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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.
Clara and Theodore Wieland’s father spontaneously combusts while worshipping, and his children inherit his property. As adults, Theo, Clara, and Pleyel start hearing voices. Carwin appears and says the voices may be caused by human mimicry. Clara finds Carwin hiding in her closet. He claims he had been planning to rape her, but believes she’s under the protection of a supernatural force. The next morning, Pleyel accuses Clara of having an affair with Carwin. She tries to tell him otherwise, but he doesn’t believe her. Clara finds a letter from Carwin, asking to meet her at her house. When she arrives, there are noises and lights, and she sees a glimpse of Carwin. In her room, she finds a letter from Carwin, and Catharine in her bed – dead. Theo arrives and threatens Clara, but leaves when he hears voices. Theo’s kids and Louisa Conway have also been killed. Clara falls ill; later, she is able to read the murderer's testimony. Theo claims to have been acting under divine orders. Clara thinks Carwin is the source of Theo’s madness. Carwin reveals to Clara that he is a biloquist. He caused most of the voices, but claims he didn’t cause the murders. Theo escapes, arrives at Clara's house, and tries to kill her. Carwin uses his ability to tell Theo to stop, and that Theo should not have listened to the voices. Theo kills himself in remorse. Clara refuses to leave her house, until it burns down one day. She then goes to Europe with her uncle, and eventually marries Pleyel.
