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Biography

James is a brilliant Scottish actor who was born in 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He lived in Scotsoun till the age of seven…more

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Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Birth Name

James McAvoy

Gender

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- Shameless (UK)
  Steve McBride (2004-2005)
  - S 2: Ep 11 Season 2 - Episode 10
    3/8/05
  - S 2: Ep 5 Season 2 - Episode 4
    1/25/05
  - S 2: Ep 4 Season 2 - Episode 3
    1/18/05
  - S 2: Ep 3 Season 2 - Episode 2
    1/11/05
  - S 2: Ep 2 Season 2 - Episode 1
    1/4/05
  - + 7 More Credits
- Shameless (UK)
  Steve (2004-2005)
  - S 1: Ep 8 Shameless: Behind the Scenes
    12/27/04
  - S 2: Ep 1 Christmas Special 2004
    12/23/04
- Early Doors
  Liam
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 12
    10/18/04
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 11
    10/11/04
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 10
    10/4/04
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 8
    9/20/04
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 9
    9/14/04
  - + 7 More Credits
- State of Play
  Dan Foster
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    6/22/03
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    6/15/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    6/8/03
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    6/1/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    5/25/03
  - + 1 More Credits
- Children of Dune
  Leto Atreides II
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    3/18/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    3/17/03
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    3/16/03
- White Teeth
  Josh Malfen
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Return of Magid
    10/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Trouble with Millat
    10/1/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Temptation of Samad Iqbal
    9/24/02
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones
    9/17/02
- Band of Brothers
  Pvt. James Miller
  - S 1: Ep 10 Points
    11/4/01
  - S 1: Ep 9 Why We Fight
    10/28/01
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Last Patrol
    10/21/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Breaking Point
    10/14/01
  - S 1: Ep 6 Bastogne
    10/7/01
  - + 5 More Credits
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Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 174 May 30, 2011
    5/30/11
- Piers Morgan Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 61 April 11, 2011 - Robert Redford Directs "The Conspirator"
    4/11/11
- GMTV
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 16 Monday 26th January
    1/26/09
  - S 2: Ep 190 Friday 12th January
    1/12/07
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 14 Thursday 22nd January 2009
    1/22/09
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 155 James McAvoy/Bengt Washburn
    6/26/08
  - S 4: Ep 56 Jon Cryer/James McAvoy/Blake Lewis
    1/16/08
  - S 3: Ep 102 Regis Philbin/James McAvoy/The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
    2/26/07
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 13: Ep 83 James McAvoy
    6/23/08
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 57: Ep 126 June 23, 2008
    6/23/08
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 21 James McAvoy, Dame Eileen Atkins, Jo Brand, Coldplay.
    6/13/08
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 80: Ep 1 The 80th Annual Academy Awards
    2/24/08
  - S 79: Ep 1 The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    2/25/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 112 January 31, 2008
    1/31/08
  - S 4: Ep 69 November 26, 2007
    11/26/07
  - S 4: Ep 22 September 11, 2007
    9/11/07
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 34: Ep 1 The 34th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/8/08
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 13 James McAvoy, Joe Wright, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody
    1/6/08
- Parkinson
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 2 James McAvoy, Billie Piper, Jennifer Lopez
    9/22/07
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 31 Episode 31
    11/6/06
- Shameless (UK)
  Steve
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Ray Pritchard
  - S 32: Ep 12 Foyle's War: Series I: The German Woman
    2/2/03
- Foyle's War
  Ray Pritchard
  - S 1: Ep 1 The German Woman
    10/27/02
- White Teeth
  Josh
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Trouble with Millat
    10/1/02
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  Gowan Ross
  - S 1: Ep 2 Payment in Blood
    4/15/02
- Band of Brothers
  James W. Miller
- Murder in Mind
  Martin Vosper
  - S 1: Ep 1 Teacher
    4/22/01
- The Bill
  Gavin
  - S 13: Ep 75 Rent
    6/26/97

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- In November 2008, James received a fellowship from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), where he was a student till 2000.
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- James was roommates with actor Jesse Spencer while he lived in London.
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- At the 2008 Richard Attenborough Film Awards in England, James was awarded the 'Actor of the Year Award' for his performance in the film Atonement.
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- (Commenting on the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)) James: The academy has been involved in my life a lot, from before I even knew of it, just through music teachers who studied here and then through a short time at youth theatre.
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- James: I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realised I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!
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- (on being approached in public toilets by fans) James: People are never nasty to me, but I do find it disconcerting when you're urinating and the guy next to you goes, 'Hey man, love the movie', and I'm like, 'Er. Thanks.' It's even worse when they try to shake your hand. I'm like, 'Wash your hand, it's just been on your d**k.
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