Actor James McAvoy is from Scotland. His feature film career began in 2003 after he made his acting debut as a teenager in The Near Room (1995). Prior to that, he mainly performed on television.
Among his significant television credits are the suspenseful State of Play, the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune, and the BAFTA-winning sitcom Shameless on channel 4. (British TV series)
James McAvoy grandparents: Mary Johnstone, James Johnstone
James Johnstone and Mary Johnston were the grandparents of James McAvoy. McAvoy formerly resided with his grandparents. McAvoy’s parents divorced when he was 11 years old after divorcing when he was just 7 years old.
McAvoy was ill at the time he was living with his mother, who eventually transferred him to live with Mary and James Johnstone in the adjacent Drumchapel neighborhood of Glasgow.
McAvoy has not spoken to his father since he and his father split up when he was a child.
In a 2016 interview, he revealed that as a youngster, he thought about becoming a priest because it sounded like an opportunity to travel the world through missionary work. Contrarily, he made his acting debut at the age of 15 in “The Near Room” in 1995.
