Also Credited As: James McAvoy
Born: on 04/21/1979 in Glasgow, Scotland
Job Titles: Actor, Baker

Family
Grandfather: James Johnstone. raised by grandparents after his parents split up
Grandmother: Mary Johnstone. raised by grandparents after his parents split up
Sister: Joy McAvoy. lead singer with the Scottish girl group Streetside; raised by mother after parents divorce

James McAvoy Biography
Hailed in 2006 by director Kevin Macdonald as the world’s “best British actor under 30 without question,” Glasgow native James McAvoy’s talent for playing flawed yet sympathetic characters made him an actor to watch for the new millennium. Officially kicking off his screen career at age 16 in the 1995 thriller, “The Near Room,” it would be another eight years before McAvoy landed his big break in the 2003 Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries, “Children of Dune.” After a handful of well-received television roles, McAvoy’s feature career took off in 2005, starting with a major role in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” (2005), followed closely with a truly impressive turn as an ethically ambiguous physician in the critical hit, “The Last King of Scotland” (2006).
Born on New Years Day, 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, James Andrew McAvoy was raised by his maternal grandparents after his parents divorced in 1986. Growing up in the 1980s, McAvoy soaked up the archetypal American popcorn movies of the period, including “St. Elmo’s Fire” (1985), “Top Gun” (1986) and “Back to the Future” (1986). A self-described film lover and “sci-fi geek,” McAvoy’s dreams of becoming an actor became a reality, when at age 15, the lad met Scottish actor David Hayman at a school-sponsored career day. Impressed by the youth, Hayman remembered McAvoy and gave him a call four months later to see if he would like to audition for a role in his latest film, “The Near Room” (1986) – a dark thriller about child prostitution. McAvoy’s tiny role in the movie – as the son of a pimp – won him a spot at the Royal Scottish Academy of Dance and Music.