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James McAvoy (/ˈmækəvɔɪ/; born 21 April 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 include the thriller State of Play (2003), the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), and the drama series Shameless (2004–2005).
McAvoy gained recognition for playing Mr. Tumnus in the fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and an assassin in the action film Wanted (2008). His performances in the period dramas The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007) gained him nominations for the BAFTA Award. He portrayed Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011), a role he reprised in future instalments of the X-Men series. McAvoy gained praise for starring in the independent crime film Filth (2013) and as a man with 23 alternate personalities in M. Night Shyamalan's Split (2016) and Glass (2019). He portrayed Lord Asriel in the fantasy series His Dark Materials from 2019 to 2022, and starred as Bill Denbrough in the horror film It Chapter Two (2019).
On stage, McAvoy has starred in several West End productions, such as Three Days of Rain in 2010, Macbeth in 2013, The Ruling Class in 2015, and Cyrano de Bergerac in 2020, for which he received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
Early life
McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow,[1][2] to bus-driver-turned-builder James McAvoy Sr. and psychiatric nurse Elizabeth (née Johnstone; died 2018).[3][4][5] He was brought up as a Roman Catholic.[6] His parents separated when he was seven and divorced when he was eleven.[3] McAvoy's mother suffered from poor health and subsequently sent him to live with his maternal grandparents, Mary and James Johnstone, in the nearby Drumchapel area of Glasgow.[7] His mother lived with them intermittently.[3] McAvoy has a younger sister named Joy and a younger half-brother named Donald.[3] McAvoy confirmed in an interview with The Guardian that both his parents were deceased,[8] but he had not been in contact with his father since childhood.[3] He attended the Catholic St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Jordanhill area of Glasgow and briefly considered joining the priesthood.[9][10] In a 2006 interview, McAvoy said he considered becoming a priest as a child because it seemed to be a way to explore the world via missionary work.[11] During his education, he worked at a local bakery.[9][10]
McAvoy applied to join the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was also offered a place to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).[12] After graduating in 2000, he moved to London.
Career
Late 1990s 2000s
McAvoy's acting debut was at the age of 15 years in The Near Room (1995). He later admitted that he was not very interested in acting when joining the film, but was inspired to study acting after developing feelings for his co-star, Alana Brady.[13] He continued to act while still a member of PACE Youth Theatre.[14][15] McAvoy graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000.[16] Throughout the early 2000s, he made guest appearances in television shows and began working in film. In 2001, McAvoy's performance as a gay hustler in the play Out in the Open impressed director Joe Wright so much that Wright began offering McAvoy parts in his films. McAvoy kept declining them, however, and it was not until six years later that the two worked together.[16]
He starred in Privates on Parade in the Donmar Warehouse, this time catching Sam Mendes' attention.[3] In 2001, the actor appeared as Private James W. Miller in Band of Brothers, an eleven-hour World War II miniseries by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.[17][18] He gained the attention of critics in 2002's White Teeth, a four-part television drama miniseries adaption based on the novel of the same name by Zadie Smith.[19] In 2022, McAvoy commented that Smith "didn't say [he] was bad at playing the part". She told him he "was the wrong casting, because [he] was too little – the character should have been more overweight."[20]
In 2003, McAvoy appeared in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, adapted from Frank Herbert's novels. It is one of the highest-rated programmes on the channel.[21] More work came for him when he accepted the role of an unprincipled reporter in 2003's State of Play.[22] The well-received six-part drama serial tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman and was broadcast on BBC One.[23][24] Calling the programme a "must-see", the Chicago Tribune recommended State of Play for its cast's performance.[25] In 2002, McAvoy shot scenes for Bollywood Queen, described as West Side Story meets Romeo and Juliet with bindis, the film deals with star-crossed lovers caught in the middle of clashing cultures; it was shown as a special presentation at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and opened in UK cinemas on 17 October.[26][27]
In 2004, he acted in the romantic comedy Wimbledon, also featuring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany as leads.[28] His next project was voicing a character named Hal in the 2004 English version of Strings, a mythic fantasy film.[29] Another 2004 release for him was Inside I'm Dancing, an Irish production directed by Damien O'Donnell starring alongside fellow Scotsman Steven Robertson. In it, he was cast as one of the two principal characters: a maverick with duchenne muscular dystrophy.[30] McAvoy ended 2004 by appearing in the first two series of Shameless as Steve McBride, the moral hero of the BAFTA-winning Channel 4 programme.
