James McAvoy
Actor / Director / Producer
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Biography
Winner 2015 Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for THE RULING CLASS
Nominee 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor THE RULING CLASS
Winner 2014 Empire Film Award for Best Actor for FILTH
Nominee 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor THE RULING CLASS
Winner 2014 Empire Film Award for Best Actor for FILTH
Winner 2014 Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor for FILTH
Winner 2013 BIFA for Best Actor for FILTH
Winner 2014 Critics’ Circle Award for Best British Actor for FILTH/TRANCE/WELCOME TO THE PUNCH
Nominee 2013 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for MACBETH
Nominee 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for THREE DAYS OF RAIN
2008 BAFTA nomination for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
2008 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in A Motion Picture Drama for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Variety Club Award for Film
Winner Best British Actor 2008 London Film Critics Cirlce Award for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Empire Film Award for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Elle Style Award for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Best Actor Richard Attenborough Film Award for ATONEMENT.
2007 European Award nomination for Best Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
Winner 2007 Best Actor BAFTA SCOTLAND Award for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
2007 BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
2006 London Film Critics Circle Award nomination Best British Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
BIFA 2006 nomination for Best Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
Winner of BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award 2006;
Winner of Elle Style Award 2006 – Best Television Actor;
Nominee for Best Newcomer – Empire Film Awards 2006;
Nominee: Best British Actor for CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – London Film Critics Circle;
Nominee: Best British Actor for RORY O`SHEA (aka INSIDE I`M DANCING) – London Film Critics Circle;
Winner Edinburgh Film Festival Audience Award for RORY O`SHEA;
Nominee: Best Newcomer for SHAMELESS – British Comedy Awards
Winner 2013 BIFA for Best Actor for FILTH
Winner 2014 Critics’ Circle Award for Best British Actor for FILTH/TRANCE/WELCOME TO THE PUNCH
Nominee 2013 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for MACBETH
Nominee 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for THREE DAYS OF RAIN
2008 BAFTA nomination for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
2008 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in A Motion Picture Drama for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Variety Club Award for Film
Winner Best British Actor 2008 London Film Critics Cirlce Award for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Empire Film Award for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Elle Style Award for Best Actor for ATONEMENT.
Winner 2008 Best Actor Richard Attenborough Film Award for ATONEMENT.
2007 European Award nomination for Best Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
Winner 2007 Best Actor BAFTA SCOTLAND Award for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
2007 BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
2006 London Film Critics Circle Award nomination Best British Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
BIFA 2006 nomination for Best Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
Winner of BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award 2006;
Winner of Elle Style Award 2006 – Best Television Actor;
Nominee for Best Newcomer – Empire Film Awards 2006;
Nominee: Best British Actor for CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – London Film Critics Circle;
Nominee: Best British Actor for RORY O`SHEA (aka INSIDE I`M DANCING) – London Film Critics Circle;
Winner Edinburgh Film Festival Audience Award for RORY O`SHEA;
Nominee: Best Newcomer for SHAMELESS – British Comedy Awards
Credits
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' | James McAvoy | Homefront Productions / Blazing Griffin / Homefront Productions | |
| FAITH | Michael | Paul Andrew Williams | Blazing Griffin / Giant Productions / Homefront Productions |
| CONTROL | Robert Schwentke | Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg | |
| TURN UP THE SUN! | Jamie Adams | Good Pals | |
| SPEAK NO EVIL | Paddy | James Watkins | Blumhouse Productions/Universal Pictures |
| THE BOOK OF CLARENCE | Pontius Pilate | Jeymes Samuel | Legendary Studios |
| TOGETHER | He | Stephen Daldry | BBC |
| MY SON | Edmond Murray | Christian Carion | STX Films |
| IT: CHAPTER TWO | Bill Denbrough | Andy Muschietti | New Line Cinema |
| X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX | Professor Charles Xavier | Simon Kinberg | 20th Century Fox |
