James McAvoy

James McAvoy born 21 April 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 Herberts Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA awardwinning 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 Im 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 Macdonalds 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 XMen First Class a role he reprised in XMen Days of Future Past 2014 XMen Apocalypse 2016 Deadpool 2 2018 and Dark Phoenix 2019 McAvoy starred in the crime comedydrama 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 Shyamalans 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 BBCHBO fantasy series His Dark Materials