'Atonement' star James McAvoy has graduated from drama school – eight years late.
The actor was in his home city of Glasgow to receive a fellowship from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), where he studied until 2000.
Returning to his former school, McAvoy said he had been busy with work commitments and was unable to attend his graduation ceremony that year.
He said he was ‘completely honoured’ to come back to the RSAMD with his family to receive the alumni award.
He was joined by film legend Richard Attenborough who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Drama by the Academy.
McAvoy, who appeared in the TV series ‘Shameless’ and films including the ‘Last King Of Scotland’, ‘The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe’ and ‘Wanted’ recently backed a campaign opposing cuts at the RSAMD, which boasts 'Doctor Who' star David Tennant along with Tom Conti, Alan Cumming and Robert Carlyle among its former students.
McAvoy said: "The academy has been involved in my life a lot, from before I even knew of it, just through music teachers who studied here and then through a short time at youth theatre."
‘When I finally came here it had the most profound effect on my life."
