James McArdle
Acting
1989-04-03 · 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
War
2026 · Series
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power
2026 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025 · Movie
Four Mothers
2025 · Movie
Playing Nice
2025 · Series
Sexy Beast
2024 · Series
Andor
2022 · Series
Life After Life
2022 · Series
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Movie
Mare of Easttown
2021 · Series
Ammonite
2020 · Movie
Scott and Laura
2020 · Movie
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · Movie
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017 · Series
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017 · Movie
On the Road
2016 · Movie
The Chamber
2016 · Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
New Worlds
2014 · Series
Salting the Battlefield
2014 · Movie
Love and Marriage
2013 · Series
Private Peaceful
2012 · Movie
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 · Movie
Appropriate Adult
2011 · Series
Page Eight
2011 · Movie
Recycled
2002 · Movie
The Custom of the Country
Movie