James McArdle

Known for ActingBorn 1989-04-03 (age 37)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Andor

Mare of Easttown

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

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

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Man in an Orange Shirt

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Life After Life

Ammonite

Four Mothers

Playing Nice

Appropriate Adult

Mary Queen of Scots

Private Peaceful

Page Eight

Salting the Battlefield

Sexy Beast

New Worlds

The Chamber

On the Road

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power in the Court of Britain's First King

National Theatre Live: Bacchae

Scott and Laura

Recycled

The Custom of the Country

WAR