James McArdle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1989
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
- The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country TBA
Actor
- Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power
Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power 2026
as King James
National Theatre Live: Bacchae 2025
as Pentheus
Four Mothers 2025
as Edward
The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021
as Macbeth
Ammonite 2020
as Roderick Murchison
Scott and Laura 2020
as Scott
Mary Queen of Scots 2018
as James, Earl of Moray
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika 2017
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches 2017
as Louis Ironson
On the Road 2016
as Joe
The Chamber 2016
as Parks
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
as Niv Lek
Salting the Battlefield 2014
as Ted Finch
Private Peaceful 2012
as Lt. Buckland
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story 2012
as Toby
Page Eight 2011
as Ted Finch
- Recycled
Recycled 2002
Actor
Credits from TMDB.