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Acting

James McArdle

Career: Active from 2016 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Life After Life
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James McArdle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Nostalgia
2.9, average 3.8
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 3
Historical Drama 2
Non-Linear Storytelling 2
Character-Driven 2
Thought-Provoking Dialogue 2
Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 75

WAR

74

TV show · as Nicholas Taylor

Queen James: Passion, Plots and Power

as King James

Playing Nice

64

TV show · as Miles Lambert

Four Mothers

79

as Edward

National Theatre Live: Bacchae

as Pentheus

Sexy Beast

50

TV show · as Gal Dove

Life After Life

88

TV show · as Hugh Todd

Andor

87

TV show · as Timm Karlo

The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Macbeth

Mare of Easttown

86

TV show · as Mark Burton

Ammonite

69

as Roderick Murchison

Scott and Laura

as Scott

2010s

14 titles · average score 66

Mary Queen of Scots

59

as James, Earl of Moray

Man in an Orange Shirt

79

TV show · as Thomas March

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

84

as Louis Ironson

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

85

as Louis Ironson/The Angel Australia

The Chamber

36

as Parks

On the Road

46

as Joe

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

79

as Niv Lek

New Worlds

61

TV show · as Will Blood

Salting the Battlefield

59

as Ted Finch

Private Peaceful

58

as Lt. Buckland

Page Eight

79

as Ted Finch

Appropriate Adult

71

TV show · as Stephen West