Matthew Macfadyen
Acting
Born: October 17, 1974 (age 51) · Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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).
Known for
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Robin Hood
2010
The Three Musketeers
2011
Anna Karenina
2012
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
The Last Kingdom
2015
Death at a Funeral
2007
Grindhouse
2007
Succession
2018
Frost/Nixon
2008
The Current War
2018
Photos (3)
Movies (27)
Deadpool & Wolverine
Mr. Paradox
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Darcy
Robin Hood
Sheriff of Nottingham
The Three Musketeers
Athos
Holland
Fred Vandergroot
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Benjamin Stahlbaum
Anna Karenina
Oblonsky
Frost/Nixon
John Birt
Operation Mincemeat
Charles Cholmondeley
The Current War
J.P. Morgan
Death at a Funeral
Daniel
Grindhouse
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
The Assistant
Wilcock
The Reckoning
King’s Justice
Enigma
Cave
Incendiary
Terrance
In My Father's Den
Paul Prior
Maybe Baby
Nigel
Wuthering Heights
Hareton Earnshaw
Churchill's Secret
Randolph Churchill
Enid
Hugh Pollock
Warriors
Pte. Alan James
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Georg von Trapp
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Daniel
Middletown
Gabriel Hunter
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Lost in Karastan
Emil Forester
TV Shows (22)
The Last Kingdom
Lord Uhtred · 1 eps
Succession
Tom Wambsgans · 39 eps
Spooks
Tom Quinn · 19 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inspector Neele · 1 eps
Ripper Street
Edmund Reid · 36 eps
The Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn · 10 eps
Ashes to Ashes
Gil Hollis · 1 eps
The Pillars of the Earth
Prior Phillip · 8 eps
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam · 14 eps
Death by Lightning
Charles Guiteau · 4 eps
Criminal Justice
Joe Miller · 10 eps
Howards End
Henry Wilcox · 4 eps
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Middle) · 4 eps
Stonehouse
John Stonehouse · 3 eps
Quiz
Charles Ingram · 3 eps
The Enfield Haunting
Guy Lyon Playfair · 3 eps
The Way We Live Now
Sir Felix Carbury · 4 eps
Ambassadors
POD · 3 eps
Perfect Strangers
Daniel · 3 eps
Warriors
Private Alan James · 2 eps
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Narrator · 3 eps
The Blair Years
Narrator · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Mr. Paradox
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
Himself · 2 eps
24 Hours on Earth
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hungerford Massacre
Himself (Narratior)
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Self - Narrator (voice)
