James McArdle

Born: 1989-04-03

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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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Niv Lek
Released: 2015-12-15

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from...

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Salting the Battlefield

as Ted Finch
Released: 2014-03-27

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue...

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Ammonite

as Roderick Murchison
Released: 2020-11-13

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to...

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Mary Queen of Scots

as James, Earl of Moray
Released: 2018-12-07

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful...

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Page Eight

as Ted Finch
Released: 2011-08-28

Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable...

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

as Louis Ironson
Released: 2017-07-20

The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In...

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The Chamber

as Parks
Released: 2016-08-26

The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s...

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Private Peaceful

as Lt. Buckland
Released: 2012-10-12

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same...

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On the Road

as Joe
Released: 2016-10-09

North London band Wolf Alice have had a rise to prominence that might have been bends-inducing...

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Macbeth
Released: 2021-10-27

Following one couple's spine-chilling quest for power, this performance was captured during its...

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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
Released: 2017-07-27

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan...

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Four Mothers

as Edward
Released: 2024-10-13

Edward is a queer, up-and-coming novelist forced to balance press commitments with caring for...

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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

as Toby
Released: 2012-10-02

Schoolboy Maurice Cole, growing up in 1960s Liverpool, is picked on for being effeminate but is...

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Scott and Laura

as Scott
Released: 2020-06-10

Trapped in fear of his life and desperate to escape the criminal connections of his girlfriend’s...

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Star Wars: Andor

as Timm Karlo
First aired: 2022-09-21

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference...

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Mare of Easttown

as Mark Burton
First aired: 2021-04-18

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her...

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Sexy Beast

as Gal Dove
First aired: 2024-01-25

The origin story of Gal Dove, Don Logan, and Teddy Bass. Explore Gal and Don’s complicated...

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Appropriate Adult

as Stephen West
First aired: 2011-09-04

The extraordinary story of Gloucester housewife Janet Leach who played a key role in the...

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Man in an Orange Shirt

as Thomas March
First aired: 2017-07-31

A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and...

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Life After Life

as Hugh Todd
First aired: 2022-04-19

If you could live your life time and again, would you ever get it right? Ursula dies and is...

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Playing Nice

as Miles Lambert
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Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover their toddlers were switched at...

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