James McAvoy is a Actor, Producer, Additional Camera and Thanks British born on 21 april 1979 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
James McAvoy
James McAvoy participated to
40 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
12 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
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Directed by Bryan SingerOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Superhero films,
Super-héros inspiré de comics,
Children's filmsActors James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Oscar Isaac,
Hugh Jackman,
Nicholas HoultRoles Charles Xavier / Professor X
Rating68%
Since the dawn of civilization, Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant was worshiped as a god. Amassing the powers of many other mutants, he became immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants to cleanse humanity and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their nemesis., 2h49
Directed by Andrés MuschiettiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about racism,
Films about sexuality,
Films about school violence,
Films about child abuseActors Bill Skarsgård,
Jessica Chastain,
James McAvoy,
James Ransone,
Bill Hader,
Jaeden MartellRoles Bill Denbrough
Rating65%
En 1989, sept enfants ont réussi à échapper à « Ça », une créature métamorphe dévorant les enfants de Derry. Vingt-sept ans plus tard, Bill Denbrough et ses amis reviennent à Derry à la suite de l'appel de Mike. Ils vont devoir à nouveau combattre le sinistre clown « Ça », qui s'est réveillé et recommence à se nourrir d'enfants. Lorsqu'ils reviennent à Derry, ils découvrent la véritable histoire de « Ça » et comptent bien l'achever une bonne fois pour toutes., 2h12
Directed by Matthew VaughnOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Superhero films,
Political films,
Alternate history films,
Super-héros inspiré de comics,
Children's filmsActors James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender,
Rose Byrne,
January Jones,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Oliver PlattRoles Charles Xavier / Professor X
Rating76%
In 1944, in a German concentration camp in occupied Poland, Nazi scientist Dr. Klaus Schmidt witnesses a young Erik Lensherr bend a metal gate with his mind when the child is separated from his mother. In his office, Schmidt orders Lensherr to move a coin on his desk, and kills the boy's mother when Lensherr cannot. In grief and anger, Lensherr's magnetic power manifests, killing two guards and destroying the room. Meanwhile, at a mansion in Westchester County, New York, child telepath Charles Xavier meets young shapeshifter Raven, whose natural form is blue-skinned and scaly. Overjoyed to meet someone else "different", he invites her to live with his family as his foster sister., 1h50
Directed by Timour BekmambetovOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors James McAvoy,
Angelina Jolie,
Morgan Freeman,
Common,
Terence Stamp,
Thomas KretschmannRoles Wesley Gibson
Rating66%
In Chicago, Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) works at a dead-end desk job with an overbearing boss, takes anti-anxiety medication for panic attacks, and has an unfaithful live-in girlfriend who cheats on him with his friend and colleague Barry. One night at the pharmacy, Wesley is told by a woman named Fox that his recently murdered father was an assassin, and the killer, a man named Cross, is now hunting him. Cross and Fox engage in a shoot-out with hi-tech guns. Wesley panics and runs into the parking lot followed by Cross who steals a truck and attempts to run Wesley down. Fox flips Wesley into her car and she then calmly executes a spectacular escape., 1h57
Directed by M. Night ShyamalanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Films about psychiatryActors James McAvoy,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Kimberly Ann Director,
Haley Lu Richardson,
Sterling K. Brown,
Jessica SulaRoles Kevin Wendell Crumb
Rating72%
Kevin Wendell Crumb souffre d'un trouble dissociatif de l'identité. Il échange régulièrement avec sa psychiatre dévouée, le docteur Fletcher, qui a déjà pu distinguer vingt-trois personnalités différentes s'exprimer à tour de rôle durant leurs conversations. Selon Fletcher, Kevin aurait subi des maltraitances et des humiliations au cours de son histoire et une 24 e personnalité, plus sombre et plus menaçante que toutes les autres, nommée « la Bête », demeure encore enfouie. Le docteur Fletcher met en exergue le fait que son patient s'est forgé ces nombreuses personnalités différentes dans un besoin existentiel de se protéger des autres. La situation se complique lorsque Kevin enlève trois jeunes filles., 1h54
Directed by Simon KinbergOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Transport films,
Dans l'espace,
Rail transport films,
Superhero films,
Super-héros inspiré de comics,
Children's films,
Film se déroulant dans un trainActors James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender,
Sophie Turner,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Tye Sheridan,
Alexandra ShippRoles Charles Xavier / Professor X
Rating57%
En 1975, Jean Grey provoque un accident de voiture qui tue sa mère et blesse son père. Terrorisée et orpheline, la fillette est recueillie par le Professeur Xavier, qui lui présente son Institut., 2h9
Directed by M. Night ShyamalanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Superhero films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors James McAvoy,
Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Sarah Paulson,
