James McArdle: movies and TV shows

James McArdle has 28 credits in the archive: 18 films and 10 TV series, from 2002 to 2026. Highest rated: Andor (8.3/10).

Career timeline

2002 – 2026 · busiest year: 2017 (3 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power	King James	Film	—	37
2025	Playing Nice	Miles Lambert	TV	6.7	36
2025	National Theatre Live: Bacchae	Pentheus	Film	—	36
2025	Four Mothers	Edward	Film	6.8	36
2024	Sexy Beast	Gal Dove	TV	6.1	35
2022	Andor	Timm Karlo	TV	8.3	33
2022	Life After Life	Hugh Todd	TV	7.0	33
2021	Mare of Easttown	Mark Burton	TV	8.2	32
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Macbeth	Film	8.0	32
2020	Ammonite	Roderick Murchison	Film	6.9	31
2020	Scott and Laura	Scott	Film	—	31
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	James, Earl of Moray	Film	6.6	29
2017	Man in an Orange Shirt	Thomas March	TV	7.5	28
2017	National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches	Louis Ironson	Film	8.1	28
2017	National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika	Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia	Film	8.1	28
2016	On the Road	Joe	Film	4.6	27
2016	The Chamber	Parks	Film	5.3	27
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Niv Lek	Film	7.2	26
2014	New Worlds	Will Blood	TV	6.1	25
2014	Salting the Battlefield	Ted Finch	Film	6.3	25
2013	Love and Marriage	Charlie McCallister	TV	6.0	24
2012	Private Peaceful	Lt. Buckland	Film	6.6	23
2012	Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story	Toby	Film	4.6	23
2011	Page Eight	Ted Finch	Film	6.6	22
2011	Appropriate Adult	Stephen West	TV	6.7	22
2002	Recycled		Film	—	13
	WAR	Nicholas Taylor	TV	—	—
	The Custom of the Country		Film	—	—