James McAvoy is a Scottish actor who plays the young Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019). He also plays the role in Deadpool 2 (2018).
When McAvoy was growing up he considered becoming a priest as it seemed a good way to explore the world via missionary work. He also applied to join the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was offered a place to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
James has since gone on to become an award winning actor, including winning Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards for his performance in Filth (2013).
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