His public profile was raised in 2005 with the release of Walt Disney Pictures's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.[31] McAvoy starred in the fantasy adventure film made by Andrew Adamson and based on C. S. Lewis's children's novel as Tumnus, a faun who befriends Lucy Pevensie (played by Georgie Henley) and joins Aslan (Liam Neeson)'s forces. It was given a UK release of 9 December. At the UK box office, the film opened at number one, earning around £8.7 million at 498 cinemas over the weekend.[32] Worldwide, Narnia grossed £463 million.[33] In 2006 he accepted the principal role of Brian Jackson, a nerdy university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team in the mid-1980s, in Starter for 10. He was directed by David Nicholls, who adapted the film's screenplay from his own book. The British-American production was given distribution in the UK on 10 November. In spite of the positive buzz, the film flopped at the box office, unable to recover its production costs of £5.7 million.[34][35]
Forest Whitaker had suggested McAvoy to director Kevin Macdonald for the role of Nicholas Garrigan in 2006's Academy Award-winning low-budgeted The Last King of Scotland.[36] McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin (played by Whitaker) while in Uganda. While the film is based on factual events of Amin's rule, the details of the story and the character McAvoy played are fictional and adapted from Giles Foden's 1998 novel. McAvoy assessed his character to be a "completely selfish prick".[11] An overwhelmed McAvoy fainted during his first take of what would be the hardest scene for him to shoot, Nicholas's torture.[37] McAvoy was named Best Actor of the year by Scotland's own BAFTA Awards, where the film swept the major categories,[38] and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film received three awards, including the Outstanding British Film of the Year.[39] This was accompanied by praise for McAvoy's performance.[40]
Following that, he played Irish attorney Tom Lefroy and love-interest to Jane Austen in Becoming Jane, a 2007 historical film inspired by the author's early life.[41] Next up was Penelope, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[42] Also starring Christina Ricci, it generated polarised reviews.[43] The breakthrough role in McAvoy's career came in Atonement, Joe Wright's 2007 adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of the same title. A romantic war film, it focuses on lovers Cecilia and Robbie's (Keira Knightley and McAvoy) lives being torn apart after her jealous younger sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan) falsely accuses him of rape. Upon reading the script, McAvoy said he thought "If I don't get the part I'm not reading the book because it'll be devastating. It's an amazing role and I really wanted it."[44] McAvoy has called the film "incredibly sad" but considers it an uplifting experience. He also shared that he hoped viewers will be left "absolutely devastated and harrowed". Screenings of Atonement were held at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the most acclaimed films present, and Venice Film Festival.[45][46] Atonement was a big awards contender; it was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs and seven Academy Awards.[47][48] Both McAvoy and Knightley were nominated for their performances at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, respectively.[49] Additionally, the film was lauded by critics, with Metacritic reporting it to have an approval rating of 85.[50] The Hollywood Reporter writer Ray Bennett said the duo gave "compelling and charismatic performances".[51] In December 2022, McAvoy stated that McEwan was not entirely satisfied with his casting as Robbie in Atonement. "He wasn't disparaging. He just gave me… nothing. And I was a bit devastated. Then he said I was a bit small – because my character, Robbie, was meant to be this 6ft tanned Adonis, and I was a 25-year-old pasty Glaswegian who's 5ft-nothing."[52]
His next role saw McAvoy starring with Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman in Wanted (2008), an action film where he portrayed Wesley Gibson, a young American slacker who learns he is heir to a legacy of assassins. When McAvoy screen-tested for the role, he was initially rejected because the studio was seeking an actor with conventional Hollywood leading-man looks and physique. He later recalled being considered the "runt of the litter" of those who tested, but ultimately got the role in late 2006 since the studio "wanted someone geeky".[53][54] While shooting action scenes for Wanted, he suffered several injuries, including a twisted ankle and an injured knee.[55] Nonetheless, the actor said he had a "good time" whilst making the film. McAvoy had not previously done this type of genre, and thought of Wanted as a chance to be more versatile.[56]
Loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar, it saw a June 2008 release worldwide. It received favourable reviews from the press, who generally liked that it was fast-paced.[57] At the box office, Wanted was a success, grossing $341 million against a $75 million production budget.[58] Next was The Last Station (2009), a biopic that details the final months of celebrated writer Leo Tolstoy and also stars Anne-Marie Duff, McAvoy's wife at the time.[59] It was shown at a limited number of screens in the US.[60] Although most critics' awards paid attention to co-stars Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, the Satellite Awards nominated McAvoy for Best Supporting Actor.[61] In 2009, McAvoy voiced Angelina's father, Maurice Mouseling, in the television series, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. He also appeared onstage in 2009 at Apollo Theatre's Three Days of Rain.[62]
2010s
He voiced the male titular character in the film Gnomeo Juliet (2011), an animated movie based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.[63] In Robert Redford's historical American drama The Conspirator, McAvoy played the role of an idealistic war hero who reluctantly defends co-conspirator Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) charged in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[64] While this movie garnered mixed reception, critics lauded the actor for his work. In Owen Gleiberman's assessment of The Conspirator, he found it "stiff-jointed" and tedious, but regarded McAvoy as "an avid presence".[65]
In mid-2010, McAvoy was cast as telepathic superhero Professor X, leader and founder of the X-Men, in X-Men: First Class.[66] He joined an ensemble that included Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult. Based on the Marvel Comics and a prequel to the film series, it focuses on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups. McAvoy did not read comics as a child, but was a fan of the X-Men animated cartoon series.[67] Released to the UK on 1 June, First Class topped its box office with ticket sales of around £5 million in its opening weekend.[68] First Class was reviewed favourably and McAvoy's performance was widely praised.[69] In 2011, he began filming the role of Max Lewinsky in the British thriller Welcome to the Punch.[70] That same year, McAvoy voiced the title character in the animated holiday film Arthur Christmas. He also played the lead role in the Danny Boyle film Trance.
In 2012, McAvoy was cast as Bruce Robertson in Filth, an adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The film's ensemble cast includes McAvoy's former classmate Shauna Macdonald as his wife, as well as Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan and Imogen Poots. For his role, McAvoy won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards in December 2013.[71][72] It was also announced that he would co-star with Jessica Chastain in a double-feature film project, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.[73] He performed the male lead in radio play adaptation of Neverwhere written by Neil Gaiman.[74] In October 2016 McAvoy played the character Richard in the BBC Radio 4 production of Neil Gaiman's short story 'How The Marquis Got His Coat Back'.[75] Gaiman played the role of the Boatman.
McAvoy starred in Shakespeare's Macbeth on London's West End in early 2013. Macbeth was the first performance at the Trafalgar Transformed, running from 9 February until 27 April. The production was directed by Jamie Lloyd who also directed McAvoy in his last stint on the stage in 2009's Three Days of Rain.[76] In 2015, McAvoy won the Best Actor award at London's Evening Standard Theater Awards for his portrayal of Jack Gurney in The Ruling Class,[77] a revival of the Peter Barnes play directed by Jamie Lloyd. It ran at Trafalgar Studios from 16 January to 11 April 2015.
McAvoy reprised his role as Professor X in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), which grossed $747.9 million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of the year 2014 and the second highest-grossing film in the X-Men franchise and in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse.[78][79] In 2016, he starred in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split as Kevin Wendell Crumb, a dissociative identity disorder sufferer with dangerous capabilities. His performance was praised by critics, with some hailing it as the best of his career.[80][81] In 2018, McAvoy voiced Hazel in the BBC miniseries Watership Down. In 2019, he reprised his role as Crumb in Glass[82] and then returned as Professor X in the film Dark Phoenix.[83]
McAvoy played the adult Bill Denbrough in the horror film It Chapter Two, the sequel to It (2017), which premiered on 6 September 2019[84] and grossed $473 million at the box office. Also in 2019, McAvoy starred as Lord Asriel in the television adaptation of His Dark Materials.[85][86]
2020s
On 4 March 2020, it was announced that Audible would be adapting Neil Gaiman's acclaimed comic book series The Sandman into a multi-part audio drama, with McAvoy voicing the lead character, Dream.
