- Name: James McAvoy
- Date of Birth: April 21, 1979
- Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland
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Onscreen for nearly a decade at the time he was cast in director Kevin McDonald's The Last King of Scotland, Glasgow-born actor James McAvoy seemed to many an overnight sensation. The fact is, however... read more
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Early Life
McAvoy was born in Glasgow,Scotland,the son of Elizabeth (nee Johnstone)a phychiatric
Nurse,and James McAvoy,a builder McAvoy's parents divorced when he was only seven,and he subsequently lived with his maternal grandparents,Mary and James Johnstone,in the drumchapel area in glasgow.His mother lived with them intermittently but McAvoy has not been in contact with his father since childhood McAvoy attended St. Thomas Aguinas secondary in Jordonhill,Glasgow,a catholic school,and briefly considered in joining the Catholic Priesthood.Graduated from the Royal Scottish Acadamy of Music and drama in 2000.His sister Joy McAvoy his a singer.
Career
McAvoys first roles were David Hayman's The near room 1995 and then as Anthony Balfour in Pat Barker's Regeneration in 1997.He received his first big break with a role in the Steven Speilberg-produced ministeries Band of brothers.His first international starring role was as Leto Atreides 2 in the 2003 Sci Fi channel misteries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (adopted from Frank Herberts novels).The same year he also appeared in several episodes of the BBC sitcom Early doors and also co-starred in Paul Abbot's acclaimed thriller serial State of Play.In 2004 he starred as Steve McBride in another Abbott-writen drama series,Shameless on Channel 4,for which he was nominated for the Carl Colt;and he played disabled character Rory O'Shea in the Irish film inside I'm Dancing.In 2005 he starred in three productions:he played Ben in the Royal Court Theatre's production Breathing Corpses and an adaptation of Macteth in the four- part BBC production shakespeare told;he also portrayed Mr. Tumnas,The Faun,in The Cronicles of Narnia;he also played Max/Johnny-2008 in Penelope.
In 2006,McAvoy starred alongside Forrest Whitaker as Dr. Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland.The films is an adaptation of Gilles Foden's novel of the same name and gives a fictionalized account of the regime of the Brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin during the 1970s,as seen by is (fictional)personal physician and adviser.The character of Garrigan is a composite of several men who were close to Amin,most notably Englishman Bob Astles,who were a top adviser to Amin during is regime and became known in Uganda as The White Rat.
That same year, McAvoy took the lead role in Starter for 10.The film,which was adopted from the novel of the Starter for Ten by David Nicholls,follows the exploits of the nerdy Brian Jackson as he navigates his first year at Bristol University during the mid -1980s McAvoy won the new Mary Selway/orange rising star award at the 2006 BAFTA awards for his role.He also completed filming of Penelope in 2006,but due to distribution problems the film was not put in wide realise until 2008.
In 2007 McAvoy appeared in two critically acclaimed films:Become Jane,a fictional romance inspired by the life of Jane Austen,and Atonement,an adaptation of Ian McEwans award-winning 2001 novel.McAvoy was nominated for a golden globe award for is role in Atonement.During this time he workshopped.
Scenes for the film Three way split for the directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger but will not take part in the actual film.
McAvoys latest film wanted,was realised on 25 June 2008.Loosely based on the comic book miniseries by the same name,McAvoy plays Wesley Gibson,a twenty five year old everyman who is offered the opportunity to avenge the death of his father,who was an assassin.The character is then trained by is fathers partner,Sloan (Morgan Freeman)and by sloans second -in -command,Fox,played by Angelina Jolie.McAvoy will appear in the forthcoming film The last Station,planned for worldwide.
Release in Spring 2009 The film is based on the 1990 novel by Jay Parini about the final year of Leo Tolstoy's life,and co-stars McAvoy's wife,Anne-Marie Duff.He has been reportedly tipped to play Bilbo.
Baggins,the lead role in the new movie version of The Lord Of The Rings prequal The Hobbit but has denied he as been cast in a role at this point.
McAvoy is a celebrity supporter of the Brittish Red Cross with whom he traveled to Uganda to raise the awareness of the projects there.
James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in "X-Men: First Class," which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox.
Personal Life
McAvoy previously dated scottish actress Maddy Freeman (stage name Maddy King)they began dating when he was 16 and broke up in 2003 He married Anne-Marie Duff in 2006 they live in London. James and his wife have recently revealed that they are expecting their first baby. He enjoys science fiction and his a fan of Celtic football club He considers himself a spiritual person but no longers practises Catholicism.
Main biography
Trained at Royal Scottish acadamy of Music and drama
McAvoy and Jessica Brooks were the first actors to tackle the complex roles letro 2 and his twin sister Ghanima Atreides, the strange pressident Children of Dune (2003) based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name.Although Letro and Ghanima were only nine years old in the novel.The ages were bumped up
with seven years making them about sixteen for the Sci -Fi channel ministeries in March 2003.
