Matthew Macfadyen
3.3Acting

Matthew Macfadyen

Oct 17, 1974 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

David Matthew Macfadyen (born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005). He starred as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Macfadyen is also known for his roles in films such as Death at a Funeral (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Anna Karenina (2012), The Assistant (2019), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). He made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series Spooks (2002–04, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–2016). He also starred as Henry Wilcox in Kenneth Lonergan's miniseries Howards End and Charles Ingram in the Stephen Frears' limited series Quiz (2020).

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Movie2004In My Father's DenPaul Prior
Movie2007Death at a FuneralDaniel
Movie2001EnigmaCave
Movie2005Pride & PrejudiceMr. Darcy
Movie2010Robin HoodSheriff of Nottingham
Movie1999WarriorsPte. Alan James
Movie2025HollandFred Vandergroot
Movie2008Frost/NixonJohn Birt
Movie2004The Hungerford MassacreHimself (Narratior)
Movie2000Maybe BabyNigel
Movie2009EnidHugh Pollock
Movie2008IncendiaryTerrance
Movie2007MiddletownGabriel Hunter
Movie2012Anna KareninaOblonsky
Movie2007Secret LifeCharlie
Movie2004The ReckoningKing’s Justice
Movie2014Lost in KarastanEmil Forester
Movie2002The ProjectPaul Tibbenham
Movie2015The von Trapp Family: A Life of MusicGeorg von Trapp
Movie2016Churchill's SecretRandolph Churchill
Movie2024Deadpool & WolverineMr. Paradox
Movie2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsBenjamin Stahlbaum
Movie2018The Current WarJ.P. Morgan
Movie2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-DayNarrator (voice)
Movie1998Wuthering HeightsHareton Earnshaw
Movie2017Revolution: New Art for a New WorldVladimir Lenin (voice)
Movie201424 Hours on EarthNarrator (voice)
Movie2020The AssistantWilcock
Movie2007Mr. Bean's WeddingDaniel
Movie2022Operation MincemeatCharles Cholmondeley
Movie2011The Three MusketeersAthos
Movie2007GrindhouseHatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Movie2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & WolverineSelf - Mr. Paradox
Movie2009Inside MI5: The Real SpooksSelf - Narrator (voice)
MovieN/AThe SuperiorsArthur Bright
TV Show2008Ashes to AshesGil Hollis1
TV Show2002SpooksTom Quinn19
TV Show1999WarriorsPte. Alan James2
TV Show2008Criminal JusticeJoe Miller10
TV Show2001The Way We Live NowSir Felix Carbury4
TV Show2001Perfect StrangersDaniel3
TV Show2008Little DorritArthur Clennam14
TV Show2010The Pillars of the EarthPrior Phillip8
TV Show2010Any Human HeartLogan Mountstuart4
TV Show2012Ripper StreetEdmund Reid36
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf2
TV Show2015The Enfield HauntingGuy Lyon Playfair3
TV Show2002The ProjectPaul Tibbenham2
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show2023StonehouseJohn Stonehouse3
TV Show2017Howards EndHenry Wilcox4
TV Show2018SuccessionTom Wambsgans39
TV Show2013AmbassadorsPOD3
TV Show2006Nuremberg: Nazis on TrialNarrator3
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show2015The Last KingdomLord Uhtred1
TV ShowN/ADeath by LightningCharles Guiteau1
TV ShowN/AThe Miniature WifeLes2
TV Show2020QuizCharles Ingram3
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2007The Blair YearsNarrator3
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2004Agatha Christie's MarpleInspector Neele1

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TV Show2023StonehouseExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/AThe Miniature WifeExecutive ProducerProduction