Portrait of Aidan McArdle

Acting

Aidan McArdle

Career

Active from 2004 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spy/Master
Spy/Master
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Aidan McArdle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Magical Realism 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Betrayal & Deception 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Epitaph
Epitaph

as Cole Graves

2020s

13 titles · average score 68
Bergerac
Bergerac (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Pete Benedict

Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Chief Inspector Whitlock

Einstein and the Bomb
Einstein and the Bomb (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

as Albert Einstein

Blackshore
Blackshore (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Charlie Reid

Spy/Master
Spy/Master (2023)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Walter Simpson

The Holiday
The Holiday (2022)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Alistair

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt (2022)

as Hermann

Ridley
Ridley (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Michael Flannery

Red Election
Red Election (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Zak

Deadly Cuts
Deadly Cuts (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

as Darren Flynn

Showtrial
Showtrial (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Patrick Norris

Miss Scarlet
Miss Scarlet (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Joseph Simms

2010s

24 titles · average score 67
Born a King
Born a King (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

as Humphrey Bowman

Sonja: The White Swan
Sonja: The White Swan (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

as Darryl Zanuck

Genius
Genius (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Thomas Harvey

Maigret's Dead Man
Maigret's Dead Man (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as 科梅利奥法官

Clean Break
Clean Break (2015)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Desmond Rane

Humans
Humans (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Peter Keeley

The Borderlands
The Borderlands (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mark

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Harry Grover

Endeavour
Endeavour (2013)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Dr. Jasper Nicholson

The Fall
The Fall (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Healy

Late Bloomers
Late Bloomers (2011)
GoodWatch score 48

as James

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

as Paul Gauguin

2000s

19 titles · average score 70
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law (2009)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Silvester

Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK (2009)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Finn Tyler

The Duchess
The Duchess (2008)
GoodWatch score 65

as Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Beautiful People
Beautiful People (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Andy Doonan

Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

as Martin Gabel

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Mike Hodley

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as John Eshton

Einstein's Big Idea
Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

as Einstein

Perfect Day
Perfect Day (2005)

as Pete

Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

as Slannen

Not Only But Always
Not Only But Always (2004)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dudley Moore

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Hugh Hornbeam

1980s

2 titles · average score 73
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Stephen Norton

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as James O'Hearne

1970s

1 title · average score 79
NOVA
NOVA (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Albert Einstein