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James McAvoy
McAvoy at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1979-04-21) 21 April 1979 (age 45)
Glasgow, Scotland
EducationRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
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James McAvoy (/ˈmækəvɔɪ/; 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 film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play (2003), the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), and the drama series Shameless (2004–2005).

McAvoy gained recognition for playing Mr. Tumnus in the fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and an assassin in the action film Wanted (2008). His performances in the period dramas The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007) gained him nominations for the BAFTA Award. In 2011 he voiced the title characters in Arthur Christmas and Gnomeo & Juliet, and portrayed Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in future installments of the X-Men series. McAvoy gained praise for starring in the independent crime film Filth (2013) and as a superpowered man with 23 dissociative identities in M. Night Shyamalan's Split (2016) and its successor Glass (2019). He portrayed Lord Asriel in the fantasy series His Dark Materials from 2019 to 2022, and starred as Bill Denbrough in the horror film It Chapter Two (2019).

On stage, McAvoy has starred in several West End productions, such as Three Days of Rain in 2010, Macbeth in 2013, The Ruling Class in 2015, and Cyrano de Bergerac in 2020, for which he received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

Early life

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McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow,[1][2] to bus-driver-turned-builder James McAvoy Sr. and psychiatric nurse Elizabeth (née Johnstone; died 2018).[3][4][5] He was brought up as a Roman Catholic.[6] His parents separated when he was seven and divorced when he was eleven.[3] McAvoy's mother suffered from poor health and subsequently sent him to live with his maternal grandparents, Mary and James Johnstone, in the nearby Drumchapel area of Glasgow.[7] His mother lived with them intermittently.[3] McAvoy has a younger sister named Joy and a younger half-brother named Donald.[3] McAvoy confirmed in an interview with The Guardian that both his parents were deceased,[8] but he had not been in contact with his father since childhood.[3] He attended the Catholic St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Jordanhill area of Glasgow and briefly considered joining the priesthood.[9][10] In a 2006 interview, McAvoy said he considered becoming a priest as a child because it seemed to be a way to explore the world via missionary work.[11] During his education, he worked at a local bakery.[9][10]

McAvoy applied to join the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was also offered a place to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).[12] After graduating in 2000, he moved to London.

Career

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Early work

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McAvoy's acting debut was at the age of 15 years in The Near Room (1995). He later admitted that he was not very interested in acting when joining the film, but was inspired to study acting after developing feelings for his co-star, Alana Brady.[13] He continued to act while still a member of PACE Youth Theatre.[14][15] McAvoy graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000.[16] Throughout the early 2000s, he made guest appearances in television shows and began working in film. In 2001, McAvoy's performance as a gay hustler in the play Out in the Open impressed director Joe Wright so much that Wright began offering McAvoy parts in his films. McAvoy kept declining them, however, and it was not until six years later that the two worked together.[16]

He starred in Privates on Parade in the Donmar Warehouse, this time catching Sam Mendes' attention.[3] In 2001, the actor appeared as Private James W. Miller in Band of Brothers, an eleven-hour World War II miniseries by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.[17][18] He gained the attention of critics in 2002's White Teeth, a four-part television drama miniseries adaption based on the novel of the same name by Zadie Smith.[19] In 2022, McAvoy commented that Smith "didn't say [he] was bad at playing the part". She told him he "was the wrong casting, because [he] was too little – the character should have been more overweight."[8]

In 2003, McAvoy appeared in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, adapted from Frank Herbert's novels. It is one of the highest-rated programmes on the channel.[20] More work came for him when he accepted the role of an unprincipled reporter in 2003's State of Play.[21] The well-received six-part drama serial tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman and was broadcast on BBC One.[22][23] Calling the programme a "must-see", the Chicago Tribune recommended State of Play for its cast's performance.[24] In 2002, McAvoy shot scenes for Bollywood Queen, described as West Side Story meets Romeo and Juliet with bindis, the film deals with star-crossed lovers caught in the middle of clashing cultures; it was shown as a special presentation at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and opened in UK cinemas on 17 October.[25][26]

In 2004, he acted in the romantic comedy Wimbledon, also featuring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany as leads.[27] His next project was voicing a character named Hal in the 2004 English version of Strings, a mythic fantasy film.[28] Another 2004 release for him was Inside I'm Dancing, an Irish production directed by Damien O'Donnell starring alongside fellow Scotsman Steven Robertson. In it, he was cast as one of the two principal characters: a maverick with duchenne muscular dystrophy.[29] McAvoy ended 2004 by appearing in the first two seasons of Shameless as Steve McBride, the moral hero of the BAFTA-winning Channel 4 programme.

