James McArdle
Known For
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).
Most Known For
Andor
as Timm Karlo
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Niv Lek
Mare of Easttown
as Mark Burton
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Thomas March
Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray
Sexy Beast
as Gal Dove
Playing Nice
as Miles Lambert
Life After Life
as Hugh Todd
Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison
Page Eight
as Ted Finch
New Worlds
as Will Blood
Appropriate Adult
as Stephen West
Four Mothers
as Edward
WAR
as Nicholas Taylor
Private Peaceful
as Lt. Buckland
Salting the Battlefield
as Ted Finch
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Louis Ironson
On the Road
as Joe
The Chamber
as Parks
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia