James McArdle
Known for ActingBorn 1989-04-03Glasgow, 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).
Known for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · as Niv Lek
Ammonite
2020 · as Roderick Murchison
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · as James, Earl of Moray
The Custom of the Country
Page Eight
2011 · as Ted Finch
Private Peaceful
2012 · as Lt. Buckland
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025 · as Pentheus
Salting the Battlefield
2014 · as Ted Finch
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · as Macbeth
Four Mothers
2025 · as Edward
The Chamber
2016 · as Parks
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power in the Court of Britain's First King
2026 · as King James
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017 · as Louis Ironson
On the Road
2016 · as Joe
Scott and Laura
2020 · as Scott
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017 · as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012 · as Toby
Recycled
2002