Who Is James MacAvoy?

James MacAvoy is a handsome young Scottish actor, he was born 1979 and trained the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He starred in Channel 4's Shameless before winning roles as Joe Macbeth in the BBC's production of Shakespeare Retold - Macbeth.

His recent film roles include The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia, Wimbledon, Bright Young Things, Inside I'm Dancing and the award winning State of Play.

In 2006 he won a special achievement BAFTA.

He is represented by agent Ruth Young at PFD, his resume can be found here:

www.pfd.co.uk

Rather sweetly, this CV still includes some of his credits from Drama School, where was directed by Hugh Hodgart and Joyce Deans.

James has recently finished filming Atonement.

James is a grade four fencer and has excellent mastery of accents.   He was recently BAFTA nominated for his role in Last King of Scotland.