2000s

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His public profile was raised in 2005 with the release of Walt Disney Pictures's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.[30] McAvoy starred in the fantasy adventure film made by Andrew Adamson and based on C. S. Lewis's children's novel as Tumnus, a faun who befriends Lucy Pevensie (played by Georgie Henley) and joins Aslan (Liam Neeson)'s forces. It was given a UK release of 9 December. At the UK box office, the film opened at number one, earning around £8.7 million at 498 cinemas over the weekend.[31] Worldwide, Narnia grossed £463 million.[32] In 2006 he accepted the principal role of Brian Jackson, a nerdy university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team in the mid-1980s, in Starter for 10. He was directed by David Nicholls, who adapted the film's screenplay from his own book. The British-American production was given distribution in the UK on 10 November. In spite of the positive buzz, the film flopped at the box office, unable to recover its production costs of £5.7 million.[33][34]

Forest Whitaker had suggested McAvoy to director Kevin Macdonald for the role of Nicholas Garrigan in 2006's Academy Award-winning low-budgeted The Last King of Scotland.[35] McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin (played by Whitaker) while in Uganda. While the film is based on factual events of Amin's rule, the details of the story and the character McAvoy played are fictional and adapted from Giles Foden's 1998 novel. McAvoy assessed his character to be a "completely selfish prick".[11] An overwhelmed McAvoy fainted during his first take of what would be the hardest scene for him to shoot, Nicholas's torture.[36] McAvoy was named Best Actor of the year by Scotland's own BAFTA Awards, where the film swept the major categories,[37] and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film received three awards, including the Outstanding British Film of the Year.[38] This was accompanied by praise for McAvoy's performance.[39]

Following that, he played Irish attorney Tom Lefroy and love-interest to Jane Austen in Becoming Jane, a 2007 historical film inspired by the author's early life.[40] Next up was Penelope, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[41] Also starring Christina Ricci, it generated polarised reviews.[42] The breakthrough role in McAvoy's career came in Atonement, Joe Wright's 2007 adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of the same title. A romantic war film, it focuses on lovers Cecilia and Robbie's (Keira Knightley and McAvoy) lives being torn apart after her jealous younger sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan) falsely accuses him of rape. Upon reading the script, McAvoy said he thought "If I don't get the part I'm not reading the book because it'll be devastating. It's an amazing role and I really wanted it."[43] McAvoy has called the film "incredibly sad" but considers it an uplifting experience. He also shared that he hoped viewers will be left "absolutely devastated and harrowed". Screenings of Atonement were held at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the most acclaimed films present, and Venice Film Festival.[44][45] Atonement was a big awards contender; it was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs and seven Academy Awards.[46][47] Both McAvoy and Knightley were nominated for their performances at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, respectively.[48] Additionally, the film was lauded by critics, with Metacritic reporting it to have an approval rating of 85.[49] The Hollywood Reporter writer Ray Bennett said the duo gave "compelling and charismatic performances".[50] In December 2022, McAvoy stated that McEwan was not entirely satisfied with his casting as Robbie in Atonement. "He wasn't disparaging. He just gave me… nothing. And I was a bit devastated. Then he said I was a bit small – because my character, Robbie, was meant to be this 6ft tanned Adonis, and I was a 25-year-old pasty Glaswegian who's 5ft-nothing."[8]

His next role saw McAvoy starring with Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman in Wanted (2008), an action film where he portrayed Wesley Gibson, a young American slacker who learns he is heir to a legacy of assassins. When McAvoy screen-tested for the role, he was initially rejected because the studio was seeking an actor with conventional Hollywood leading-man looks and physique. He later recalled being considered the "runt of the litter" of those who tested, but ultimately got the role in late 2006 since the studio "wanted someone geeky".[51][52] While shooting action scenes for Wanted, he suffered several injuries, including a twisted ankle and an injured knee.[53] Nonetheless, the actor said he had a "good time" whilst making the film. McAvoy had not previously done this type of genre, and thought of Wanted as a chance to be more versatile.[54]

Loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar, it saw a June 2008 release worldwide. It received favourable reviews from the press, who generally liked that it was fast-paced.[55] At the box office, Wanted was a success, grossing $341 million against a $75 million production budget.[56] Next was The Last Station (2009), a biopic that details the final months of celebrated writer Leo Tolstoy and also stars Anne-Marie Duff, McAvoy's wife at the time.[57] It was shown at a limited number of screens in the US.[58] Although most critics' awards paid attention to co-stars Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, the Satellite Awards nominated McAvoy for Best Supporting Actor.[59] In 2009, McAvoy voiced Angelina's father, Maurice Mouseling, in the television series, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. He also appeared onstage in 2009 at Apollo Theatre's Three Days of Rain.[60]

