Cast & creator
James McArdle
Best known for WAR, Andor, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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).
Also known as: James Mcardle
18
film credits
10
television credits
28
2002–2026 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (28)
Showing 28 of 28 credits
WAR
Nicholas Taylor
2026
Andor
Timm Karlo
2022
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Niv Lek
2015
Mare of Easttown
Mark Burton
2021
Mary Queen of Scots
James, Earl of Moray
2018
Sexy Beast
Gal Dove
2024
Playing Nice
Miles Lambert
2025
New Worlds
Will Blood
2014
Man in an Orange Shirt
Thomas March
2017
Life After Life
Hugh Todd
2022
Appropriate Adult
Stephen West
2011
Ammonite
Roderick Murchison
2020
Page Eight
Ted Finch
2011
Salting the Battlefield
Ted Finch
2014
Four Mothers
Edward
2025
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia
2017
Love and Marriage
Charlie McCallister
2013The Custom of the Country
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth
2021
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
Louis Ironson
2017
Private Peaceful
Lt. Buckland
2012
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Pentheus
2025
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Toby
2012
The Chamber
Parks
2016
On the Road
Joe
2016Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power
King James
2026
Scott and Laura
Scott
2020