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James McArdle
ActorBorn April 3, 1989 (35 years)
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
2025 | Playing Nice (TV Series) · as Miles Lambert |
2024 | Four Mothers · as Edward |
2024 | Sexy Beast (TV Series) · as Gal Dove |
2023 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Macbeth |
2022 | Star Wars: Andor (TV Series) · as Timm Karlo |
2022 | Life After Life (2022) (TV Series) · as Hugh Todd |
2021 | Mare of Easttown (TV Series) · as Mark Burton |
2020 | Ammonite · as Roderick Murchison |
2019 | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn · as Louis Ironson |
2018 | Mary Queen of Scots · as James, Earl Of Moray |
2017 | Man In An Orange Shirt (TV Series) · as Thomas March |
2017 | Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches · as Louis Ironson |
2017 | National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika · as Louis Ironson/the Angel Australia |
2016 | On the Road · as Joe |
2016 | The Chamber · as Parks |
2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Niv Lek |
2014 | '71 · as Sergeant |
2014 | New Worlds (TV Series) · as Will Blood |
2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Ted Finch |
2014 | 37 Days (TV Series) · as Alec |
2013 | Love and Marriage (2013) (TV Series) · as Charlie Mccallister |
2012 | Private Peaceful · as Lt. Buckland |
2012 | |
2011 | Appropriate Adult (TV Series) · as Stephen West |
2011 | Page Eight · as Ted Finch |