James McArdle

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James McArdle

Acting 37 April 3, 1989

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 T…

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

7.2 2015 Movie
Andor

Andor

8.3 2022 TV Show
Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

6.5 2018 Movie
Mare of Easttown

Mare of Easttown

8.2 2021 TV Show
Ammonite

Ammonite

6.9 2020 Movie
Page Eight

Page Eight

6.6 2011 Movie
Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield

6.3 2014 Movie
Man in an Orange Shirt

Man in an Orange Shirt

7.5 2017 TV Show
Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult

6.8 2011 TV Show
Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast

6.1 2024 TV Show
Playing Nice

Playing Nice

6.8 2025 TV Show
New Worlds

New Worlds

6.1 2014 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    War

    TV show Nicholas Taylor

  2. 2026
    Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power

    Movie King James

  3. 2025
    National Theatre Live: Bacchae

    Movie Pentheus

  4. 2025
    Four Mothers

    Movie Edward

  5. 2025
    Playing Nice

    TV show Miles Lambert

  6. 2024
    Sexy Beast

    TV show Gal Dove

  7. 2022
    Andor

    TV show Timm Karlo

  8. 2022
    Life After Life

    TV show Hugh Todd

  9. 2021
    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Movie Macbeth

  10. 2021
    Mare of Easttown

    TV show Mark Burton

  11. 2020
    Ammonite

    Movie Roderick Murchison

  12. 2020
    Scott and Laura

    Movie Scott

  13. 2018
    Mary Queen of Scots

    Movie James, Earl of Moray

  14. 2017
    Man in an Orange Shirt

    TV show Thomas March

  15. 2017
    National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

    Movie Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia

  16. 2017
    National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

    Movie Louis Ironson

More credits
  1. 2016
    On the Road

    Movie Joe

  2. 2016
    The Chamber

    Movie Parks

  3. 2015
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Movie Niv Lek

  4. 2014
    New Worlds

    TV show Will Blood

  5. 2014
    Salting the Battlefield

    Movie Ted Finch

  6. 2013
    Love and Marriage

    TV show Charlie McCallister

  7. 2012
    Private Peaceful

    Movie Lt. Buckland

  8. 2012
    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    Movie Toby

  9. 2011
    Appropriate Adult

    TV show Stephen West

  10. 2011
    Page Eight

    Movie Ted Finch

  11. 2002
    Recycled

    Movie

  12. —
    The Custom of the Country

    Movie