
Acting
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).

Four Mothers
as Edward

National Theatre Live: Bacchae
as Pentheus

The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth

Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison

Scott and Laura
as Scott

Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Louis Ironson

The Chamber
as Parks

On the Road
as Joe

Playing Nice
as Miles Lambert · 4 ep.

Sexy Beast
as Gal Dove · 8 ep.

Andor
as Timm Karlo · 3 ep.

Life After Life
as Hugh Todd · 4 ep.

Mare of Easttown
as Mark Burton · 7 ep.

Man in an Orange Shirt
as Thomas March · 1 ep.

New Worlds
as Will Blood · 2 ep.

Appropriate Adult
as Stephen West · 2 ep.
WAR
as Nicholas Taylor · 1 ep.
Ammonite
2020