Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-10-17 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Acting

2025

Holland as Fred Vandergroot

2024

Deadpool & Wolverine as Mr. Paradox

2023

Stonehouse as John Stonehouse

2022

Operation Mincemeat as Charles Cholmondeley

2020

Quiz as Charles Ingram

2020

The Assistant as Wilcock

2018

Succession as Tom Wambsgans

2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Benjamin Stahlbaum

2018

The Current War as J.P. Morgan

2017

Howards End as Henry Wilcox

2017

Revolution: New Art for a New World as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

2016

Churchill's Secret as Randolph Churchill

2015

The Last Kingdom as Lord Uhtred

2015

The Enfield Haunting as Guy Lyon Playfair

2014

Lost in Karastan as Emil Forester

2014

24 Hours on Earth as Narrator (voice)

2013

Ambassadors as POD

2012

Ripper Street as Edmund Reid

2012

Anna Karenina as Oblonsky

2011

The Three Musketeers as Athos

2010

The Pillars of the Earth as Prior Phillip

2010

Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham

2010

Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart

2009

Enid as Hugh Pollock

2009

Inside MI5: The Real Spooks as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

Ashes to Ashes as Gil Hollis

2008

Criminal Justice as Joe Miller

2008

Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam

2008

Frost/Nixon as John Birt

2008

Incendiary as Terrance

2007

The Blair Years as Narrator

2007

Grindhouse as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

2007

Death at a Funeral as Daniel

2007

Mr. Bean's Wedding as Daniel

2007

Secret Life as Charlie

2007

Middletown as Gabriel Hunter

2006

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Narrator

2005

Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Darcy

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Neele

2004

The Reckoning as King’s Justice

2004

In My Father's Den as Paul Prior

2004

The Hungerford Massacre as Himself (Narratior)

2002

Spooks as Tom Quinn

2002

The Project as Paul Tibbenham

2002

The Project as Paul Tibbenham

2001

Enigma as Cave

2001

Perfect Strangers as Daniel

2000

Maybe Baby as Nigel

1999

Warriors as Pte. Alan James

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

2001

The Way We Live Now as Sir Felix Carbury

NaN

Death by Lightning as Charles Guiteau

1999

Warriors as Pte. Alan James

1998

Wuthering Heights as Hareton Earnshaw
Crew

2023

Stonehouse Executive Producer

NaN

The Miniature Wife Executive Producer