James McArdle
Actor
Born April 3, 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Pentheus
Four Mothers
Edward
Playing Nice
Miles Lambert
Sexy Beast
Gal Dove
Andor
Timm Karlo
Life After Life
Hugh Todd
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth
Mare of Easttown
Mark Burton
Ammonite
Roderick Murchison
Scott and Laura
Scott
Mary Queen of Scots
James, Earl of Moray
Man in an Orange Shirt
Thomas March
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Louis Ironson
On the Road
Joe
The Chamber
Parks
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Niv Lek
New Worlds
Will Blood
Salting the Battlefield
Ted Finch
Private Peaceful
Lt. Buckland
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Toby
Appropriate Adult
Stephen West
Page Eight
Ted Finch