McAvoy starred in the Jamie Lloyd Company production of Cyrano de Bergerac which opened in the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre on 3 February 2022, for which he won a What's On Stage award for Best Performer in a Male-Identifying Role. He continued his performance in a limited run at the Harvey Theater at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), opening the show stateside on 5 April 2022 and running until 22 May 2022.[87]
Personal life
While working on Shameless, McAvoy started a relationship with Anne-Marie Duff, who played his character's love interest; they married on 11 November 2006.[88] They have a son together, born in 2010.[89] On 13 May 2016, the couple jointly announced their decision to divorce.[90] To minimise disruption to their son's life, they initially shared a home in North London when not working elsewhere.[91] McAvoy confirmed in an interview to The Guardian in February 2022 that he had secretly married his partner Lisa Liberati after years of speculation. The couple met on the set of 2016 horror thriller Split. Liberati was working as a personal assistant to Split director M. Night Shyamalan at the time.[92] The couple have one son together.[93]
After McAvoy won the "Rising Star" award from the BAFTAs, his estranged father spoke to the Sunday Mirror, stating that he would love to get in touch with his son but did not know how to contact him. Although he did not read the piece, McAvoy heard about it and was unmoved.[3]
McAvoy considers himself a spiritual person who no longer practises Catholicism.[10] He enjoys fantasy themes, which he said started from age 11 with reading The Lord of the Rings.[94]
McAvoy is a fan of Celtic FC, stating that his dream acting role would be Celtic player Jimmy Johnstone.[95] He had once been a video game addict, playing role-playing games such as The Legend of Zelda, Secret of Mana, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which he quit after it began affecting his life. McAvoy recalled burning his disc of Oblivion with a kitchen stove to get rid of his addiction to the game.[96]
Speaking to Sky News in 2011, McAvoy said he believed that British filmmakers belittle and dumb down their productions to please American audiences.[97] He had previously called 3D films a "waste of money", accusing film studios of using the effect to get more money out of cinema audiences.[98]
Philanthropy
In 2011, McAvoy did a "terrifying" BASE jump from the world's tallest hospital building in a bid to help raise money for Ugandan children's charity Retrak, which assists children on the streets.[99] After this, he continued to support this Retrak.[100] Additionally, he is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross with whom he travelled to Uganda to raise awareness of the projects there. He had become involved with the charity after shooting The Last King of Scotland there for several months and was shocked by what he saw.[101] In February 2007, he visited northern Uganda and spent four days seeing projects supported by the British Red Cross.[102]
In 2015, McAvoy pledged £125,000 to a 10-year scholarship programme at his former drama school, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[103] In March 2020, McAvoy donated £275,000 to a crowdfunding campaign to help the NHS mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[104]
Acting credits
Main article: List of James McAvoy performancesAwards and nominations
List of awards and nominations Organisation Year[a] Work(s) Category Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 Atonement Best Seduction (with Keira Knightley) Won ALOS Awards 2018 Split Best Actor in a Leading Role Won British Academy Film Awards 2006 — Rising Star Award Won 2007 The Last King of Scotland Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated 2008 Atonement Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated British Academy Scotland Awards 2007 Atonement Best Actor in Film Won 2014 Filth Best Actor in Film Won 2021 Together Best Actor in Television Won British Comedy Awards 2004 Shameless Best TV Comedy Newcomer Nominated British Independent Film Awards 2006 The Last King of Scotland Best Performance by an Actor Nominated 2013 Filth Best Performance by an Actor Won Cannes Film Festival 2007 — Male Revelation Won Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2018 Split Best Actor Nominated Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2007 Atonement Best Actor Nominated Empire Awards 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Best Newcomer Nominated 2008 Atonement Best Actor Won 2013 Filth Best Actor Won European Film Awards 2007 The Last King of Scotland European Actor Nominated 2008 Atonement European Actor Nominated Evening Standard British Film Awards 2008 Atonement, Becoming Jane Best Actor Nominated Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2015 The Ruling Class Best Actor Won 2022 Cyrano de Bergerac Won Fright Meter Awards 2017 Split Best Actor Won Gold Derby Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor Nominated 2008 Atonement Best Ensemble Cast Nominated Golden Globes Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated IGN Award 2011 X-Men: First Class Best Ensemble Cast Nominated International Online Cinema Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor Nominated 2017 Split Best Actor Nominated Irish Film Television Academy 2008 Atonement Best International Actor Nominated Kids' Choice Awards 2017 X-Men: Apocalypse #Squad Nominated Laurence Olivier Award 2010 Three Days of Rain Best Actor Nominated 2013 Macbeth Best Actor Nominated 2015 The Ruling Class Best Actor Nominated 2020 Cyrano de Bergerac Best Actor Nominated London Critics Circle Film Awards 2005 Inside I'm Dancing British Actor of the Year Nominated 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe British Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated 2007 The Last King of Scotland British Actor of the Year Nominated 2008 Atonement British Actor of the Year Won 2014 Filth, Trance, Welcome to the Punch British Actor of the Year Won MTV Movie TV Awards 2009 Wanted Best Kiss (with Angelina Jolie) Nominated 2017 Split Best Actor in a Movie Nominated National Movie Awards 2008 Wanted Best Performance – Male Nominated North Texas Film Critics Association 2018 Split Best Actor Nominated OFTA Awards 2008 Atonement Best Actor Nominated People's Choice Awards 2012 X-Men: First Class Favorite Movie Superhero Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated San Diego Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Male Actor Won Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008 Atonement Virtuoso Award Won Satellite Awards 2009 The Last Station Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated Scream Awards 2011 X-Men: First Class Best Fantasy Actor Nominated 2011 X-Men: First Class Best Superhero Nominated Seattle Film Critics Society 2017 Split Best Villain Won Teen Choice Awards 2017 Split Choice Movie: Villain Nominated Women Film Critics Circle 2011 Gnomeo Juliet Best Screen Couple (with Emily Blunt) Nominated Teen Choice Awards 2019 Dark Phoenix Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor Nominated Variety 2008 The Last King of Scotland and Wanted Variety Film Award [105] Won (Source: IMDb[106])Notes
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Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_McAvoyoldid=1165397174br>макевой
Биография
Джеймс Макэвой — шотландский актер, который сделал блестящую карьеру в Голливуде. И по сей день артист считается самым непредсказуемым исполнителем в выборе ролей. Причем от популярности проекта или ее отсутствия любовь публики к нему не уменьшается. Каждая работа Джеймса убеждает критиков и зрителей в его невероятном таланте. Сейчас исполнитель продолжает радовать поклонников новыми яркими проектами.
