James McArdle
Birthday
1989/04/03 (35 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also know as
James Mcardle
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).
Acting
(2021) The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
(2002) Recycled
as ---
(2012) Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Toby
(2012) Private Peaceful
as Lt. Buckland
(2016) The Chamber
as Parks
(2015) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Niv Lek
(2016) On the Road
as Joe
(2017) National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
(2017) National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Louis Ironson
(2011) Page Eight
as Ted Finch
(2014) Salting the Battlefield
as Ted Finch
(2018) Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray
(2020) Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison
(2020) Scott and Laura
as Scott
(2025) Four Mothers
as Edward
(2017) Man in an Orange Shirt
as Thomas March
(2011) Appropriate Adult
as Stephen West
(2021) Mare of Easttown
as Mark Burton
(2022) Life After Life
as Hugh Todd
(2025) Playing Nice
as Miles Lambert
(2024) Sexy Beast
as Gal Dove
(2022) Star Wars: Andor
as Timm Karlo