James McAvoy

A graduate of the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Mr. McAvoy has also starred on television and stage. For television, he starred in David Yates’ miniseries State of Play, the U.K. comedy show Shameless; and had roles in such notable miniseries and telefilms as the globally celebrated Band of Brothers, Greg Yaitanes’ Children of Dune, Mike Barker’s Lorna Doone, and Julian Jarrold’s White Teeth. James McAvoy had starring roles in Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland, opposite Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, and for which he received BAFTA, London Film Critics Circle, and British Independent Film Award nominations; Julian Jarrold’s Becoming Jane, Mark Palansky’s Penelope, Tom Vaughan’s Starter for Ten, and Andrew Adamson’s blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He previously starred in Damien O’Donnell’s and earned a London Film Critics Circle award nomination; and also appeared in Richard Loncraine’s Wimbledon. His other film credits include Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things; Gillies Mackinnon’s Regeneration; and Jeremy Wooding’s Bollywood Queen.