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James Andrew McAvoy (pronounced MACK-uh-voy; born 21 April 1979^[1]) is an acclaimed BAFTA Scotland, ALFS Award, Rising Star Award and two-time BAFTA, European Film Award, Golden Globe nominated Scottish stage and screen actor best known for his starring roles in the Academy Award for Best Picture nominated film Atonement, Academy Award winning The Last King of Scotland, and the Emmy nominated and BAFTA winning British TV series Shameless. is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... Anne-Marie Duff as Elizabeth I from the Virgin Queen Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) is a British actress. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Rising Star Award (or known as Orange Rising Star Award) is one of the award categories for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) which acknowledges new talents in the acting industry. ... BAFTA Scotland is the national organisation for Scotland of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. ... For the novel, see The Last King of Scotland. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... BAFTA Scotland is the national organisation for Scotland of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. ... The NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The European Movie Awards are the most prestigious paneuropean movie awards. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Â©A.M.P.A.S.Â® The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. ... Atonement is a 2007 British film directed by Joe Wright. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For the novel, see The Last King of Scotland. ... An Emmy Award. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedic drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ...

Biography

Early life

McAvoy was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a psychiatric nurse, and James McAvoy, a builder.^[2]^[3] McAvoy's parents divorced when he was seven, and he subsequently lived with his maternal grandparents, Mary and James Johnstone in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow.^[3] His mother lived with them intermittently but McAvoy has not been in contact with his father since childhood.^[4] McAvoy attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Jordanhill, Glasgow, a Catholic school, and briefly considered joining the priesthood.^[5]^[6] He was in the Pace Youth Theatre for over six years, trained by Mhari Gilbert, and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000. His sister, Joy McAvoy, is a singer.^[7] For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... NÃ©e redirects here. ... Drumchapel is part of the city of Glasgow, having been annexed from Dunbartonshire in 1938. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - March 7, 1274) was a Catholic philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition, who gave birth to the Thomistic school of philosophy, which was long the primary philosophical approach of the Roman Catholic Church. ... RSAMD The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), founded in 1845 by the Glasgow Educational Association, is a university of music and drama in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Career

McAvoy's first roles were in David Hayman's The Near Room in 1995 and then as Anthony Balfour in Pat Barker's Regeneration in 1997. McAvoy got his first big international break with a role in the Stephen Spielberg-produced miniseries Band of Brothers. His first international starring role was as Leto Atreides II in the 2003 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (adapted from Frank Herbert’s novels) and the same year he co-starred in Paul Abbott's acclaimed thriller serial State of Play. 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. In 2005, he played Ben in the Royal Court Theatre's production Breathing Corpses, as well as the role of Mr. Tumnus, the Faun in Disney and Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He also starred in Wimbledon as Carl Colt and as Macbeth in Shakespeare Retold. Pat Barker (born May 8, 1943) is an English writer and historian. ... A 1997 film was made of the book Regeneration (released as Behind the Lines in the USA). ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Jewish American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. ... Band of Brothers is an acclaimed 10-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. ... Leto Atreides II (10,207-13,725 AG) is a fictional character in the Dune universe, created by Frank Herbert. ... SCI FI (originally The Sci-Fi Channel, sometimes rendered SCI FI Channel when part of a longer phrase) is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 â€“ February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Paul Abbott (born February 22, 1960 in Burnley, Lancashire) is an English television scriptwriter, who has worked on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless, the latter of which he created. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedy drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... This article is about the British television station. ... The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... A faun, as painted by Hungarian painter PÃ¡l Szinyei Merse In Roman mythology, fauns are place-spirits (genii) of untamed woodland. ... Wimbledon is a film released in September 2004. ... ShakespeaRe-Told is the umbrella title for a series of four adaptions of William Shakespeares plays broadcast on BBC One through November 2005. ...

