{"id":376276,"date":"2026-04-01T10:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376276\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:18:16","slug":"james-mcavoy-reveals-he-secretly-welcomed-his-second-son-with-wife-lisa-liberati-four-years-ago-as-he-says-it-has-been-easier-being-a-father-in-his-forties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376276\/","title":{"rendered":"James McAvoy reveals he secretly welcomed his second son with wife\u00a0Lisa Liberati four years ago as he says it has been ‘easier’ being a father in his forties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By CONNIE RUSK, ASSOCIATE SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 16:32 EDT, 31 March 2026 | Updated: 16:33 EDT, 31 March 2026 <\/p>\n

James McAvoy has revealed he secretly welcomed his second son four years ago with his wife Lisa Liberati.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor, 46, made the revelation while talking about how he found fatherhood in his forties easier compared to when he became a dad for the first time to his now 15-year-old son Brendan, whom he co-parents with his ex-wife Anne-Marie Duff.<\/p>\n

He told The Guardian<\/a>: ‘Having a kid at 42 is definitely easier in some ways\u00a0I worry less.<\/p>\n

‘I’m a bit more philosophical. But it’s also harder, because you’re just older and tireder.<\/p>\n

Of juggling fatherhood and acting, James said: ‘I’m getting all that first-timer stress in my 40s. When we were shooting the film, I\u2019d wake up at 2.30am with the film buzzing in my head.<\/p>\n

James suggested starting a career was a ‘young man’s game’. He said: ‘That\u2019s the time that you work your socks off, burn the midnight oil, run the extra mile \u2013 and usually when you\u2019re doing that, you\u2019re in your 20s.’<\/p>\n

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James McAvoy has revealed he secretly welcomed his second son four years ago with his wife Lisa Liberati<\/p>\n

James and Lisa are based in London, ‘but a wee bit in Philly’, where Lisa’s parents live.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor and Lisa met on the set of Split in Philadelphia, America and they married in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James had a leading role in the film while Lisa was a production assistant for the director M. Night Shyamalan.<\/p>\n

The actress had been married at the time to actress Anne-Marie\u00a0 but was in the process of separating from her after 11 years of marriage.<\/p>\n

Just two months after the divorce was finalised, the new couple posted a number of pictures of themselves on Instagram together at a fancy dress party to announce their relationship.<\/p>\n

In 2019 they were rumoured to have wed when Director Jamie Lloyd, who is a close friend of the Glasgow-born actor, was overheard referring to Lisa as James’s ‘wife’ and said they married ‘recently’.<\/p>\n

In July 2020 the couple moved into a sprawling house in London after spending lockdown at his modest city apartment, which he took over after moving out of the \u00a31.9 million four bed home he shared with Anne-Marie.<\/p>\n

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James also has a 15-year-old son Brendan, who he co-parents with his ex-wife Anne-Marie Duff (pictured together in 2015)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor then confirmed he had married Lisa in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James has just made his directorial debut with the film, California Schemin\u2019, a musical biographical film following two Scottish men who conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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