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James McAvoy

Awards

James McAvoy

22 wins & 41 nominations

BAFTA Awards

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Leading Actor
    • Atonement
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
    2007 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • The Last King of Scotland
  • James McAvoy
    2006 Winner Rising Star Award

BAFTA Awards, Scotland

  • Together (2021)
    2021 Winner BAFTA Scotland Award
    • Best Actor - Television
    • Together
  • James McAvoy in Filth (2013)
    2014 Winner BAFTA Scotland Award
    • Best Actor - Film
    • Filth
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
    2007 Winner BAFTA Scotland Award
    • Best Actor
    • The Last King of Scotland

British Comedy Awards

  • Shameless (2004)
    2004 Nominee British Comedy Award
    • Best TV Comedy Newcomer
    • Shameless

British Independent Film Awards

  • James McAvoy in Filth (2013)
    2013 Winner British Independent Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Filth
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
    2006 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • The Last King of Scotland

Cannes Film Festival

  • James McAvoy
    2007 Winner Chopard Trophy
    • Male Revelation

European Film Awards

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Atonement
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
    2007 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • The Last King of Scotland

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Atonement
    • Becoming Jane

Golden Globes, USA

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Atonement

Satellite Awards

  • Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (2009)
    2009 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • The Last Station

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Atonement

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

  • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    2017 Nominee Blimp Award
    • #SQUAD
    • X-Men: Apocalypse
    Shared with: Michael Fassbender · Jennifer Lawrence · Nicholas Hoult · Evan Peters · Tye Sheridan · Kodi Smit-McPhee · Ben Hardy · Sophie Turner · Alexandra Shipp · Olivia Munn

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • James McAvoy in Filth (2013)
    2014 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Actor of the Year
    • Filth
    • Trance
    • Welcome to the Punch
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Actor of the Year
    • Atonement
  • Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
    2007 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Actor of the Year
    • The Last King of Scotland
  • Michael Madsen, Liam Neeson, Dawn French, Jim May, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Cameron Rhodes, Tilda Swinton, Ray Winstone, Skandar Keynes, Shane Rangi, and Georgie Henley in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
    2006 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Supporting Actor of the Year
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Romola Garai, James McAvoy, and Steven Robertson in Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Actor of the Year
    • Rory O'Shea Was Here

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee MTV Movie + TV Award
    • Best Actor in a Movie
    • Split
  • Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, and James McAvoy in Wanted (2008)
    2009 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Best Kiss
    • Wanted
    Shared with: Angelina Jolie

People's Choice Awards, USA

  • James McAvoy
    2012 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Favorite Movie Superhero
    For playing "Professor X"

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Winner Virtuoso Award
    • Atonement

Teen Choice Awards

  • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
    2019 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor
    • X-Men: Dark Phoenix
  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Movie Villain
    • Split

Empire Awards, UK

  • James McAvoy in Filth (2013)
    2014 Winner Empire Award
    • Best Actor
    • Filth
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Winner Empire Award
    • Best Actor
    • Atonement
  • Michael Madsen, Liam Neeson, Dawn French, Jim May, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Cameron Rhodes, Tilda Swinton, Ray Winstone, Skandar Keynes, Shane Rangi, and Georgie Henley in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
    2006 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Newcomer
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Split

National Movie Awards, UK

  • Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, and James McAvoy in Wanted (2008)
    2008 Nominee National Movie Award
    • Best Performance - Male
    • Wanted

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee NTFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split
    5th place

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2007 Winner EDA Special Mention Award
    • Best Seduction
    • Atonement
    Tied with Irrfan Khan and Tabu for The Namesake (2006).
    Shared with: Keira Knightley

Fright Meter Awards

  • Bill Skarsgård in It Chapter Two (2019)
    2019 Winner Fright Meter Award
    • Best Actor
    • It Chapter Two
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and James McAvoy in Glass (2019)
    2019 Nominee Fright Meter Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Glass
  • Bill Skarsgård in It Chapter Two (2019)
    2019 Winner Fright Meter Award
    • Best Ensemble Cast
    • It Chapter Two
    Shared with: Jessica Chastain · Sophia Lillis · Jaeden Martell · Bill Hader · Finn Wolfhard · Isaiah Mustafa · Chosen Jacobs · Jay Ryan · Jeremy Ray Taylor · James Ransone · Jack Dylan Grazer · Andy Bean · Bill Skarsgård
  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Winner Fright Meter Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split

Scream Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
    2011 Nominee Scream Award
    • Best Fantasy Actor
    • X-Men: First Class
  • Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
    2011 Nominee Scream Award
    • Best Superhero
    • X-Men: First Class
    as Professor X / Charles Xavier
  • James McAvoy
    2008 Nominee Scream Award
    • Best Fantasy Actor

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Split
    Tied Denzel Washington for Fences (2016) with 5th place
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2007 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Atonement
    4th place

CinEuphoria Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Best Actor - Audience Award
    • Split
  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Actor - International Competition
    • Split

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)
    • Split

Online Film & Television Association

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Atonement

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matt Lucas in Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    2011 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Screen Couple
    • Gnomeo & Juliet
    Shared with: Emily Blunt

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Actor
    • Atonement

Gold Derby Awards

  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Lead Actor
    • Atonement
    As Robbie Turner
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Ensemble Cast
    • Atonement
    Shared with: Brenda Blethyn · Michelle Duncan · Romola Garai · Keira Knightley · Vanessa Redgrave · Saoirse Ronan · Juno Temple · Harriet Walter · Julia West

National Film Awards, UK

  • Johnny Depp, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, James McAvoy, Stephen Merchant, Emily Blunt, Julio Bonet, and Eve Webster in Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
    2019 Nominee National Film Award
    • Best Performance in an Animation film
    • Sherlock Gnomes

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split
    Tied with Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour (2017).

The BAM Awards

  • Bill Skarsgård in It Chapter Two (2019)
    2019 Winner The BAM Award
    • Best Cast
    • It Chapter Two
    Shared with: Jessica Chastain · Bill Hader · Isaiah Mustafa · Jay Ryan · James Ransone · Andy Bean · Bill Skarsgård · Jack Dylan Grazer · Jaeden Martell · Finn Wolfhard · Wyatt Oleff · Chosen Jacobs · Jeremy Ray Taylor · Luke Roessler · Jackson Robert Scott · Sladen Peltier · Sophia Lillis · Ryan Kiera Armstrong
  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Winner The BAM Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split

National Film and Television Awards, USA

  • Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and James McAvoy in Glass (2019)
    2019 Nominee National Film and Television Award
    • Best Actor
    • Glass

Blogos de Oro

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Nominee Palmarés blogos de oro
    • Best Lead Actor (Mejor Actor)
    • Split

Columbus Film Critics Association

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2018 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Split

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Villain
    • Split

Odyssey Awards

  • James McAvoy in Split (2016)
    2017 Nominee Odyssey Award
    • Best Lead Actor
    • Split

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