In 2006, he starred alongside Forest Whitaker in an adaptation of Giles Foden’s novel The Last King of Scotland based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his (fictional) personal physician during the 1970s. He took the lead, Brian Jackson, in Starter for Ten (the adaptation of the David Nicholls novel of the same name). McAvoy won the new Mary Selway/Orange Rising Star Award at the 2006 BAFTA Awards. Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. ... The Last King of Scotland by author Giles Foden (Faber and Faber 1998) Giles Foden (born in Warwickshire, United Kingdom in 1967) is a British author best known for his award-winning novel The Last King of Scotland (1998). ... For the 2006 film adaptation of the novel, see The Last King of Scotland (film). ... For the novel, see The Last King of Scotland. ... A dictator is an authoritarian, often totalitarian ruler (e. ... Idi Amin Dada (mid-1920s[1]â€“16 August 2003) was an army officer and president of Uganda. ... For other uses, see Doctor. ... Starter for Ten, a film version of the book of the same title (sometimes written Starter for 10) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and will be released in the UK and Ireland on November 10th 2006. ... See David Nicholls for others of this name. ... Starter for Ten by David Nicholls is a novel first published in 2003 about Brian Jackson in his first year of university (1985-6), his attempts to get on the Granada Television quiz show University Challenge, and his tentative attempts at romance with Alice Harbinson, another member of the University... Orange UK is a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom which is owned by Orange SA, a subsidiary of France TÃ©lÃ©com // Orange (founded in 1994 by Hutchison Whampoa using its subsidiary Hutchison Telecom) is a telecommunications company specialising in mobile phones and subsequently... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

In 2007 he appeared in two critically acclaimed films — Becoming Jane and Atonement, the latter of which is based on Ian McEwan's award-winning 2001 novel. McAvoy was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in Atonement. He starred alongside Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon in the modern fairytale Penelope. He also workshopped scenes for the movie Three Way Split for directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger,^[8] but will not take part in the actual film. Becoming Jane is a Miramax film that was released in 2007. ... Atonement is a 2007 British film directed by Joe Wright. ... Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist. ... This article is about the novel. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Atonement is a 2007 British film directed by Joe Wright. ...

McAvoy's next film project is a comedy/thriller set in Dublin called Perrier's Bounty that is expected to co-star his wife, Anne-Marie Duff.^[9] Shooting is scheduled to begin sometime in 2008. He is also rumoured to be appearing in the movie Frost Flowers and Channel 4 mini series The Devil's Whore^[10].^[11] Anne-Marie Duff as Elizabeth I from the Virgin Queen Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) is a British actress. ... This article is about the British television station. ... The Devils Whore is an upcoming four-part TV series about the English Civil War, produced by Channel 4, HBO, and Company Pictures[1]. It was written by Peter Flannery, who began working on The Devils Whore ten years ago[2]. The Devils Whore will be filmed...

His next film is Wanted, based on the comic book miniseries by the same name. McAvoy plays Wesley Gibson, a twenty-five year old employee who works in a cubicle. He is offered the opportunity to avenge the death of his father, who was an assassin. He is then trained by his father's partner, Sloan (Morgan Freeman), and by Sloan's second-in-command, played by Angelina Jolie. The film is set to be released on 27 June, 2008.^[12] For other uses, see Wanted (disambiguation). ... Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actor, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ...

Personal life

McAvoy previously dated Scottish actress Emma Neilson; they broke up in 2003.^[13] He began dating Anne-Marie Duff, his Shameless co-star, in 2003 and they married in 2006. They live in Stroud Green, London. McAvoy enjoys science fiction, and is a fan of Celtic Football Club.^[14] He considers himself a spiritual person but is no longer a practising Catholic.^[15] Anne-Marie Duff as Elizabeth I from the Virgin Queen Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) is a British actress. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedy drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... Stroud Green is a suburb (and administrative ward) of Greater London located in Haringey. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced seltic) or the Bhoys (pronounced boys), are one of the worlds most famous football clubs. ...

Stage and screen credits

Filmography

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Theatre

For other uses, see The Tempest (disambiguation). ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... This article is about the musical. ... For other uses, see Pantomime (disambiguation). ... The Traverse Theatre building off Lothian Road in Edinburgh. ... The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 904-seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. ... Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in Hampstead, London, England. ... The Donmar Warehouse is a small theatre in the Covent Garden area of the West End of London. ... The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ...

References

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