Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/3/1989
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
James Mcardle
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).
Known For
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Niv Lek
Four Mothers
as Edward
Private Peaceful
as Lt. Buckland
The Chamber
as Parks
Mary Queen of Scots
as James, Earl of Moray
Page Eight
as Ted Finch
Ammonite
as Roderick Murchison
On the Road
as Joe
Salting the Battlefield
as Ted Finch
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 Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macbeth
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
as Toby
Scott and Laura
as Scott