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James McArdle

James McArdle

Birthday: 1989-04-03 | Place of Birth: 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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Life After Life

as    Hugh Todd

2021
Mare of Easttown

as    Mark Burton

2020
Ammonite

as    Roderick Murchison

2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

as    Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia

2016
The Chamber

as    Parks

2011
Appropriate Adult

as    Stephen West