James McArdle
Acting Born Apr 3, 1989 Glasgow, Scotland, UK 24 credits
Biography
James McArdle is a Scottish actor from Glasgow. Having worked as a child actor in films, he trained at RADA, graduating in 2010. In his graduation year he appeared in Macbeth at The Globe and starred in the summer smash hit Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He then played in plays such as A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, Chariots of Fire by Mike Bartlett and Platonov for which he won the Ian Charleson Award. On screens, he is known for movies such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), '71 (2014) and Salting the Battlefield (2014).
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Full filmography
- Andor (2022) as Timm Karlo
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Niv Lek
- Mare of Easttown (2021) as Mark Burton
- Sexy Beast (2024) as Gal Dove
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018) as James, Earl of Moray
- Playing Nice (2025) as Miles Lambert
- Life After Life (2022) as Hugh Todd
- New Worlds (2014) as Will Blood
- Ammonite (2020) as Roderick Murchison
- Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) as Thomas March
- Page Eight (2011) as Ted Finch
- Appropriate Adult (2011) as Stephen West
- Salting the Battlefield (2014) as Ted Finch
- WAR as Nicholas Taylor
- Private Peaceful (2012) as Lt. Buckland
- The Custom of the Country
- Four Mothers (2025) as Edward
- The Chamber (2016) as Parks
- National Theatre Live: Bacchae (2025) as Pentheus
- On the Road (2016) as Joe
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika (2017) as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Macbeth
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (2017) as Louis Ironson
- Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (2012) as Toby