| GLASS | Kevin Wendell Crumb / The Beast / Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / Barry / Jade / Orwell / Heinrich / Norma | M. Night Shyamalan | Blinding Edge Pictures |
| ATOMIC BLONDE | Percival | David Leitch | 87Eleven |
| SUBMERGENCE | James Moore | Wim Wenders | Backup Films |
| SPLIT | Kevin | M. Night Shyalaman | Blinding Edge Pictures |
| X-MEN: APOCALYPSE | Charles Xavier | Bryan Singer | Twentieth Century Fox |
| FRANKENSTEIN | Victor Frankenstein | Paul McGuigan | Twentieth Century Fox |
| X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | Charles Xavier/Professor X | Bryan Singer | Twentieth Century Fox |
| THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: HIS & HERS | Conor Ludlow | Ned Benson | Myriad Pictures |
| FILTH | Bruce Robertson | Jon Baird | Filth Production Ltd |
| TRANCE | Simon | Danny Boyle | Cloud Eight Films |
| WELCOME TO THE PUNCH | Max | Eran Creevy | Between the Eyes Films |
| ARTHUR CHRISTMAS | Arthur | Sarah Smith | Aardman Animations |
| X-MEN: FIRST CLASS | Charles Xavier/Professor X | Matthew Vaughn | Twentieth Century Fox |
| THE CONSPIRATOR | Frederick Aiken | Robert Redford | The American Film Company |
| GNOMEO AND JULIET | Gnomeo | Kelly Asbury | Pointy Hat Productions/Walt Disney |
| THE LAST STATION | Valentin Bulgakov | Michael Hoffman | Zephyr Films |
| WANTED | Wesley | Timur Bekmambetov | Universal Pictures |
| ATONEMENT | Robbie Turner | Joe Wright | Working Title Films |
| BECOMING JANE | Tom Lefroy | Julian Jarrold | JA Films |
| PENELOPE | Max | Mark Palansky | Penelope Productions Ltd. |
| STARTER FOR TEN | Brian Jackson | Tom Vaughan | Neal Street Prods/ HBO Films/ Playtone |
| THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND | Nicholas Garrigan | Kevin Macdonald | Fox |
| THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | Mr Tumnus | Andrew Adamson | Lamp Post Productions |
| INSIDE I'M DANCING | Rory | Damien O'Donnell | Working Title 2 |
| WIMBLEDON | Carl | Richard Loncraine | Working Title Films |
| BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS | Simon | Stephen Fry | Bright Young Films Ltd |
| BOLLYWOOD QUEEN | Jay | Jeremy Wooding | Spice Factory |
| TRENCH HORROR | McNess | Michael J.Bassett | Film & Music Entertainment |
| TABLOID TV | Reveller | David Blair | Tabloid Productions |
| THE SWIMMING POOL | Mike | Boris Von Sychowski | Calypso Films |
| REGENERATION | Anthony Balfour | Gillies MacKinnon | |
| AN ANGEL PASSES BY | Local Boy | David Baillie | |
| THE NEAR ROOM | Kevin Savage | David Hayman |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYRANO DE BERGERAC | Cyrano de Bergerac | Jamie Lloyd | Playhouse Theatre |
| THE RULING CLASS | Jack Gurney | Jamie Lloyd | ATG |
| MACBETH | Macbeth | Jamie Lloyd | Trafalgar Studios |
| BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Bobby Buckfast | Jonathon Stone | Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy |
| BREATHING CORPSES | Ben | Anna Mackmin | Royal Court Theatre |
| LOVERS | Joe | Kenny Ireland | Lyceum, Edinburgh |
| OUT IN THE OPEN | Iggy | Kathy Burke | Hampstead |
| PRIVATES ON PARADE | Private Steven Flowers | Michael Grandage | Donmar Warehouse |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | Romeo | Jonathon Stone | Courtyard Theatre, Hereford |
| THE REEL OF THE HANGED MAN | Gerald | Muriel Romanes | Traverse |
| THE TEMPEST | Ferdinand | Mhari Gilbert | Brunton Theatre co. |
| THREE DAYS OF RAIN | Walker/Ned | Jamie Lloyd | CMP/Neal Street Productions for Apollo Theatre |
| WEST SIDE STORY | Riff | Jonathon Stone | Courtyard Theatre, Hereford |
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEANTIME | Felix McAveety | Jon S. Baird | Expectation / Happy Tramp North / SKY Studios |
| WATERSHIP DOWN | Hazel | Noam Murro | BBC |
| HIS DARK MATERIALS | Lord Asriel | Various | BBC |
| CBEEBIES BEDTIME STORIES | Narrator | Sheila Cathrath | BBC |
| BAND OF BROTHERS | Miller | Daniel Nutter | Band of Brothers Productions |
| CHILDREN OF DUNE | Leto | Greg Yaitanes | Milk and Honey Pictures |
| EARLY DOORS | Liam | Adrian Shergold | Ovations Entertainments Ltd |
| FOYLE'S WAR | Ray Pritchard | Jeremy Silberstein | Greenlit Productions |
| INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES | Gowan Ross | Kim Flitcroft | BBC Television |
| LORNA DOONE | Sgt.Bloxham | Mike Barker | BBC |
| MACBETH | Joe Macbeth | Mark Brozel | BBC |
| MURDER IN MIND | Martin Vosper | Cokey Giedroyc | BBC |
| NOT JUST SATURDAY | Charlie | Morag Shepherd | |
| SHAMELESS | Series I & II | Mark Mylod | Company Pictures |
| STATE OF PLAY | Dan | David Yates | Endor for BBC |
| THE BILL | Gavin Donald | Albert Barber | Thames |
| WHITE TEETH | Josh Malfen | Julian Jarrold | Company Pictures |
Radio
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEART OF DARKNESS | Marlowe | Jamie Lloyd | Feelgood Fiction Ltd |
| Neverwhere | Richard | Heather Larmour | BBC |
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CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' 2025 |
Patriot Pictures, Homefront Productions. Bankside Films (sales) |
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