James mcavoy is a well-known film and theater actor of Scottish origin, famous for having been one of the artists awarded with the Bafta awards.
Their parents are James mcavoy, a construction employee, and Elizabeth johnstone, a psychiatric nurse. His sister, Joy, is a current moderately popular singer in her city.
When he was only seven years old, his parents decided to break their union, which is why the children had to stay to live with their grandparents. Mary Y James Jonhstone.
During his adolescence he attended the Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the city of Jordanhill, with the idea of one day becoming a good priest.
It was there that he began to interfere with the stages within the theater group Pace Youth.
Once he had finished his secondary education, he began looking for work, both in television and in the theater, while enlisting in the Royal Schottish Academy of Music and Drama.
His first works were given with “The Near Room” in nineteen ninety five which was followed by “Regeneration” in 1997.
A short time later he would flourish in the local theater industry playing Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet”.
Then he continued with “West Side Story“From 1999,”Beauty and the beast“Of the same year,”The Reel of the Hanged Man“From the year 2000,”Out in the oopen“From 2001 and finally”Privates on Parade”Of the same year.
By this time, McAvoy had already begun to have a greater participation within the world of screens, started on the right foot by embodying the character James W. Miller in “Band of brothers”, The miniseries produced by Tom Hanks Y Steven Spielberg.
His first major role in an international production was to engage Leto Atreides II in the mini series “Children of Dune”Based on the novels of Frank Herbert. It aired in 2003.
Shortly after this, he appeared in other television productions, until reaching the leading role of Rory O’Shea in the film “Inside i’m dancing”, A very complex drama that premiered in 2004.
The following year, the whole world could see him on the legs of the Faun Mr. Tumnus, in the movie of Disney “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”.
In 2006 he was one of the protagonists of “The Last King of Scotland” next to Forest whitaker, feature film that tells the terrible real events that took place during the dictatorship of the brutal Idi Amin.
In this same year he had roles in the tapes “Penelope“, with Christina Ricci Y Catherine O’Hara, and the dramatic comedy “Starter for 10”.
In 2007 he starred alongside Anne Hathaway the romantic movie “Young Jane Austen”, And had the role of Robbie turner in “Atonement, beyond passion”, a drama in which he shared a cast with Keira Knightley, Julia West Y Brenda blethyn.
In 2008 he co-starred with Morgan freeman Y Angelina Jolie the thriller “SE busca”, And in 2009 he had the role of Valentin bulgakov in the drama “The last station“, with Christopher Plummer, Helen mirren Y Paul giamatti.
Among his next projects we can mention the drama “The conspirator“, The animated film”Gnomeo and Juliet“And the thriller”Wanted 2”, All of them currently in different stages of production.