Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Happy Birthday James McAvoy!

Happy Birthday James McAvoy!  He had his debut in the drama film The Near Room (1995).  In 2001, he played Private James W. Miller in the World War II mini-series Band of Brothers episode, “Replacements.”  Next, he played by Leto Atreides II, the son of Paul Artreides in the Children of Dune (2003) mini-series.  Carl Colt was played by McAvoy in Wimbledon (2004).  McAvoy played Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).  It was a brief role, but enough to take notice of McAvoy as an actor.  Nicholas Garrigan was portrayed by McAoy in The Last King of Scotland (2006).  McAvoy was stunning as Robbie Turner in the drama, Atonement (2007) based on the Ian McEwan novel.  Then, he was Wesley in Wanted (208) directed by Timur Bekmambetov adapting the Mark Millar comic book.  The life of author Leo Tolstoy was dramatized by Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (2009) and also starred McAvoy.   


He was also featured in the story of an author, in this case William Shakespeare, voicing Gnomeo in the animated Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).  Then, he played the younger Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class (2011).  He appeared in a trilogy of films, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, as Conor Ludlow alongside Jessica Chastain.  McAvoy returned as Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).  He starred in the lead role of the horror film, Victor Frankenstein (2015).  He was back as Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). McAvoy played the deadly multiple personalities of the horror movie Split (2016). He was in another comic book adaptation in Atomic Blonde (2017).  He returned to voice Gnomeo in Sherlock Gnomes (2018).  McAvoy voiced Hazel, the rabbit in Watership Down, based on the Richard Adams’ book.  He also was back in the role of the killer who took the name Dennis in the horror sequel Glass (2019). X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) featured McAvoy as Xavier.  He played writer Bill Denbrough, now grown up, in It Chapter Two (2019).  McAvoy voiced Lord Morpheus in The Sandman (2020) audio drama.  He plays Lord Asriel in His Dark Materials television series based on the Philip Pullman fantasy novels. Happy Birthday James McAvoy! 


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