Biography
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 Ol...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Speak No Evil
2024
as Paddy
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what b...

The Book of Clarence
2024
as Pontius Pilate
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by th...

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
as Himself
On the big screen, film bodies are becoming extreme and body building is part of many actors' job descriptions. Edit follows one of Hollywood's most h...

The Bubble
2022
as James McAvoy
Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel while quarantining at a posh hot...

The Sands Between
2021
as Man
A woman has a phone conversation with her significant other which slowly deteriorates as she comes to realize that the world around her might not be r...

My Son
2021
as Edmond Murray
When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by myster...

Together
2021
as He
A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020
as reader
The programme offers unique access to Julia Donaldson, her family, her rich archives and home movies, and the remarkable cast of characters that have ...
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
2020
as Self - Readings
This was of course a fitting look into the world of Julia Donaldson, whose books have kept the BBC in Christmas animations for the last few years, and...

One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise...

National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big pro...

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary or...

It Chapter Two
2019
as Bill Denbrough
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from ...

Dark Phoenix
2019
as Charles Xavier / Professor X
The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in ou...

Glass
2019
as 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
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man w...

Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, an...

Deadpool 2
2018
as Charles Xavier (uncredited)
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Gnomeo (voice)
Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Submergence
2017
as James More
While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive her...

Atomic Blonde
2017
as David Percival
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

The Making of 'Split'
2017
as Self
A piece in which Shyamalan discusses his growth as a person and a filmmaker, how the film reflects his growth, casting, script secrecy, characters, th...

Split
2017
as Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and...

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Professor Charles Xavier
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Victor Frankenstein
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Conor
Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may ...

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Conor
Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be...

X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Charles Xavier
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e...

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Conor Ludlow
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her...

Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as UPS Guy
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...

Filth
2013
as Bruce
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promoti...

Filth
2013
Producer
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promoti...

Trance
2013
as Simon
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

Welcome to the Punch
2013
as Max Lewinsky
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's alway...

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012
as Self
TV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".

Arthur Christmas
2011
as Arthur (voice)
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

50/50
2011
Thanks
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
An eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through post-production, including visual effects techniques and cat...

X-Men: First Class
2011
as Charles Xavier
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

The Conspirator
2011
as Frederick Aiken
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she ...

Gnomeo & Juliet
2011
as Gnomeo (voice)
A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to over...

The Last Station
2009
as Valentin Bulgakov
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material ...

Wanted
2008
as Wesley Gibson
Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered...

Becoming Jane
2007
as Tom Lefroy
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Atonement
2007
as Robbie Turner
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime ...

Starter for 10
2006
as Brian Jackson
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of ...

Penelope
2006
as Johnny/Max
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate...

The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in U...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Mr. Tumnus
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kin...

Macbeth
2005
as Joe Macbeth
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.

Strings
2004
as Hal (voice)
Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he dis...

Inside I'm Dancing
2004
as Rory O'Shea
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eile...

Wimbledon
2004
as Carl Colt
Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran h...

Bright Young Things
2003
as Simon Balcairn
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the a...

Bollywood Queen
2002
as Jay
A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.

White Teeth
2002
as Josh Malfen
An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden.

The Pool
2001
as Mike
International students at an elite Prague school are stalked and murdered by a masked killer while holding a party in an abandoned water park.

Lorna Doone
2001
as Sergeant Bloxham
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the thron...

Regeneration
1997
as Anthony Balfour
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest hom...

The Near Room
1997
as Kevin
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by...
Control
N/A
as Dr. Conway
A troubled doctor wakes up one morning to the sound of a mysterious voice in his head. With his reality now in question, the voice makes a series of e...

Turn Up the Sun!
N/A
Two couples accidentally book the same countryside mansion for a weekend of work and pleasure but discover things may not be as they seem.
California Schemin'
N/A
In the late '90s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke ...
California Schemin'
N/A
Director
In the late '90s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke ...