James McAvoy

James McAvoy

1979-04-21 Glasgow, Scotland, UK 63 Credits

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...

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Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil

2024

as Paddy

7.2
Acting

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

The Book of Clarence

2024

as Pontius Pilate

6.0
Acting

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

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

2023

as Himself

10.0
Acting

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

The Bubble

2022

as James McAvoy

4.6
Acting

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

The Sands Between

2021

as Man

6.5
Acting

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

My Son

2021

as Edmond Murray

6.2
Acting

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

Together

2021

as He

5.8
Acting

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

10.0
Acting

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

6.0
Acting

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

One World: Together at Home

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac

2020

as Cyrano de Bergerac

8.4
Acting

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

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019

as Self

7.1
Acting

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

It Chapter Two

2019

as Bill Denbrough

6.8
Acting

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

Dark Phoenix

2019

as Charles Xavier / Professor X

6.0
Acting

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

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

6.7
Acting

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

Once Upon a Deadpool

2018

as Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

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

Deadpool 2

2018

as Charles Xavier (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes

2018

as Gnomeo (voice)

5.7
Acting

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

Submergence

Submergence

2017

as James More

5.5
Acting

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

Atomic Blonde

2017

as David Percival

6.4
Acting

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'

The Making of 'Split'

2017

as Self

6.4
Acting

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

Split

2017

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

7.3
Acting

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

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

as Professor Charles Xavier

6.5
Acting

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

Victor Frankenstein

2015

as Victor Frankenstein

6.0
Acting

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

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014

as Conor

6.7
Acting

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

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

2014

as Conor

6.7
Acting

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

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

as Charles Xavier

7.5
Acting

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

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

2014

as Conor Ludlow

6.2
Acting

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

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

as UPS Guy

6.3
Acting

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

Filth

2013

as Bruce

6.9
Acting

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

Filth

Filth

2013

Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Trance

Trance

2013

as Simon

6.6
Acting

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

Welcome to the Punch

2013

as Max Lewinsky

5.9
Acting

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

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special

2012

as Self

6.7
Acting

TV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

2011

as Arthur (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

50/50

2011

Thanks

7.2

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

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

2011

8.3
Acting

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

X-Men: First Class

2011

as Charles Xavier

7.3
Acting

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

The Conspirator

2011

as Frederick Aiken

6.6
Acting

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

Gnomeo & Juliet

2011

as Gnomeo (voice)

5.9
Acting

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

The Last Station

2009

as Valentin Bulgakov

6.3
Acting

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

Wanted

2008

as Wesley Gibson

6.5
Acting

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

Becoming Jane

2007

as Tom Lefroy

7.3
Acting

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Atonement

Atonement

2007

as Robbie Turner

7.6
Acting

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

Starter for 10

2006

as Brian Jackson

6.4
Acting

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

Penelope

2006

as Johnny/Max

6.7
Acting

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

The Last King of Scotland

2006

as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

7.4
Acting

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

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

2005

as Mr. Tumnus

7.1
Acting

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

Macbeth

2005

as Joe Macbeth

7.6
Acting

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

Strings

Strings

2004

as Hal (voice)

6.7
Acting

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

Inside I'm Dancing

2004

as Rory O'Shea

7.4
Acting

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

Wimbledon

2004

as Carl Colt

6.2
Acting

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

Bright Young Things

2003

as Simon Balcairn

6.3
Acting

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

Bollywood Queen

2002

as Jay

4.8
Acting

A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.

White Teeth

White Teeth

2002

as Josh Malfen

6.0
Acting

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

The Pool

2001

as Mike

5.0
Acting

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

Lorna Doone

2001

as Sergeant Bloxham

5.7
Acting

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

Regeneration

1997

as Anthony Balfour

5.7
Acting

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

The Near Room

1997

as Kevin

4.9
Acting

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

Acting

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!

Turn Up the Sun!

N/A

1.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

Directing

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 ...