Детство и юность
Джеймс Макэвой родился в столице Шотландии. Его отец, Джеймс Макэвой — старший, был строителем, а мать, Элизабет Джонстон, — медсестрой. У Джеймса есть младшая сестра Джой, которая стала певицей и лидером шотландской женской группы Streetside.
После развода родителей Джеймс воспитывался бабушкой и дедушкой, его сестра осталась с матерью. Мальчик ходил в католическую школу для мальчиков Джорданхилл, некоторое время мечтал стать священником, а позже задумывался о карьере в Военно-морских силах Соединенного Королевства. Но в 16 лет юноша познакомился с Дэвидом Хейманом, актером и режиссером.
С этого знакомства и началась творческая биография Джеймса. Хейман рассказал парню о различных забавных случаях на съемочных площадках, а также предложил ему поучаствовать в съемках своей новой картины «Соседняя комната». Позднее Макэвой получил и профессиональное образование, после того как поступил в престижную Королевскую шотландскую академию музыки и драмы.
Театр
Первые роли Макэвоя в театре пришлись на конец 90-х. Актер играл на сценах разных британских театров, воплощал на сцене образы из произведений классиков. В разные годы артист успел примерить на себя роли Ромео, Фердинанда из шекспировской «Бури» и другие. Одним из ярких опытов в творческой биографии шотландца стал «Макбет», поставленный в лондонском Вест-Энде в начале 2013 года. Режиссером постановки выступил Джейми Ллойд, а сам Джеймс предстал перед публикой как главный герой трагедии.
В 2019 году артист вновь сотрудничал с Ллойдом. Результатом их работы стала театральная версия пьесы «Сирано де Бержерак», поставленная в лондонском Playhouse Theatre. Перед публикой развернулось захватывающее представление, созданное по мотивам одноименной драмы Эдмона Ростана. Постановка отличалась оригинальностью режиссерской трактовки: на смену историческим декорациям пришли реалии нашего времени, а поэтические рифмы трансформировались в настоящий рэп-батл. Джеймс примерил на себя роль главного героя, романтика де Бержерака.
Фильмы
После дебюта на большом экране в триллере «Соседняя комната» в течение 1997 года Джеймс участвовал в съемках двух телевизионных сериалов. Затем последовал перерыв, связанный с учебой драматическому искусству в Королевской академии. Только в 2001 году Макэвой снова появляется на экранах в разных образах. Так, 2003 году публика увидела артиста в роли Лето Атрейдеса II в фантастическом мини-сериале «Дети Дюны».
Первую главную роль Макэвой получил в душещипательной драме «А в душе я танцую», в которой он исполнил роль прикованного к инвалидной коляске, но не теряющего оптимизма юноши по имени Рори О’Шей. Картина получила очень хорошие отзывы и даже была названа лучшим ирландским фильмом года.
Параллель с театральной деятельностью артиста выразилась через проект «Шекспир на новый лад», в котором известные пьесы английского классика получили оригинальную трактовку — действие перенеслось в наше время. Всего в фильм вошли 4 серии, а роли шекспировских персонажей сыграли Том Эллис, Билли Пайпер и другие. Самому Джеймсу достался образ злодея Макбета, который в этой картине оказался су-шефом ресторана, желающим занять место шеф-повара.