Spencer Treat ClarkRoles Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / The Beast / Barry / Heinrich / Jade / Ian / Mary Reynolds / Norma / Jalin / Kat / B.T. / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Mr. Pritchard / Felida / Luke / Goddard / Samuel / Polly
Rating66%
David Dunn, l'homme « incassable », se lance à la poursuite de « La Bête », la personnalité surhumaine de Kevin Wendell Crumb. Elijah Price, le « Bonhomme qui casse », en hôpital psychiatrique depuis dix-neuf ans après avoir commis des attentats pour révéler les pouvoirs de Dunn, attend cet affrontement depuis sa cellule. Cependant, le docteur Ellie Staple veut les réunir pour les libérer de ce qu'elle considère comme un délire et les convaincre que leurs capacités surhumaines ne sont qu'une illusion., 1h24
Directed by Kelly AsburyOrigin USAGenres Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
Musical,
AnimationThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Films about suicide,
Musical films,
Romeo and Juliet,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Children's filmsActors James McAvoy,
Emily Blunt,
Michael Caine,
Jason Statham,
Maggie Smith,
Ashley JensenRoles Gnomeo (voice)
Rating59%
Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet (Julie Walters and Richard Wilson) are two elderly neighbours who despise each other. When they leave their respective gardens, their garden gnomes come alive. The Montague garden is filled with blue-hat gnomes, and the Capulet garden has red-hat gnomes. Like their human gardeners, the gnomes also despise each other., 1h37
Directed by Sarah SmithOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
AnimationThemes Christmas films,
Children's films,
Santa Claus in filmActors James McAvoy,
Hugh Laurie,
Bill Nighy,
Jim Broadbent,
Imelda Staunton,
Ashley JensenRoles Arthur (voice)
Rating70%
On Christmas Eve, hundreds of Christmas elves helm the command centre of Santa Claus's mile-wide, ultra–high-tech sleigh-esque craft, the S-1. The current Santa: Malcolm and the Christmas elves deliver presents to every child in the world using advanced equipment and military precision. These complex operations are micromanaged by Malcolm's oldest son Steve and his obsequious elfin assistant Peter (among thousands of more elves) at mission control underneath the North Pole, while Steve's clumsy and panophobic younger brother Arthur answers the letters to Santa. During a delivery operation, when a child wakes up and almost sees Malcolm, a Christmas elf back in the S-1 inadvertently presses a button, causing a present to fall off a conveyor and go unnoticed., 2h3
Directed by Joe WrightOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Political filmsActors James McAvoy,
Keira Knightley,
Saoirse Ronan,
Romola Garai,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Juno TempleRoles Robbie Turner
Rating77%
In 1935, Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl from a wealthy English family and has just finished writing a play. Briony attempts to stage the play with her three visiting cousins, twin boys and their teenage sister, Lola; however, they get bored and decide to go swimming. Briony stays behind and witnesses a significant moment of sexual tension between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, a servant's son (a man that Briony has a childish infatuation with). Robbie returns home and writes several drafts of letters to Cecilia, including one that is explicitly sexual and erotically charged (specifically, it uses the word “massive pudenda”). Initially written for the sake of humour, he does not intend to send it and sets it aside. On his way to join the Tallis family for dinner, Robbie asks Briony to deliver his letter, only to later realise that he has mistakenly given her the prurient draft. Briony secretly reads the letter and is simultaneously disgusted and jealous. She tells Lola of its contents and they call Robbie a “sex maniac” while debating whether to turn him into the police. That afternoon, Lola and her younger brothers meet a friend of the Tallis family, a wealthy chocolate manufacturer named Paul Marshall. Though he is much older than her, he excites Lola by flirting with her and treating her like an adult., 2h5
Directed by Kevin MacdonaldOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films set in Africa,
Politique,
Political filmsActors Forest Whitaker,
James McAvoy,
Kerry Washington,
Simon McBurney,
Gillian Anderson,
David OyelowoRoles Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
Rating75%
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) graduates from medical school at the University of Edinburgh. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a Ugandan missionary clinic run by Dr. David Merrit (Adam Kotz) and his wife, Sarah (Gillian Anderson). Garrigan becomes attracted to Sarah, who enjoys the attention, but refuses to engage in an extramarital affair., 1h52
Directed by Michael HoffmanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
RomanceThemes Films about writersActors Helen Mirren,
Christopher Plummer,
James McAvoy,
Paul Giamatti,
Anne-Marie Duff,
Kerry CondonRoles Valentin Bulgakov
Rating68%
In 1910, the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, his disciples, led by Vladimir Chertkov, manoeuvre against his wife, Sofya, for control over Tolstoy's works after his death. The main setting is the Tolstoy country estate of Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy and Sofya have had a long, passionate marriage, but his spiritual ideals and asceticism (he is opposed, for example, to private property) are at odds with her more aristocratic and conventionally religious views.