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- McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse.
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McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11.
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McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, to bus-driver-turned-builder James McAvoy Sr. and psychiatric nurse Elizabeth (née Johnstone; died 2018). He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. His parents separated when he was seven and divorced when he was eleven.
James McAvoy was born on April 21, 1979, in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother Elizabeth worked as a psychiatric nurse, while his father James McAvoy Sr. worked as a builder. He has a sister named Joy and a half-brother named Donald.
Dec 11, 2022 · McAvoy was born in Glasgow and raised by working-class, Catholic grandparents in the wake of his parents’ split, when he was seven. (He has a sister, Joy, who is also an actor.) I ask if his...
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- He was raised by his grandparents. James McAvoy was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to a psychiatric nurse and a builder. However, his parents split when he was seven, and because his mother was in poor health, McAvoy and his sister went to live with their maternal grandparents.
- He considered becoming a priest. McAvoy was brought up in the Roman Catholic church, but that wasn’t the reason he considered becoming a priest. Long before he decided to go the drama school route, he considered entering the priesthood because he thought it would give him an excuse to travel the world.
- He married his on-screen love interest. While working on the UK version of Shameless in the early 2000s, McAvoy met his on-screen love interest and future wife, Anne-Marie Duff.
- Acting was never his plan. In addition to the priesthood, McAvoy considered a few others careers before he settled on acting. In fact, acting kind of happened by accident.
Jul 9, 2021 · An absent father. Universal Pictures. Born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, James McAvoy had a tumultuous family life. The oldest of three siblings, McAvoy could only watch as his parents...
McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11.
