James McArdle
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).
Born: 03 April 1989
Played In
Movie
Jun 2026
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power in the Court of Britain's First King
King James
Movie
Sep 2025
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Pentheus
Movie
Apr 2025
Four Mothers
Edward
TV Show
Jan 2025
Playing Nice
Miles Lambert
TV Show
Jan 2024
Sexy Beast
Gal Dove
TV Show
Sep 2022
Andor
Timm Karlo
TV Show
Apr 2022
Life After Life
Hugh Todd
Movie
Oct 2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth
TV Show
Apr 2021
Mare of Easttown
Mark Burton
Movie
Nov 2020
Ammonite
Roderick Murchison
Movie
Jun 2020
Scott and Laura
Scott
Movie
Dec 2018
Mary Queen of Scots
James, Earl of Moray
TV Show
Jul 2017
Man in an Orange Shirt
Thomas March
Movie
Jul 2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Movie
Jul 2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Louis Ironson
Movie
Oct 2016
On the Road
Joe
Movie
Aug 2016
The Chamber
Parks
Movie
Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Niv Lek
TV Show
Apr 2014
New Worlds
Will Blood
Movie
Mar 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Ted Finch
Movie
Oct 2012
Private Peaceful
Lt. Buckland
Movie
Oct 2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Toby
TV Show
Sep 2011
Appropriate Adult
Stephen West
Movie
Aug 2011
Page Eight
Ted Finch
Movie
Jan 2002
Recycled
Movie
The Custom of the Country
TV Show
WAR
Nicholas Taylor