James McArdle
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power
2026
as King James
War
2026
as Nicholas Taylor
Four Mothers
2025
as Edward
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025
as Pentheus
Playing Nice
2025
as Miles Lambert
Sexy Beast
2024
as Gal Dove
Life After Life
2022
as Hugh Todd
Andor
2022
as Timm Karlo
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Macbeth
Mare of Easttown
2021
as Mark Burton
Ammonite
2020
as Roderick Murchison
Scott and Laura
2020
as Scott
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as James, Earl of Moray
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
as Louis Ironson
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Thomas March
The Chamber
2016
as Parks
On the Road
2016
as Joe
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Niv Lek
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Ted Finch
New Worlds
2014
as Will Blood
Love and Marriage
2013
as Charlie McCallister
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
as Toby
Private Peaceful
2012
as Lt. Buckland
Page Eight
2011
as Ted Finch
Appropriate Adult
2011
as Stephen West
Recycled
2002