2010s

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McAvoy at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

He voiced the male titular character in the film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), an animated movie based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.[61] In Robert Redford's historical American drama The Conspirator, McAvoy played the role of an idealistic war hero who reluctantly defends co-conspirator Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) charged in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[62] While this movie garnered mixed reception, critics lauded the actor for his work. In Owen Gleiberman's assessment of The Conspirator, he found it "stiff-jointed" and tedious, but regarded McAvoy as "an avid presence".[63]

In mid-2010, McAvoy was cast as telepathic superhero Professor X, leader and founder of the X-Men, in X-Men: First Class.[64] He joined an ensemble that included Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult. Based on the Marvel Comics and a prequel to the film series, it focuses on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups. McAvoy did not read comics as a child, but was a fan of the X-Men animated cartoon series.[65] Released to the UK on 1 June, First Class topped its box office with ticket sales of around £5 million in its opening weekend.[66] First Class was reviewed favourably and McAvoy's performance was widely praised.[67] In 2011, he began filming the role of Max Lewinsky in the British thriller Welcome to the Punch.[68] That same year, McAvoy voiced the title character in the animated holiday film Arthur Christmas. He also played the lead role in the Danny Boyle film Trance.

In 2012, McAvoy was cast as Bruce Robertson in Filth, an adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The film's ensemble cast includes McAvoy's former classmate Shauna Macdonald as his wife, as well as Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan and Imogen Poots. For his role, McAvoy won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards in December 2013.[69][70] It was also announced that he would co-star with Jessica Chastain in a double-feature film project, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.[71] He performed the male lead in radio play adaptation of Neverwhere written by Neil Gaiman.[72] In October 2016 McAvoy played the character Richard in the BBC Radio 4 production of Neil Gaiman's short story 'How The Marquis Got His Coat Back'.[73] Gaiman played the role of the Boatman.

McAvoy starred in Shakespeare's Macbeth on London's West End in early 2013. Macbeth was the first performance at the Trafalgar Transformed, running from 9 February until 27 April. The production was directed by Jamie Lloyd who also directed McAvoy in his last stint on the stage in 2009's Three Days of Rain.[74] In 2015, McAvoy won the Best Actor award at London's Evening Standard Theater Awards for his portrayal of Jack Gurney in The Ruling Class,[75] a revival of the Peter Barnes play directed by Jamie Lloyd. It ran at Trafalgar Studios from 16 January to 11 April 2015.

McAvoy reprised his role as Professor X in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), which grossed $747.9 million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of the year 2014 and the second highest-grossing film in the X-Men franchise and in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse.[76][77] In 2016, he starred in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a dissociative identity disorder sufferer with dangerous capabilities. His performance was praised by critics, with some hailing it as the best of his career.[78][79] In 2018, McAvoy voiced Hazel in the BBC miniseries Watership Down. In 2019, he reprised his role as Crumb in Glass[80] and then returned as Professor X in the film Dark Phoenix.[81]

McAvoy played the adult Bill Denbrough in the horror film It Chapter Two, the sequel to It (2017), which premiered on 6 September 2019[82] and grossed $473 million at the box office. Also in 2019, McAvoy starred as Lord Asriel in the television adaptation of His Dark Materials.[83][84]

2020s

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On 4 March 2020, it was announced that Audible would be adapting Neil Gaiman's acclaimed comic book series The Sandman into a multi-part audio drama, with McAvoy voicing the lead character, Dream.

McAvoy starred in the Jamie Lloyd Company production of Cyrano de Bergerac which opened in the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre on 3 February 2022, for which he won a What's On Stage award for Best Performer in a Male-Identifying Role. He continued his performance in a limited run at the Harvey Theater at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), opening the show stateside on 5 April 2022 and running until 22 May 2022.[85]

He began principal photography on his directorial debut, California Schemin', in Scotland in November 2024.[86]

Personal life

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While working on Shameless, McAvoy began dating co-star Anne-Marie Duff, who played his character's love interest. They married on 11 November 2006,[87] and their son was born in 2010.[88] McAvoy and Duff announced their decision to divorce in May 2016,[89] and to minimise disruption to their son's life, they initially shared a home in north London when not working elsewhere.[90] McAvoy later began a relationship with Lisa Liberati, whom he had met on the set of Split (2016), where she worked as a personal assistant to director M. Night Shyamalan. In early 2022, he confirmed they had secretly married after years of speculation.[91]

After McAvoy won the "Rising Star" award from the BAFTAs, his estranged father spoke to the Sunday Mirror, stating that he would love to get in touch with his son but did not know how to contact him. Although he did not read the piece, McAvoy heard about it and was unmoved.[3]

