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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.
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Kevin Keene / Captain N.
for Kevin Keene / Captain N. in Smash
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Smash is a 2025 superhero film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Zack Snyder, Steven Spielberg, and Gore Verbinski from a story by Snyder. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, the film is the first installment in the Smash Brothers film series. Based on the Smash Brothers video games created by Nintendo Entertainment, it stars Sophia Lillis as Meggy, who travels to America by boat with her older sisters Marie (Hailee Steinfeld) and Callie (Mackenzie Foy) only to realize that the world is in danger. The ensemble cast also includes Bradley Cooper as Luigi and Jack Black as Mario respectively, alongside Jonah Hill, James McAvoy, Vin Diesel, Daniel Kaluuya, Margot Robbie, Hugh Jackman, and Russell Crowe as Emperor Yoshi. Smash opened in theaters on February 19th, 2025; the film was met with largely positive reviews, with praise for the tone, Kosinski's direction, visual effects, action sequences, musical score, and performances (particularly those of Lillis, Cooper, Diesel, Steinfeld, Foy, Black, and Crowe), along with its faithfulness to the source material. It was also a box-office success, grossing $795 million worldwide against a budget of $133 million. Considered one of the greatest game adaptations of all time, it received numerous awards and nominations, including five Academy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. A sequel entitled Smash: Dark Moon was released on February 28th, 2026.
