James McArdle
Acting • Born 1989-04-03
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).
Filmography
26 credits
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Movie • 2021
Macbeth
Recycled
Movie • 2002
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Movie • 2012
Toby
Private Peaceful
Movie • 2012
Lt. Buckland
The Chamber
Movie • 2016
Parks
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie • 2015
Niv Lek
On the Road
Movie • 2016
Joe
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Movie • 2017
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Movie • 2017
Louis Ironson
Page Eight
Movie • 2011
Ted Finch
Salting the Battlefield
Movie • 2014
Ted Finch
Mary Queen of Scots
Movie • 2018
James, Earl of Moray
Ammonite
Movie • 2020
Roderick Murchison
Scott and Laura
Movie • 2020
Scott
Four Mothers
Movie • 2025
Edward
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Movie • 2025
Pentheus
Custom of the Country
Movie
Man in an Orange Shirt
TV • 2017
Thomas March
Appropriate Adult
TV • 2011
Stephen West
Mare of Easttown
TV • 2021
Mark Burton
Life After Life
TV • 2022
Hugh Todd
Playing Nice
TV • 2025
Miles Lambert
Sexy Beast
TV • 2024
Gal Dove
Andor
TV • 2022
Timm Karlo
New Worlds
TV • 2014
Will Blood
WAR
TV
Nicholas Taylor