James McAvoy mini-bio: James McAvoy is a BAFTA-winning Scottish actor. He first appeared in film as Kevin Savage in David Hayman's The Near Room in 1995 and then as Anthony Balfour in Gillies MacKinnon's Regeneration in 1997. He later attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, in Glasgow, graduating in 2000. He continued acting with the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), the TV Series White Teeth (2002) and the film Bollywood Queen (2002).  James McAvoy got his first big international break playing the role of Leto Atreides II in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Children of Dune (adapted from Frank Herbert’s novels). Which aired in 2003. In the same year he was on the big screen in Stephen Fry’s directorial debut Bright Young Things, and appeared in BBC television serial State of Play, written by Paul Abbott. In 2004 he starred as Steve McBride in another Abbott-written drama series, Shameless on Channel 4, for which he was nominated for the British Comedy Award for Best TV Newcomer. He also played Rory O’Shea, an Irish teenager who has muscular dystrophy in Inside I'm Dancing and appeared in the romantic comedy Wimbledon.   | |||||||||||||
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McAvoy was born in Glasgow,Scotland,the son of Elizabeth (nee Johnstone)a phychiatric
Nurse,and James McAvoy,a builder McAvoy's parents divorced when he was only seven,and he subsequently lived with his maternal grandparents,Mary and James Johnstone,in the drumchapel area in glasgow.His mother lived with them intermittently but McAvoy has not been in contact with his father since childhood McAvoy attended St. Thomas Aguinas secondary in Jordonhill,Glasgow,a catholic school,and briefly considered in joining the Catholic Priesthood.Graduated from the Royal Scottish Acadamy of Music and drama in 2000.His sister Joy McAvoy his a singer.
Career
McAvoys first roles were David Hayman's The near room 1995 and then as Anthony Balfour in Pat Barker's Regeneration in 1997.He received his first big break with a role in the Steven Speilberg-produced ministeries Band of brothers.His first international starring role was as Leto Atreides 2 in the 2003 Sci Fi channel misteries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (adopted from Frank Herberts novels).The same year he also appeared in several episodes of the BBC sitcom Early doors and also co-starred in Paul Abbot's acclaimed thriller serial State of Play.In 2004 he starred as Steve McBride in another Abbott-writen drama series,Shameless on Channel 4,for which he was nominated for the Carl Colt;and he played disabled character Rory O'Shea in the Irish film inside I'm Dancing.In 2005 he starred in three productions:he played Ben in the Royal Court Theatre's production Breathing Corpses and an adaptation of Macteth in the four- part BBC production shakespeare told;he also portrayed Mr. Tumnas,The Faun,in The Cronicles of Narnia;he also played Max/Johnny-2008 in Penelope.
In 2006,McAvoy starred alongside Forrest Whitaker as Dr. Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland.The films is an adaptation of Gilles Foden's novel of the same name and gives a fictionalized account of the regime of the Brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin during the 1970s,as seen by is (fictional)personal physician and adviser.The character of Garrigan is a composite of several men who were close to Amin,most notably Englishman Bob Astles,who were a top adviser to Amin during is regime and became known in Uganda as The White Rat.
That same year, McAvoy took the lead role in Starter for 10.The film,which was adopted from the novel of the Starter for Ten by David Nicholls,follows the exploits of the nerdy Brian Jackson as he navigates his first year at Bristol University during the mid -1980s McAvoy won the new Mary Selway/orange rising star award at the 2006 BAFTA awards for his role.He also completed filming of Penelope in 2006,but due to distribution problems the film was not put in wide realise until 2008.
In 2007 McAvoy appeared in two critically acclaimed films:Become Jane,a fictional romance inspired by the life of Jane Austen,and Atonement,an adaptation of Ian McEwans award-winning 2001 novel.McAvoy was nominated for a golden globe award for is role in Atonement.During this time he workshopped.
Scenes for the film Three way split for the directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger but will not take part in the actual film.
McAvoys latest film wanted,was realised on 25 June 2008.Loosely based on the comic book miniseries by the same name,McAvoy plays Wesley Gibson,a twenty five year old everyman who is offered the opportunity to avenge the death of his father,who was an assassin.The character is then trained by is fathers partner,Sloan (Morgan Freeman)and by sloans second -in -command,Fox,played by Angelina Jolie.McAvoy will appear in the forthcoming film The last Station,planned for worldwide.
Release in Spring 2009 The film is based on the 1990 novel by Jay Parini about the final year of Leo Tolstoy's life,and co-stars McAvoy's wife,Anne-Marie Duff.He has been reportedly tipped to play Bilbo.
Baggins,the lead role in the new movie version of The Lord Of The Rings prequal The Hobbit but has denied he as been cast in a role at this point.
McAvoy is a celebrity supporter of the Brittish Red Cross with whom he traveled to Uganda to raise the awareness of the projects there.
James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in "X-Men: First Class," which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox.
Personal Life
McAvoy previously dated scottish actress Maddy Freeman (stage name Maddy King)they began dating when he was 16 and broke up in 2003 He married Anne-Marie Duff in 2006 they live in London. James and his wife have recently revealed that they are expecting their first baby. He enjoys science fiction and his a fan of Celtic football club He considers himself a spiritual person but no longers practises Catholicism.
Main biography
Trained at Royal Scottish acadamy of Music and drama
McAvoy and Jessica Brooks were the first actors to tackle the complex roles letro 2 and his twin sister Ghanima Atreides, the strange pressident Children of Dune (2003) based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name.Although Letro and Ghanima were only nine years old in the novel.The ages were bumped up
with seven years making them about sixteen for the Sci -Fi channel ministeries in March 2003.
