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 & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas.
In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008).
In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Speak No Evil (2024) | Paddy | 7.5 | |
| 2 | The Book of Clarence (2024) | Pontius Pilate | 5.5 | |
| 3 | The Bubble (2022) | James McAvoy | 5.4 | |
| 4 | My Son (2021) | Edmond Murray | 7 | |
| 5 | Together (2021) | He | 7.3 | |
| 6 | National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020) | Cyrano de Bergerac | 8 | |
| 7 | One World: Together at Home (2020) | Self | 8 | |
| 8 | It Chapter Two (2019) | Bill Denbrough | 6.8 | |
| 9 | Dark Phoenix (2019) | Charles Xavier / Professor X | 5.8 | |
| 10 | Glass (2019) | 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 | 6.9 | |
| 11 | Once Upon a Deadpool (2018) | Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
| 12 | Sherlock Gnomes (2018) | Gnomeo (voice) | 6.4 | |
| 13 | Submergence (2018) | James More | 6.5 | |
| 14 | Deadpool 2 (2018) Top 100 by FilmGator | Charles Xavier (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 15 | Split (2017) | Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade | 7.3 | |
| 16 | The Making of 'Split' (2017) | Self | - | - |
| 17 | Atomic Blonde (2017) | David Percival | 7.3 | |
| 18 | X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) | Professor Charles Xavier | 7.1 | |
| 19 | X-Men: Unguarded (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 20 | Victor Frankenstein (2015) | Victor Frankenstein | 6.4 | |
| 21 | Muppets Most Wanted (2014) | UPS Guy | 6.5 | |
| 22 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014) | Conor | 4.6 | |
| 23 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014) | Conor | 6 | |
| 24 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) | Conor Ludlow | 6.6 | |
| 25 | X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Charles Xavier | 8 | |
| 26 | Trance (2013) | Simon | 6.9 | |
| 27 | Filth (2013) | Bruce | 6.7 | |
| 28 | Welcome to the Punch (2013) | Max Lewinsky | 6.9 | |
| 29 | X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012) | Self | 8 | |
| 30 | Arthur Christmas (2011) | Arthur (voice) | 7.1 | |
| 31 | X-Men: First Class (2011) | Charles Xavier | 7.8 | |
| 32 | Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) | Gnomeo (voice) | 6.3 | |
| 33 | The Conspirator (2011) | Frederick Aiken | 6.6 | |
| 34 | The Last Station (2009) Oscars 2010 | Valentin Bulgakov | 6.7 | |
| 35 | Wanted (2008) Oscars 2009 | Wesley Gibson | 6.7 | |
| 36 | Penelope (2007) | Johnny/Max | 6.8 | |
| 37 | Atonement (2007) Oscars 2008 | Robbie Turner | 7.4 | |
| 38 | Becoming Jane (2007) | Tom Lefroy | 7.5 | |
| 39 | The Last King of Scotland (2006) Oscars 2007 | Dr. Nicholas Garrigan | 7.3 | |
| 40 | Starter for 10 (2006) | Brian Jackson | 6.3 | |
| 41 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Oscars 2006 | Mr. Tumnus | 7.1 | |
| 42 | ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth (2005) | Joe Macbeth | - | - |
| 43 | Wimbledon (2004) | Carl Colt | 6.3 | |
| 44 | Strings (2004) | Hal | - | - |
| 45 | Inside I'm Dancing (2004) | Rory O'Shea | 8 | |
| 46 | Bright Young Things (2003) | Simon Balcairn | - | - |
| 47 | Bollywood Queen (2002) | Jay | 6 | |
| 48 | The Pool (2001) | Mike | 6 | |
| 49 | The Near Room (1997) | Kevin | - | - |
| 50 | Regeneration (1997) | Anthony Balfour | 5 |
