James McArdle
Acting
Born: 1989-04-03 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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).
Known For
Andor
Timm Karlo
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Niv Lek
Mare of Easttown
Mark Burton
Mary Queen of Scots
James, Earl of Moray
Page Eight
Ted Finch
Sexy Beast
Gal Dove
Playing Nice
Miles Lambert
Ammonite
Roderick Murchison
War
Nicholas Taylor
Life After Life
Hugh Todd
Salting the Battlefield
Ted Finch
New Worlds
Will Blood
Man in an Orange Shirt
Thomas March
Four Mothers
Edward
Appropriate Adult
Stephen West
Love and Marriage
Charlie McCallister
The Custom of the Country
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Pentheus
Private Peaceful
Lt. Buckland
The Chamber
Parks
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Louis Ironson
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Toby
On the Road
Joe
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Scott and Laura
Scott