James McAvoy (1979)

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James McAvoy
General Information
Birth Name	James McAvoy
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Glasgow, Scotland
Birth Date	April 21, 1979
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years Active	1995 to Present

Filmography

• The Near Room (1995)
• An Angel Passes By (1997)
• The Bill (1997) 1 episode
• Behind the Lines (1997)
• Lorna Doone (2000)
• Murder in Mind (2001) 1 episode
• Band of Brothers (2001) 1 episode
• The Pool (2001)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) 1 episode
• White Teeth (2002) 2 episodes
• Foyle's War (2002) 1 episode
• Bollywood Queen (2002)
• Children of Dune (2003) 3 episodes
• Bright Young Things (2003)
• Early Doors (2003) 4 episodes
• State of Play (2003) 6 episodes
• Wimbledon (2004)
• Strings (2004)
• Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
• Shameless (2004-05) 13 episodes
• ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) 1 episode
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006)
• Penelope (2006)
• Starter for 10 (2006)
• Becoming Jane (2007)
• Atonement (2007)
• Wanted (2008)
• The Last Station (2009)
• The Conspirator (2010)
• Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Welcome to the Punch (2013)
• Trance (2013)
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)
• Filth (2013)
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
• Victor Frankenstein (2015)
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
• Split (2016)
• Atomic Blonde (2017)
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Glass (2019)
• Dark Phoenix (2019)
• It Chapter Two (2019)
• One World: Together at Home (2020)
• The Bubble (2022)
• Speak No Evil (2024)

Trivia

• Before he went into acting, he wanted to join the Navy.

• Fan of Celtic Football Club.

• Enjoys science fiction, including Star Trek and the new Battlestar Galactica.

• Was ranked #18 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).

• Chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.

• Worked out to improve his physique for the action scenes in Wanted. However he suffered several injuries during shooting, including a twisted ankle and an injured knee.

• Said the script for Atonement was the best he had ever read.

• Is good friends with actors Tom Ellis and Benedict Cumberbatch.

• His fans refer to themselves as "McAvoyeurs".

• Passed his car driving test at the age of 30.

• Crashed a 1980s Porsche 911 on the set of Atomic Blonde when a stunt went wrong.

• McAvoy broke his hand on the set of Split after he got angry at not getting a scene. He became so annoyed with his performance that he ended up hitting a door, which he thought was a fake door, but it was a solid metal door. Viewers can see that James's hand is injured during the scene where he's on a train and he's putting on his glasses.

Quotes

• "We're in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it's their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good at their job, not good at anything, just hugely famous. This is not sane. Little girls think they'll be famous if they have vast breast implants and might as well die if they don't."

• "Where it gets difficult is when you get two or three jobs back to back where you're playing leads and doing 13, 14 hours a day, six days a week, and you suddenly think, hang on a minute, how can you have a life like this? Do I work to live or live to work? How can I work properly with no life to inform the work?"

• "I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not your classic lead man, Bradd Pitt guy."

• "The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really."

• "I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe Star Trek."

• "I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much."

• "I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead."

• "I don't have a middle name. If I had to take one, I'd like something Scottish like Hamish or Cameron."

• "I take my job very seriously and if I start acting like an idiot off screen, I lose that respect."

• "I'm always on the hunt for something new, a character I have never played before. Thanks to X-Men I have a certain amount of financial freedom. When I know I'll be making another blockbuster in a couple of years' time, I can afford to say yes to smaller projects with smaller budgets."

• "I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am."

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