McAvoy considers himself a spiritual person who no longer practises Catholicism.[10] He enjoys fantasy themes, which he said started from age 11 with reading The Lord of the Rings.[92]

McAvoy is a fan of Celtic FC, stating that his dream acting role would be Celtic player Jimmy Johnstone.[93] He had once been a video game addict, playing role-playing games such as The Legend of Zelda, Secret of Mana, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which he quit after it began affecting his life. McAvoy recalled burning his disc of Oblivion with a kitchen stove to get rid of his addiction to the game.[94]

Speaking to Sky News in 2011, McAvoy said he believed that British filmmakers belittlingly attempt to dumb down their productions to please American audiences.[95] He had previously called 3D films a "waste of money", accusing film studios of using the effect to get more money out of cinema audiences.[96]

Philanthropy

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In 2011, McAvoy did a "terrifying" BASE jump from the world's tallest hospital building in a bid to help raise money for Ugandan children's charity Retrak, which assists children on the streets.[97] After this, he continued to support Retrak.[98] Additionally, he is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross with whom he travelled to Uganda to raise awareness of the projects there. He had become involved with the charity after shooting The Last King of Scotland there for several months and was shocked by what he saw.[99] In February 2007, he visited northern Uganda and spent four days seeing projects supported by the British Red Cross.[100]

In 2015, McAvoy pledged £125,000 to a 10-year scholarship programme at his former drama school, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[101] In March 2020, McAvoy donated £275,000 to a crowdfunding campaign to help the NHS mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[102]

Acting credits

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Main article: List of James McAvoy performances

Awards and nominations

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List of awards and nominations
Organisation Year[a] Work(s) Category Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 Atonement Best Seduction (with Keira Knightley) Won
ALOS Awards 2018 Split Best Actor in a Leading Role Won
British Academy Film Awards 2006 — Rising Star Award Won
2007 The Last King of Scotland Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
2008 Atonement Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
British Academy Scotland Awards 2007 Atonement Best Actor in Film Won
2014 Filth Best Actor in Film Won
2021 Together Best Actor in Television Won
British Comedy Awards 2004 Shameless Best TV Comedy Newcomer Nominated [103]
British Independent Film Awards 2006 The Last King of Scotland Best Performance by an Actor Nominated
2013 Filth Best Performance by an Actor Won
Cannes Film Festival 2007 — Male Revelation Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2018 Split Best Actor Nominated
Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2007 Atonement Best Actor Nominated
Empire Awards 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Newcomer Nominated
2008 Atonement Best Actor Won
2013 Filth Best Actor Won
European Film Awards 2007 The Last King of Scotland European Actor Nominated
2008 Atonement European Actor Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2008 Atonement, Becoming Jane Best Actor Nominated
Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2015 The Ruling Class Best Actor Won
2022 Cyrano de Bergerac Won
Fright Meter Awards 2017 Split Best Actor Won
Golden Globes Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated
IGN Award 2011 X-Men: First Class Best Ensemble Cast Nominated
Irish Film & Television Academy 2008 Atonement Best International Actor Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards 2017 X-Men: Apocalypse #Squad Nominated
Laurence Olivier Award 2010 Three Days of Rain Best Actor Nominated
2013 Macbeth Best Actor Nominated
2015 The Ruling Class Best Actor Nominated
2020 Cyrano de Bergerac Best Actor Nominated
London Critics Circle Film Awards 2005 Inside I'm Dancing British Actor of the Year Nominated
2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe British Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated
2007 The Last King of Scotland British Actor of the Year Nominated
2008 Atonement British Actor of the Year Won
2014 Filth, Trance, Welcome to the Punch British Actor of the Year Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2009 Wanted Best Kiss (with Angelina Jolie) Nominated
2017 Split Best Actor in a Movie Nominated
National Movie Awards 2008 Wanted Best Performance – Male Nominated
North Texas Film Critics Association 2018 Split Best Actor Nominated
OFTA Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor Nominated
People's Choice Awards 2012 X-Men: First Class Favorite Movie Superhero Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Male Actor Won
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008 Atonement Virtuoso Award Won
Satellite Awards 2009 The Last Station Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated
Scream Awards 2011 X-Men: First Class Best Fantasy Actor Nominated
2011 X-Men: First Class Best Superhero Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Villain Won
Teen Choice Awards 2017 Split Choice Movie: Villain Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle 2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Best Screen Couple (with Emily Blunt) Nominated
Teen Choice Awards 2019 Dark Phoenix Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor Nominated
Variety 2008 The Last King of Scotland and Wanted Variety Film Award [104] Won
(Source: IMDb[105][better source needed])

Notes

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  1. ^ Year in which awards ceremony was held.

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