James McArdle
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4385 |
| Birthday | 1989-04-03 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | James Mcardle, |
2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
8/3
Following one couple's spine-chilling quest for power, this performance was captured during its original run at the Almeida Theatre in 2021, with the...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
2002
Recycled
0/0
A pair of Scottish children find something strange living in their bin and the situation quickly escalates.
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Recycled
2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
4.6/5
Told with the help of some of his most famous comic characters including Cupid Stunt and Quentin Pose, the story of pioneering radio DJ and television...
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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
2012
Private Peaceful
6.6/45
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feud...
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Private Peaceful
2016
The Chamber
5.3/40
A special ops unit commandeer a commercial research vessel and its submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an ex...
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The Chamber
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.25/20453
Thirty 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.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016
On the Road
4.6/12
North London band Wolf Alice have had a rise to prominence that might have been bends-inducing were it not for their tightness as a group. In summer o...
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On the Road
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
8.1/15
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and...
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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
8.1/17
The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis...
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National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2011
Page Eight
6.59/328
Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
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Page Eight
2014
Salting the Battlefield
6.268/125
David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. John...
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Salting the Battlefield
2018
Mary Queen of Scots
6.557/1939
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ru...
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Mary Queen of Scots
2020
Ammonite
6.917/636
In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite...
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Ammonite
2020
Scott and Laura
0/0
Trapped in fear of his life and desperate to escape the criminal connections of his girlfriend’s family, Scott reaches out to Laura, childhood sweethe...
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Scott and Laura
2025
Four Mothers
6.8/23
Edward, a gay novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US...
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Four Mothers
2025
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
0/0
Fierce and unstoppable, they are a chorus of wild energy ready to shake Thebes to its core — and liberate its women. But their god Dionysos has his o...
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National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Custom of the Country
0/0
Based on the Edith Wharton classic of the same name, Undine Spragg, a fiercely ambitious woman from the Midwest, strives for the social heights of tur...
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