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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1989
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- James Mcardle
James McArdle
0.6 Popularity
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).
Known For
7.0
Edward
Four Mothers
2025
6.5
Miles Lambert
Playing Nice
2025
6.3
Gal Dove
Sexy Beast
2024
8.3
Timm Karlo
Andor
2022
7.1
Hugh Todd
Life After Life
2022
8.0
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
8.2
Mark Burton
Mare of Easttown
2021
6.9
Roderick Murchison
Ammonite
2020
0.0
Scott
Scott and Laura
2020
6.5
James, Earl of Moray
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Credits
Four Mothers
as Edward
2025
7.0
Playing Nice
as Miles Lambert
2025
6.5
Sexy Beast
as Gal Dove
2024
6.3
Andor
as Timm Karlo
2022
8.3
Life After Life
as Hugh Todd
2022
7.1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
2021
8.0
Mare of Easttown
as Mark Burton
2021
8.2
Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison
2020
6.9
Scott and Laura
as Scott
2020
0.0
Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray
2018
6.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Thomas March
2017
7.5
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
2017
8.1
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Louis Ironson
2017
8.1
On the Road
as Joe
2016
4.6
The Chamber
as Parks
2016
5.4
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Niv Lek
2015
7.3
New Worlds
as Will Blood
2014
6.1
Salting the Battlefield
as Ted Finch
2014
6.2
Private Peaceful
as Lt. Buckland
2012
6.6
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Toby
2012
4.0
Appropriate Adult
as Stephen West
2011
6.7
Page Eight
as Ted Finch
2011
6.6
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Recycled
2002
0.0