В 2007 году выходит на экраны биографическая драма «Джейн Остин», в которой актер играет Тома Лефроя, возлюбленного знаменитой писательницы. Одновременно он снимается в военном фильме «Искупление», за который получает премию журнала Empire и номинируется на «Золотой глобус» как лучший актер. Главную женскую роль в картине сыграла Кира Найтли.
В 2013 году фильмография актера пополнилась неоднозначной картиной Ирвина Уэлша «Грязь», созданной по мотивам романа Джона С. Бейрда «Дерьмо». Джеймсу предстояло воплотить на экране сложный образ, который, по словам критиков, менял личины каждые 10 минут, то сатанея, то превращаясь в падшего ангела. Сперва режиссеру показалось, что артист слишком молод и красив для столь неоднозначного героя. Но за каких-то пять минут шотландец кардинально преобразился. Уэлшу показалось, что Джеймс изменился у него на глазах, как будто даже щетина на лице Макэвоя успела отрасти за это время, так режиссер сообщил позднее журналистам.
Еще большую популярность Джеймс завоевал после выхода супергеройского боевика «Люди Икс: Первый класс». В фильме актер исполнил главную роль телепата Чарльза Ксавьера, известного также под именем Профессор Икс. Впоследствии Макэвой появился в продолжении проекта — «Люди Икс: Дни минувшего будущего» и «Люди Икс: Апокалипсис».
Джеймс неоднократно доказывал поклонникам, что готов на яркие, необычные киноэксперименты. Таким стал фильм «Сплит» М. Найта Шьямалана, продолживший сюжетные линии «Неуязвимого». В этом психологическом триллере шотландцу предстояло воплотить на экране сложный образ психически больного Кевина, страдающего множественным расстройством личности. На экране Макэвою пришлось изображать 24 личности, живущие в сознании персонажа. Актерская игра исполнителя удостоилась высоких оценок критиков. Через два года артист появился в заключительной части трилогии Шьямалана — ленте «Стекло».
2019 год оказался для шотландца богатым на премьеры. Летом состоялся мировой показ очередного блокбастера известной франшизы — «Люди Икс: Темный Феникс». В рамках промотура Макэвой и Джессика Честейн, исполнительница роли главы инопланетян Маргарет, побывали в Москве, где встретились с журналистами. С Джессикой Джеймс снялся и в «Оно-2», продолжении фильма ужасов, сыграв повзрослевшего героя первой части.
Личная жизнь
В юности Макэвой продолжительное время встречался с Эммой Нельсон, с которой вместе учился в школе. Молодые люди даже жили в гражданском браке около 6 лет. Актер переживал из-за расставания с возлюбленной и даже впал в депрессию.
На съемочной площадке сериала «Бесстыдники» он познакомился с актрисой Энн-Мэри Дафф. Они встречались около двух лет, а в 2006 году официально зарегистрировали отношения. В 2010-м Энн-Мари, которая старше мужа на 9 лет, родила сына Брэндана. Других детей пока у артиста нет.
В мае 2016 года Макэвой с женой развелись. Актеры сохранили дружеские отношения и решили не разъезжаться, чтобы не травмировать психику маленького сына. Когда Энн-Мэри и Джеймс не заняты на съемках, они жили вместе в Северном Лондоне.
На съемках фильма «Сплит» актер познакомился с ассистенткой режиссера М. Найта Шьямалана Лизой Либерати. Вскоре у Джеймса и Лизы завязалась дружба, а затем закрутился роман, как считает пресса. Актер не подтверждал эти отношения, но журналисты опирались на слова очевидцев и слухи. Осенью 2019 года появилась информация о том, что артист тайно женился на своей избраннице. Об этом сообщил близкий друг актера — режиссер Джейми Ллойд. Сам Макэвой хранил молчание, но репортеры отметили, что влюбленные стали носить обручальные кольца.
Другие аспекты личной жизни Джеймс не скрывает от поклонников. Актер ведет официальный аккаунт в «Инстаграме», где публикует как фото со светских мероприятий, так и селфи с друзьями. Несмотря на активную творческую жизнь, Джеймс считает себя домоседом. Между съемками он предпочитает обрастать щетиной. Актер шутит, что предстанет перед камерой без бороды только в случае большого гонорара.
Близким другом Джеймса долгие годы остается его коллега Майкл Фассбендер. Артисты вместе появляются на светских вечеринках и в телеэфирах. Начало столь близким отношениям положили совместные съемки в «Людях Икс: Первый класс», где Майкл перевоплотился в Эрика Леншерра (Магнето).
