<P> McAvoy has not been in contact with his father since childhood . He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Jordanhill, Glasgow, a Catholic school, and briefly considered joining the Catholic priesthood . In a 2006 interview, McAvoy said that he considered becoming a priest as a child because it seemed to be a way to explore the world via missionary work . During his education, he worked at a local bakery . </P> <P> McAvoy's acting debut came at the age of 15 in The Near Room (1995). He later admitted that he was not very interested in acting when joining the movie, but was inspired to study the craft after developing feelings for his co-star, Alana Brady . He continued to act while still a member of PACE Youth Theatre . McAvoy eventually graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000 . Throughout the early 2000s, he made guest appearances in television shows and began working on movies . 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 wasn't until six years later that the two actually worked together . </P> <P> He also starred in Privates on Parade in the Donmar Warehouse, this time catching Sam Mendes' attention . Also 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 . This is the same miniseries in which his future coworker, Michael Fassbender, played the role of Burton "Pat" Christenson . It was shown on the HBO network . 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 . </P> <P> 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 ever to be aired on the channel . More cable work came for him when he accepted the role of an unprincipled reporter in 2003's State of Play . The well - received six - part British drama serial tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman and was broadcast on BBC One . Calling the programme a "must - see", the Chicago Tribune recommended State of Play for its cast's performance . In 2002, McAvoy shot scenes for Bollywood Queen, described as West Side Story meets Romeo and Juliet with bindis, the movie 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 theatres on 17 October . In 2004, he acted in a supporting role in the romantic comedy Wimbledon, also featuring Kirsten Dunst as a co-lead . His next project was voicing a character named Hal in the 2004 English version of Strings, a mythic fantasy film . Another 2004 release for him was Inside I'm Dancing, an Irish production helmed by Damien O'Donnell starring alongside fellow Scotsman Steven Robertson . In it, the actor was cast as one of the two principal characters: a maverick with duchenne muscular dystrophy . </P>

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