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, since then he was also well received in his role in A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

In 2011, James 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.

In 2012, he is starring as Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire, the 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.