James McArdle

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1989-04-03 (36 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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).

Acting

2012

Private Peaceful

as Lt. Buckland

2016

The Chamber

as Parks

2016

2011

Page Eight

as Ted Finch

2014

2018

Mary Queen of Scots

as James, Earl of Moray

2020

Ammonite

as Roderick Murchison

2020

2025

Four Mothers

as Edward

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