Рост знаменитости — 170 см.
Джеймс Макэвой сейчас
В 2021 году актер продолжил работу в кино. Осенью на экраны вышел захватывающий фильм «Исчезнувший», в котором Макэвой сыграл главную мужскую роль. Его герой Эдмонд Мюррей сталкивается с обстоятельствами, нарушающими спокойный уклад его семьи. Поиск пропавшего сына заставляет персонаж Джеймса раскрывать перед зрителями тайны собственной жизни.
Фильмография
Интересные факты
- М. Найт Шьямалан изначально не представлял героя «Сплита» лысым. Но в то время Макэвой побрил голову для работы в картине «Люди Икс: Апокалипсис». Позднее в интервью режиссер признался, что увидел шотландца в таком образе выпивающим в баре, сравнил с пьяным скинхедом и понял, что такой типаж идеально подходит главному персонажу.
- В спектакле «Сирано де Бержерак» 2019 года Макэвой играл без грима и был, по словам режиссера, самым привлекательным мужчиной на сцене. «Роль» носа заменила идея одиночества героя.
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Запята́я (,) — знак препинания в русском и других языках. Иногда используется как десятичный разделитель.
Как знак препинания
В русском языке запятая используется на письме:
для обособления (выделения)
- определений, если определение находится после определяемого слова, либо имеет добавочное обстоятельственное значение, либо в случаях, когда определяемое слово является именем собственным или личным местоимением,
- обстоятельств, кроме тех случаев, когда обстоятельство является фразеологизмом; также в случаях, когда обстоятельство выражено существительным с предлогом (кроме предлогов невзирая на, несмотря на), запятая ставится факультативно;
также при использовании:
- причастных и деепричастных оборотов,
- обращений,
- уточнений,
- междометий,
- вводных слов (по некоторым источникам, вводные слова входят в состав обособленных обстоятельств, по другим — нет),
для разделения:
- между частями сложносочинённого, сложноподчинённого или сложного бессоюзного предложения;
- между прямой речью и косвенной, если косвенная речь стоит после прямой речи, а сама прямая речь не заканчивается знаками «!» и «?»; в этом случае после запятой (если она поставлена) всегда ставится тире.
- при однородных членах.
Как десятичный разделитель
В числовой записи, в зависимости от принятого в том или ином языке стандарта, запятой разделяются целая и дробная части либо разряды по три цифры между собой. В частности, в русском языке принято отделение дробной части запятой, а разрядов друг от друга пробелами; в английском языке принято отделение дробной части точкой, а разрядов друг от друга запятыми.
В информатике
В языках программирования запятая используется в основном при перечислении — например, аргументов функций, элементов массива.
Является разделителем в представлении табличных данных в текстовом формате CSV.
В Юникоде символ присутствует с самой первой версии в первом блоке Основная латиница (англ. Basic Latin) под кодом U 002C, совпадающим с кодом в ASCII.
На современных компьютерных клавиатурах запятую можно набрать двумя способами:
Запятая находится в нижнем регистре на клавише Del цифровой клавиатуры, если выбран русский региональный стандарт. Более правильно говорить, что в нижнем регистре на клавише Del цифровой клавиатуры находится десятичный разделитель для текущего регионального стандарта. Для США это будет точка. Запятая находится в верхнем регистре русской раскладки (набрать запятую можно лишь нажав клавишу ⇧ Shift. Существует мнение, что это неправильно, поскольку замедляет скорость набора текста (в русском языке запятая встречается чаще точки, для набора которой нажимать ⇧ Shift не требуется)[1].В культуре
- В детской считалочке:
Точка, точка, запятая —
Вышла рожица кривая,
Палка, палка, огуречик,
Получился человечек.
- В повести Лии Гераскиной «В стране невыученных уроков» Запятая является одной из подданных Глагола. Она описывается как горбатая старуха. Злится на Витю Перестукина за то, что тот постоянно ставит её не на место. В мультфильме «В стране невыученных уроков» Запятая также является подданной Глагола, но изображена совсем иначе. Она выглядит не как старуха, а как девочка. Кроме того, она не такая злючка, хотя всё равно жалуется на то, что Витя ставит её не на место.
