Aidan McArdle

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Aidan McArdle is an Irish character actor. He is known for being a series regular in shows such as Beautiful People (2008-2009), Garrow's Law (2009-2011), and Mr Selfridge (2014-2015).

Aidan McArdle was born in Dublin.^[1]

He attended Terenure College, later studying for an arts degree at University College Dublin. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.^[1]

McArdle's 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.^[2]

He appeared in the BBC Two show Beautiful People in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

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.

McArdle is well known for his numerous television roles, the majority of which are period roles.^{[citation needed]} He played a number of roles in biographical TV films. These roles include Dudley Moore in the 2004 television movie Not Only But Always; Albert Einstein in the 2005 biography Einstein's Big Ideas (aka E=mc²); and Igor Stravinsky in the 2005 production Riot at the Rite.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 he appeared as a supporting character, Jewish anarchist Saul Landau, in an episode of the BBC TV series Casualty 1909.^{[citation needed]}

McArdle starred in Garrow's Law as John Silvester,^[when?] and in the comedy television series Beautiful People as Andy Doonan. In the British period drama Mr Selfridge about the founder of the department store Selfridges, he played Lord Loxley, who becomes an arch-enemy to Harry Selfridge. Another prominent role was as a defence lawyer in The Fall.^{[citation needed]}

From 2022, he appeared in the ITV series Ridley.^{[citation needed]}

McArdle married actress Aislín McGuckin and they have three children.^[1] They later divorced.^{[citation needed]}

He is a cousin of Steve Coogan.^[1]

• Aidan McArdle at IMDb