James McAvoy: podcast appearances and interviews

James McAvoy is a Scottish actor and director born on April 21, 1979. He began his acting career as a teenager with his debut in The Near Room in 1995 and appeared mainly on television until 2003 when he transitioned into film. His early television work includes the thriller State of Play, the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, and the drama series Shameless. McAvoy gained wider recognition for his role as Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005 and as an assassin in the film Wanted in 2008. He received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2006 and was nominated for BAFTA Awards for his performances in The Last King of Scotland and Atonement. His voice work includes the title characters in Arthur Christmas and Gnomeo & Juliet, while his film roles include portraying Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class and its sequels. He received praise for his role in the independent crime film Filth and appeared as a character with multiple personalities in the films Split and Glass. On television, he played Lord Asriel in the series His Dark Materials from 2019 to 2022, and starred as Bill Denbrough in It Chapter Two. On stage, McAvoy has performed in several West End productions, such as Three Days of Rain, Macbeth, The Ruling Class, and Cyrano de Bergerac, earning four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.