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).
Known for
- Andor (2022)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Mare of Easttown (2021)
- War (2026)
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Sexy Beast (2024)
- Playing Nice (2025)
- New Worlds (2014)
- Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
- Life After Life (2022)
- Ammonite (2020)
- Page Eight (2011)
- Appropriate Adult (2011)
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika (2017)
- Salting the Battlefield (2014)
- Private Peaceful (2012)
- National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (2017)
- Four Mothers (2025)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
- National Theatre Live: Bacchae (2025)