Acting credits
23
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
James McArdle
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 15Series: 8
TMDB ID: 1256215
IMDb ID: nm4574630
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1989
Age: 36
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2011 - 2025
Years active: 15
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q6139160
Also known as
James Mcardle
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James McArdle.
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
as Pentheus
2025 Movie
6.8
Four Mothers
as Edward
2025 Movie
8.0
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
2021 Movie
6.9
Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison
2020 Movie
Scott and Laura
as Scott
2020 Movie
6.6
Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray
2018 Movie
8.1
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
2017 Movie
8.1
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Louis Ironson
2017 Movie
4.6
On the Road
as Joe
2016 Movie
5.4
The Chamber
as Parks
2016 Movie
7.3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Niv Lek
2015 Movie
6.2
Salting the Battlefield
as Ted Finch
2014 Movie
6.6
Private Peaceful
as Lt. Buckland
2012 Movie
4.6
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Toby
2012 Movie
6.6
Page Eight
as Ted Finch
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James McArdle.
6.5
Playing Nice
as Miles Lambert • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.4
Sexy Beast
as Gal Dove • 8 eps
2024 Series
8.3
Andor
as Timm Karlo • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Life After Life
as Hugh Todd • 4 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Mare of Easttown
as Mark Burton • 7 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Thomas March • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.1
New Worlds
as Will Blood • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.7
Appropriate Adult
as Stephen West • 2 eps
2011 Series