MCM Birmingham Comic Con announce James McAvoy as the latest addition to a star-studded line-up at the NEC - here's when the show is on and how to get tickets
MCM Birmingham Comic Con has announced the latest addition to it's star-studded line-up in the form of Scottish actor James McAvoy.
The 46-year-old Glaswegian, best known for playing Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, will be attending Saturday and Sunday of the show taking place at the NEC in Birmingham from 28 - 30 November, 2025.
McAvoy will discuss his award-winning career in a spotlight panel on Saturday, November 29 on the Main Stage, and will be available for autograph and photograph opportunities over the Saturday and Sunday.
Having risen to fame thanks to his TV work, most notably Channel 4’s cult classic series Shameless, McAvoy shot to fame following his role in The Last King of Scotland opposite Forest Whitaker in 2006.
A year later he won further acclaim for his starring role in Atonement opposite Kiera Knightley, following that up with a starring role in comic book adaptation Wanted. In 2011 he starred in X-Men: First Class as a young Professor X in the series’ origin tale.
In the years since, he’s starred in multiple X-Men sequels, as well as Filth, Atomic Blonde and It Chapter Two.
He will be joined by a number of special guests at MCM Birmingham Comic Con, the show produced by ReedPop that welcomes tens of thousands of fans every year.
Attendees can expect to find everything from celebrity panels and exclusive premiers, to cosplay, comic book writing workshops, independent artists, live action role play.
All these features, and more, make MCM Comic Con the ultimate celebration of pop and geek culture.
