James McAvoy

Born

1979-04-21

Place of birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

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 & Juli...

Known for

7.5

Deadpool 2

Charles Xavier (uncredited)

7.3

Split

Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade

7.5

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Charles Xavier

6.5

X-Men: Apocalypse

Professor Charles Xavier

7.3

X-Men: First Class

Charles Xavier

7.1

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mr. Tumnus

6.8

It Chapter Two

Bill Denbrough

6.7

Glass

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