10 Huge Actors You Didn't Realise Were In Band Of Brothers

Before he was the leader of Mutantkind, battling killer clowns or suffering from a strange case of multiple personality disorder, James McAvoy found his way into one episode of Band of Brothers, starring as Private James Miller in the show's fourth episode, "Replacements."

The episode sees Easy Company following the events of D-Day. They've lost a good number of soldiers and are in desperate need of reinforcements. Enter Miller, a fresh-faced and innocent trooper who the company's veterans take to by teasing and mocking him. He settles in to the group and they're tasked to take part in operation Market Garden, a disastrous attempt by the allies to end the war by Christmas that involved British and American airborne units being dropped behind enemy lines in Holland.

During the assault, Miller is killed by a sudden explosion which blows him off his feet and leaves him dead almost instantly from a gaping head wound. It ended McAvoy's tenure on the show, but it also gave audiences yet another shocking and deeply upsetting death scene.

McAvoy has of course gone on from here to become one hell of a big star, with leading roles in the X-Men franchise, Split, Atomic Blonde, Wanted and It: Chapter Two. Band of Brothers still makes for a solid mark on his resume, mind.