James McAvoy
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).…
Filmography
Faith
2026 · 10.0
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
2020 · 10.0
Band of Brothers
2001 · 8.6
Murder in Mind
2001 · 8.3
Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9
His Dark Materials
2019 · 7.8
The Sandman
2022 · 7.8
Early Doors
2003 · 7.8
Lorna Doone
2000 · 7.7
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005 · 7.7
Atonement
2007 · 7.6
Shameless
2004 · 7.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · 7.5
State of Play
2003 · 7.5
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
2020 · 7.5
Deadpool 2
2018 · 7.5
The Last King of Scotland
2006 · 7.4
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · 7.4
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 · 7.4
Inside I'm Dancing
2004 · 7.4
Split
2017 · 7.3
Becoming Jane
2007 · 7.3
X-Men: First Class
2011 · 7.3
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · 7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018 · 7.1
Speak No Evil
2024 · 7.1
White Teeth
2002 · 7.0
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
2003 · 6.9
Watership Down
2018 · 6.9
Filth
2013 · 6.8
It Chapter Two
2019 · 6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011 · 6.8
Penelope
2006 · 6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · 6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · 6.7
Glass
2019 · 6.7
Trance
2013 · 6.6
The Conspirator
2011 · 6.6
Strings
2004 · 6.6
The Sands Between
2021 · 6.6
Wanted
2008 · 6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · 6.5
Atomic Blonde
2017 · 6.4
Starter for 10
2006 · 6.4
The Last Station
2009 · 6.4
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · 6.3
Bright Young Things
2003 · 6.3
Wimbledon
2004 · 6.2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · 6.2
My Son
2021 · 6.1
White Teeth
2002 · 6.1
California Schemin'
2026 · 6.0
Dark Phoenix
2019 · 6.0
Victor Frankenstein
2015 · 6.0
Gnomeo & Juliet
2011 · 5.9
Welcome to the Punch
2013 · 5.9
The Book of Clarence
2024 · 5.8
Together
2021 · 5.8
Lorna Doone
2001 · 5.8
Pose
2026 · 5.7
Sherlock Gnomes
2018 · 5.7
Submergence
2018 · 5.5
Regeneration
1997 · 5.5
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · 5.3
The Pool
2001 · 5.2
The Near Room
1997 · 5.0
Bollywood Queen
2002 · 4.8
The Bubble
2022 · 4.6
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
2020 · 4.0
New Voices
1991 · 0.0
The Space Between Attack and Decay
2025 · 0.0
Almost You
— · 0.0
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
2025 · 0.0
Fear the Reaper
— · 0.0
Control
— · 0.0
Untitled Armando Iannucci Conspiracy Thriller
— · 0.0