Biography
James McAvoy is a Scottish actor. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 2000, and began his career with television roles including appearances in State of Play (2003) and Shameless (2004–2005).
His feature film work includes Mr Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), a lead role in The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007), and Wesley Gibson in Wanted (2008). He is known for portraying Charles Xavier in the X-Men films from X-Men: First Class (2011) onwards, and for his performance as Kevin Wendell Crumb in Split (2017) and Glass (2019). In 2024 he played Paddy in Speak No Evil.
McAvoy received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2006 and has earned multiple BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He has also worked in voice roles for animated films such as Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) and Arthur Christmas (2011).
