James McArdle
b. 1989 (age 37)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Actor
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
Filmography
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★ 7.1
Playing Nice
2025 Actor
Miles Lambert
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National Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025 Actor
Pentheus
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★ 6.5
Sexy Beast
2024 Actor
Gal Dove
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★ 6.7
Four Mothers
2024 Actor
Edward
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★ 7.3
Life After Life
2022 Actor
Hugh
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★ 6.5
Ammonite
2020 Actor
Roderick Murchison
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Ghost Light
2020 Actor
James I
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★ 4.4
The Chamber
2017 Actor
Parks
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★ 8.8
Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches
2017 Actor
Louis Ironson
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★ 8.9
National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
2017 Actor
Louis Ironson
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★ 5.9
On the Road
2016 Actor
Joe
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★ 6.6
Salting the Battlefield
2014 Actor
Ted Finch
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For You
2014 Actor
Him
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★ 6.8
Love & Marriage
2013 Actor
Charlie McCallister
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One Night in Sutherland Hill
2012 Actor
Gary
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★ 7.3
Appropriate Adult
2011 Actor
Stephen West
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★ 8.2
Scissors
2011 Actor
Michael Small