Варианты и производные
Средневековая, перевёрнутая и повышенная запятыеlink rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-dаta:TemplateStyles:r130061706">Изображение
⹌⸴⸲Название
⹌: medieval comma
⸴: raised comma
⸲: turned comma
Юникод
⹌: U 2E4C
⸴: U 2E34
⸲: U 2E32
HTML-код
⹌: #11852; или #x2e4c;
⸴: #11828; или #x2e34;
⸲: #11826; или #x2e32;
UTF-16
⹌: 0x2E4C
⸴: 0x2E34
⸲: 0x2E32
URL-код
⹌: ⹌
⸴: ⸴
⸲: ⸲
В средневековых рукописях использовался ранний вариант запятой, выглядевший как точка с правым полукругом сверху. Для определённых сокращений использовался и знак повышенной запятой (⸴)[2].
В фонетической транскрипции Palaeotype для индикации назализации использовалась перевёрнутая запятая[3][4].
Все три символа закодированы в Юникоде в блоке Дополнительная пунктуация (англ. Supplemental Punctuation) под кодами U 2E4C, U 2E34 и U 2E32 соответственно.
См. также
.mw-parser-output .ts-Родственный_проект{background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:right;float:right;font-size:90%;margin:0 0 1em 1em;padding:.4em;max-width:19em;width:19em;line-height:1.5}.mw-parser-output .ts-Родственный_проект th,.mw-parser-output .ts-Родственный_проект td{padding:.2em 0;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ts-Родственный_проект th td{padding-left:.4em}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .ts-Родственный_проект{width:auto;margin-left:0;margin-right:0}}- Серийная запятая
- Точка
- Точка с запятой
- Число с плавающей запятой
Примечания
↑ Лебедев А. А. Ководство. § 105. Трагедия запятой. Студия Артемия Лебедева (14 июня 2004). Дата обращения: 17 мая 2019. Архивировано 12 декабря 2007 года. ↑ ichael Everson (editor), Peter Baker, Florian Grammel, Odd Einar Haugen. Proposal to add Medievalist punctuation characters to the UCS (англ.) (PDF) (25 января 2016). Дата обращения: 17 мая 2019. Архивировано 15 декабря 2017 года. ↑ Michael Everson. Proposal to encode six punctuation characters in the UCS (англ.) (PDF) (5 декабря 2009). Дата обращения: 17 мая 2019. Архивировано 7 апреля 2016 года. ↑ Simon Ager. Dialectal Paleotype (англ.) (htm). Omniglot. Дата обращения: 17 мая 2019.Ссылки
- , на сайте Scriptsource.org (англ.)
- ⹌ на сайте Scriptsource.org (англ.)
- ⸴ на сайте Scriptsource.org (англ.)
- ⸲ на сайте Scriptsource.org (англ.)
- Орфографические правила употребления запятой на gramota.ru
Словари и энциклопедии
- Большая норвежская
- Брокгауза и Ефрона
- Britannica (11-th)
- Britannica (онлайн)
- Britannica (онлайн)
- De Agostini
- Treccani
- BNF: 162295578
- SUDOC: 146880978
- Точка (.)
- Запятая (,)
- Точка с запятой (;)
- Двоеточие (:)
- Восклицательный знак (!)
- Вопросительный знакli>
- Многоточиеli>
- Дефис (‐)
- Дефис-минус (-)
- Неразрывный дефис (‑)
- Тиреli>
- Скобки ([ ], ( ), { }, ⟨ ⟩)
- Кавычки („ “, « », “ ”, ‘ ’, ‹ ›)
- Двойной вопросительный знакli>
- Двойной восклицательный знакli>
- Вопросительный и восклицательный знакli>
- Восклицательный и вопросительный знакli>
- Иронический знак (⸮)
- Интерробанг (‽)
- Предложенные Эрве Базеном (
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- Перевёрнутый восклицательный знак (¡)
- Перевёрнутый вопросительный знак (¿)
- Перевёрнутый интерробанг (⸘)
- Китайская и японская пунктуацияli>
- Паияннои (ฯ, ຯ, ។)
- Апатарц (՚)
- Шешт (՛)
- Бацаканчакан ншан (՜)
- Бут (՝)
- Харцакан ншан (՞)
- Патив (՟)
- Верджакет (։)
- Ентамна (֊)
- Колон (·)
- Гиподиастола (⸒)
- Коронис (⸎)
- Параграфос (⸏)
- Дипла (⸖)
- Гереш (׳)
- Гершаим (״)
- Нун хафуха (׆)
- Иоритэн (〽)
- Средневековая запятая (⹌)
- Повышенная запятая (⸴)
- Двойной дефис (⸗, ⹀)
- Двойное тире (⸺)
Источник — https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Запятаяoldid=131306437
