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Scottish actor

Date of Birth: 21 April 1979
Age: 47 years old
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James McAvoy 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 and the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. 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 I'm 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 Macdonald's 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 X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama 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 Shyamalan's 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 BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.

Early life

McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, to bus-driver-turned-builder James McAvoy Sr. and psychiatric nurse Elizabeth (née Johnstone; died 2018). He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. His parents separated when he was seven and divorced when he was eleven. McAvoy's mother suffered from poor health and subsequently sent him to live with his maternal grandparents, Mary and James Johnstone, in the nearby Drumchapel area of Glasgow. His mother lived with them intermittently. McAvoy has a younger sister named Joy and a younger half-brother named Donald. He has not been in contact with his father since childhood. He attended the Catholic St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Jordanhill area of Glasgow and briefly considered joining the priesthood. In a 2006 interview, McAvoy said he considered becoming a priest as a child because it seemed to be a way to explore the world via missionary work. During his education, he worked at a local bakery.

McAvoy applied to join the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was also offered a place to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). After graduating in 2000, he moved to London.

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Date of Birth 21 April 1979

Age 47 years old

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Pisces	96%
Taurus	96%
Capricorn	92%
Scorpio	88%
Libra	88%
Cancer	84%
Aries	80%
Aquarius	76%
Sagittarius	68%
Gemini	68%
Leo	64%

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Monkey	92%
Dog	88%
Dragon	84%
Pig	80%
Snake	76%
Bull	76%
Rat	76%
Horse	72%
Goat	72%
Tiger	60%
Rooster	56%

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Finist	92%
Elk	92%
Fox	92%
Aurochs	88%
Eagle	84%
Horse	84%
Bear	84%
Boar	80%
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Lynx	76%
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Mut	84%
Sekhmet	80%
Isis	80%
Bastet	76%
Set	76%
Geb	76%
Nile	60%
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Oak	84%
Birch	84%
Rowan	80%
Vine	76%
Hazel	76%
Ash	76%
Elder	64%
Reed	64%
Ivy	60%

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Dhanu	64%
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Aries — 1st decan	96%
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Gemini — 2nd decan	92%
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Aries — 2nd decan	92%
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Libra — 2nd decan	84%
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Leo — 3rd decan	84%
Cancer — 2nd decan	84%
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Libra — 1st decan	80%
Leo — 2nd decan	80%
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Virgo — 2nd decan	76%
Leo — 1st decan	76%
Cancer — 3rd decan	76%
Aquarius — 1st decan	64%
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Aquarius — 2nd decan	56%
Capricorn — 1st decan	56%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	56%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	56%
Scorpio — 1st decan	56%
Pisces — 3rd decan	44%
Pisces — 2nd decan	44%
Pisces — 1st decan	40%

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