Aidan McArdle

Aidan McArdle (born 1970) is an Irish actor.

Early life

McArdle was born in Dublin. He studied for an Arts degree at University College Dublin before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. He is no relation to former Brookside actor John McArdle.

Career

First roles in theatre

As of 2005 his most significant roles have been in television biopics. These roles include Dudley Moore in the 2004 television movie Not Only But Always, Albert Einstein in the 2005 biography E=mc², and Igor Stravinsky in the 2005 production Riot at the Rite.

His work with the Royal Shakespeare Company includes the title role in Richard III and the role of Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also appeared in the title role of a stage adaptation of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany by Simon Bent at London's Royal National Theatre in 2002, along with the role of Joseph Surface in Deborah Warner's 2011 The School for Scandal at the Barbican Centre.

First roles in film

He appeared in the BBC Two show Beautiful People in 2008. His first foray into the Hollywood film industry was as Slannen, an elf who secretly aspires to be a lawyer in the 2004 movie Ella Enchanted. He appeared as a supporting character, Jewish anarchist Saul Landau, on an episode of the 2009 BBC TV series, Casualty 1909.

Television

McArdle is well known for his numerous television roles, the majority of which are period roles. He has recently starred in Garrow's Law as Silvester and in the comedy television series Beautiful people as Andy Doonan. He is currently working on the British period drama Mr Selfridge about the founder of the department store Selfridges.

Personal life

He is married to ex-Heartbeat actress Aislin McGuckin, and is a cousin of Steve Coogan.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Casualty	James O'Hearne	TV series (1 episode: "Only the Lonely")
	Any Time Now	Nedser Fitzgibbon	TV series
2004	Judas	John the Baptist	TV movie
	Ella Enchanted	Slannen
	No Angels	Conor Martin	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.9")
	Not Only But Always	Dudley Moore	TV movie
2005	E=mc2	Einstein	TV movie
	Footprints in the Snow	Seamus	TV movie
	Nova	Albert Einstein	TV documentary (1 episode: "Einstein's Big Ideas")
	Riot at the Rite	Igor Stravinsky	TV movie
	All About George	Dave	TV series (6 episodes)
	Perfect Day	Pete	TV movie
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Hugh Hornbeam	TV movie
	Comedy Lab	Aiden McCabe	TV series (1 episode: "Bad Crowd")
	Afterlife	Martin	TV series (1 episode: "Lullaby")
	Jane Eyre	John Eshton	TV mini-series (3 episodes)
	Perfect Day: The Millennium	Pete	TV movie
2007	The Afternoon Play	Dr. Max Freeman	TV series (1 episode: "Death Becomes Her")
	Green	Stuart	TV movie
	Heavenly Sword	Voice	Video Game
2008	The Duchess	Richard Sheridan
	Me and Orson Welles	Martin Gabel (Cassius)
	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Officer Manager Mike	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.7")
	Beautiful People	Andy Doonan	TV series (12 episodes: 2008–2009)
2009	Morris: A Life with Bells On	Jeremy - The Producer
	Casualty 1909	Saul Landau	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.3")
	Garrow's Law	Silvester	TV series (12 episodes)
2011	Late Bloomers	James	(post-production)
2012	Metamorphosis	The First Lodger
2013	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Stephen Norton	TV series (1 episode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case")
	The Mill (TV series)	John Doherty	TV series
	The Borderlands	Mark	Film
2014-present	Mr Selfridge	Lord Loxley	TV series

External links

• Aidan McArdle at IMDb