Actor
James McArdle
Born April 3, 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
16 films
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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First watchStar Wars: The Force Awakens20157.2as Niv LekThirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.View filmEssential films
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16 films as actor- TBAThe Custom of the Country
- 2025National Theatre Live: BacchaePentheus
- 2025Four MothersEdward
- 2021The Tragedy of MacbethMacbeth
- 2020AmmoniteRoderick Murchison
- 2020Scott and LauraScott
- 2018Mary Queen of ScotsJames, Earl of Moray
- 2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: PerestroikaLouis Ironson/The Angel Australia
- 2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium ApproachesLouis Ironson
- 2016The ChamberParks
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensNiv Lek
- 2014Salting the BattlefieldTed Finch
- 2012Private PeacefulLt. Buckland
- 2012Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett StoryToby
- 2011Page EightTed Finch
- 2002Recycled