Background
McCardie was born in Bellshill.
McCardie was born in Bellshill.
He attended Saint Athanasius Primary School in Carluke, then Our Lady"s High School in Motherwell where he began acting in amateur drama before attending the National Youth Theatre then onto Rose Bruford College (1984-1987).
He appears in Jon Baird"s Filth, based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, playing Dougie Gillman and Jacob Engstrand in Richard Eyre"s production of Henrik Ibsen"s Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre then transferring to The Trafalgar Studios in the West End, then New New York He just played James Connolly, a Leader of the 1916 Irish Rising, for RTÉ. After working in Theatre around the United Kingdom and various Television Series and Films, lieutenant was McCardie"s portrayal of Alasdair Roy McGregor in the film Rob Roy (1995) that brought him to wider public attention in Britain and the States.
McCardie continues to work in film, Theatre and Television.
Recent work of note includes Murphy"s Law and Lilies (British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominated and RTS winner Low Winter Sun (Channel 4, Tiger Aspect), "Lincolnshire of Duty" Series 1&2, Jimmy McGovern"s " The Accused", as well as "Rebellion",portraying the Military Leader and Republican International Socialist James Connolly in a telling of the 1916 Irish Rising.