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James McAvoy (born April 21, 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play, science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA award-winning series Shameless (British TV series) He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008). In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.
James McAvoy
Baron Zemo
for Baron Zemo in Captain America: World War III
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In Wakanda, Captain America, Winter Soldier, and Sam Wilson fight beside Black Panther, holding the line while T’Chaka remains captive in Latveria. Beyond the border, Steve, Sam, and Namor who has broken his ties with Doom, strike HYDRA outposts now allied with Doom. Crossbones, Grim Reaper, and Taskmaster command the fronts while Baron Zemo operates from Doomsdadt. T’Challa and Shuri race to New York to escort Reed Richards and Nick Fury back to Wakanda. Reed designs a counter-weapon; Fury carries a serum to strip Quasar of his cosmic power—end the power source, end the war. Steve keeps reaching out to Reaper, reminding him his brother fights with the Avengers. Doubt grows. The assault on Latveria ignites. Bucky, Sam, and Reaper—now turned—carve a path to Zemo. Fury sacrifices himself destroying Zemo’s escape and hands Steve the serum. Steve injects Quasar mid-battle; the cosmic glow dies. Doctor Doom “surrenders,” and World War III ends almost as it began. But in the square of Doomsdadt, Zemo executes T’Chaka before T’Challa’s eyes. The cost is carved in stone. Steve, Bucky, Sam, and Reed return home; Reaper stays in Wakanda as Quasar and Crossbones enter custody. Doom kneels—smiling. He is not finished.
