strings | Hal / Hal (voice) | 2004 |
| Wimbledon | Carl Colt | 2004 |
| Shameless | Steve | 2004 |
| Shootout | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Bright Young Things | Simon Balcairn | 2003 |
| State of Play | Dan Foster | 2003 |
| Early Doors | Liam | 2003 |
| Children of Dune | Leto Atreides II | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| MythBusters | Wesley Gibson | 2003 |
| Foyle's War | Ray Pritchard | 2002 |
| Top Gear | Self - Special Guest | 2002 |
| White Teeth | Josh Malfen | 2002 |
| Bollywood Queen | Jay | 2002 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| The Pool | Mike | 2001 |
| Band of Brothers | James W. Miller | 2001 |
| Murder in Mind | Martin Vosper | 2001 |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Gowan Ross | 2001 |
| Lorna Doone | Sergeant Bloxham | 2000 |
| Behind the Lines | Anthony Balfour | 1997 |
| The View | Himself - Guest | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest / Self | 1996 |
| The Near Room | Kevin | 1995 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| The Brief | Gavin Donald | 1984 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Himself / Self / Himself (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Various | 1975 |
| Good Morning America: Weekend Edition | Self - Guest | 1975 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Filth | 2013 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
