M > Aidan McArdle Macbeth Richard McCabe Colin McCormack Alec McCowen Ian McDiarmid Martin McDonagh Malcolm McDowell John McEnery Peter McEnery Tom McGrath Frank McGuinness Jo McInnes Ian McKellen Peter McKintosh Hilton McRae Anna Madeley Madness in Valencia Dominic Mafham The Maid's Tragedy Major Barbara The Malcontent Michael Maloney Malvern Festival Man and Superman Man is Man Tom Mannion The Man of Mode The Man Who Came to Dinner Lesley Manville Marat/Sade Tony Marchant Claire Marchionne Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Christopher Marlowe The Marquis of Keith The Marrying of Ann Leete John Marston Trevor Martin Ashley Martin-Davis Mary, After the Queen Mary and Lizzie Brewster Mason Daniel Massey Philip Massinger The Master Builder Maydays Measure for Measure Nancy Meckler Joe Melia Leonie Mellinger Melons Sam Mendes Men's Beano Mephisto David Mercer The Merchant of Venice The Mermaid The Merry Wives of Windsor The Meteor Roger Michell Thomas Middleton Midnight's Children A Midsummer Night's Dream Midwinter Arthur Miller Jonathan Miller Poppy Miller Joseph Millson Helen Mirren Misalliance A Miserable and Lonely Death Les Misérables Misha's Party Miss Julie The Mistake Katie Mitchell Tim Mitchell Ariane Mnouchkine Moby Dick Molière Molière (The Cabal of Saintly Hypocrites) Money A Month in the Country Richard Moore Hattie Morahan Christopher Morley Cherry Morris Clive Morris David Morrissey Moscow Gold Mother Courage The Mouth Organ Slawomir Mrozek Much Ado About Nothing Peter Mumford Murder in the Cathedral Gerard Murphy The Mysteries		Aidan McArdle Aidan McArdle trained at RADA (1995-96) having already appeared at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as Osric in Hamlet, Don Parritt in The Iceman Cometh and Dromio in The Comedy of Errors (1993). On leaving the Academy he built a reputation on the London stage: Ya'acov in Julian Garner's The Flight into Egypt (John Dove, Hampstead Theatre, 1996); Raymond in the Beauty Queen of Leenane (Garry Hynes, Druid Theatre Company, Tour and Royal Court, 1996); Martin in When Brains Don't Count, Paul in In the Family, Joe in The Future is Betamax (Young Playwrights Festival, Royal Court, 1996); Robbie in Shopping and Fucking (Max Stafford-Clark, Out of Joint, Tour, 1997); and Kaite O'Reilly's Yard (Julie-Anne Robinson, Bush, 1998). He joined the RSC in 1999. In Michael Boyd's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (RST, 1999, Barbican, 1999-00, New York, 2000) McArdle's singular Puck, cool and satirical, administered the potion by tossing soil from a wheelbarrow onto the lovers and watering it from a tin watering can. Also in the season at the RST and Barbican he played Roderigo in Othello (Michael Attenborough), and Alexas/Thidas in Antony and Cleopatra (Steven Pimlott). During the fringe festival he performed Conor McPherson's Rum and Vodka (Helen Raynor, Buzz Goodbody Studio, TOP). He next became only the third actor in the RSC's history to play Richard of Gloucester in both Henry VI Part 3 and Richard III ('This England: the Histories', Boyd, Swan, 2000-01, Young Vic, 2001, he was also Charles in Henry VI Part 1). Subsequent theatre work: Murphy in Tennessee Williams's Stairs to the Roof (Lucy Bailey, Minerva, Chichester, 2001); the title role in A Prayer for Owen Meany (Mick Gordon, NT Lyttelton, 2002); Pip in David Farr's adaptation of Great Expectations (Gordon Anderson, Bristol Old Vic, 2003); Orestes to Catherine McCormack's Iphigenia in Goethe's Under the Curse (Joe Hill-Gibbins, Gate, 2003); Simon in Frank McGuinness's There Came a Gypsy Riding (Attenborough, Almeida, 2007). Films: Ella Enchanted (2004); Morris: a Life with Bells On (2008); Richard Brinsley Sheridan in The Duchess (2008). Television: Dudley Moore in Terry Johnson's Not Only But Always (Channel Four, 2004); Einstein in E=mc² (Channel Four, 2005); Footprints in the Snow (ITV, 2005); Stravinsky in Riot at the Rite (BBC, 2005); All About George (ITV, 2005); Perfect Day (Channel Five, 2005); Marple: Sleeping Murder (ITV, 2006); Jane Eyre (BBC, 2006); Green (BBC, 2007).	Actor, b. [Dublin, 1970] Education: University College, Dublin; RADA RSC: Joined 1999 Seasons: 1999 (Strat.)-99/00 (Lond./New York); 2000/01 (Strat.)-01 (Lond.)
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