- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1989
- Place of Birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
James McArdle
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).
Filmography
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power in the Court of Britain's First King
2026 · King James
movieNational Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025 · Pentheus
movieFour Mothers
2025 · Edward
tvPlaying Nice
2025 · Miles Lambert
tvSexy Beast
2024 · Gal Dove
tvAndor
2022 · Timm Karlo
tvLife After Life
2022 · Hugh Todd
movieThe Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Macbeth
tvMare of Easttown
2021 · Mark Burton
movieAmmonite
2020 · Roderick Murchison
movieScott and Laura
2020 · Scott
movieMary Queen of Scots
2018 · James, Earl of Moray
tvMan in an Orange Shirt
2017 · Thomas March
movieNational Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017 · Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
movieNational Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017 · Louis Ironson
movieOn the Road
2016 · Joe
movieThe Chamber
2016 · Parks
movieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Niv Lek
tvNew Worlds
2014 · Will Blood
movieSalting the Battlefield
2014 · Ted Finch
moviePrivate Peaceful
2012 · Lt. Buckland
movieBest Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 · Toby
tvAppropriate Adult
2011 · Stephen West
moviePage Eight
2011 · Ted Finch
Recycled
2002
The Custom of the Country
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WAR
— · Nicholas Taylor