James McArdle

James McArdle
Born	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Awards	Ian Charleson Award

James McArdle is a Scottish actor from Glasgow. Having worked as a child actor in films, he trained at RADA,^[1] 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 was also well received in his role in A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

In 2011, McArdle played the role of Agathon in Emperor and Galilean by Henrik Ibsen at the National Theatre. He was also Robin Hood in the 2011 RSC production of the legend, adapted by Ella Hickson.

In 2012, he starred as Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire, Mike Bartlett's stage adaptation of the film of the same title, which opened at London's Hampstead Theatre 9 May and transferred to the West End on 23 June, running through 5 January 2013.

In 2014 he played King James I of Scotland in Rona Munro's King James I, which was presented at the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre.

In 2016 McArdle won the Ian Charleson Award for his 2015 performance as Platonov in Platonov at the Chichester Festival Theatre^[2]

Theatre

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2015	Platonov by Anton Chekov	Platonov	Chichester Festival Theatre	McArdle won the Ian Charleson Award
2015	Ivanov by Anton Chekov	Yevgeni Lvov	Chichester Festival Theatre	Part of Young Checkov season
2014	James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock by Rona Munro	James I	National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival & National Theatre of Great Britain	Part of The James Plays
2012	Chariots of Fire	Harold Abrahams	Hampstead Theatre Gielgud Theatre
2011	The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr[3]	Robin Hood	RSC
2011	Emperor and Galilean by Henrik Ibsen[4]	Agathon	National Theatre
2010	A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev[5]	Aleksei Belyaev	Chichester Festival Theatre
2010	Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss[6]	Daniel Mast	Royal Court Theatre	Nominated for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards
2010	Macbeth by William Shakespeare[7]	Malcolm	The Globe

TV

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2014	New Worlds	Will Blood	Channel 4
2014	Salting the Battlefield	Ted Finch	BBC
2014	Turks & Caicos	Ted Finch	BBC
2014	37 Days	Alec	BBC
2013	Love and Marriage	Charlie McCallister	ITV
2011	Appropriate Adult[8]	Stephen West	ITV
2011	Page Eight[9]	Ted Finch	BBC
2001-2003	Stacey Stone	Vendor	BBC Scotland	series 1 and 2

Film

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens[10]	Niv Lek	Walt Disney Pictures
2011	Scissors[11]	Michael	London Film School	short film
2003	Recycled[12]	Michael McGregor	Tartan Small for BBC Films	short film
2001	Neverland	J. M. Barrie	BBC
2001	Strictly Sinatra	Young Boy	BBC Films

External links

• James McArdle at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "Profiles : James McArdle". RADA. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
2. https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/james-mcardle-wins-2016-ian-charleson-award/
3. "The Heart of Robin Hood". RSC. Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "Emperor and Galilean". National Theatre. Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "A Month in the Country". Chichester Festival Theatre. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. "Spur of the Moment". The Royal Court Theatre. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
7. "Macbeth". The Globe. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
8. "Appropriate Adult". Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
9. "Page Eight". Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
10. "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens". Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
11. "Scissors". Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
12. "Recycled". Retrieved 2003. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)