Matthew Macfadyen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Movie · as Billy Savage
Legacy of Spies
TV · as George Smiley · 1 ep
You Are Here
TV · as Michael · 1 ep
The Miniature Wife
TV · as Les Littlejohn · 10 eps
Holland
Movie · as Fred Vandergroot
Death by Lightning
TV · as Charles Guiteau · 4 eps
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Mr. Paradox
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Self - Mr. Paradox
Stonehouse
TV · as John Stonehouse · 3 eps
Operation Mincemeat
Movie · as Charles Cholmondeley
Remembers…
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Assistant
Movie · as Wilcock
Quiz
TV · as Charles Ingram · 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Movie · as Benjamin Stahlbaum
The Current War
Movie · as J.P. Morgan
Succession
TV · as Tom Wambsgans · 39 eps
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Movie · as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Howards End
TV · as Henry Wilcox · 4 eps
Churchill's Secret
Movie · as Randolph Churchill
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Movie · as Georg von Trapp
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Enfield Haunting
TV · as Guy Lyon Playfair · 3 eps
The Last Kingdom
TV · as Lord Uhtred · 1 ep
Lost in Karastan
Movie · as Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours on Earth
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ambassadors
TV · as POD · 3 eps
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Oblonsky
Ripper Street
TV · as Edmund Reid · 36 eps
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Athos
Robin Hood
Movie · as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Pillars of the Earth
TV · as Prior Phillip · 8 eps
Any Human Heart
TV · as Logan Mountstuart (Middle) · 4 eps
Enid
Movie · as Hugh Pollock
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frost/Nixon
Movie · as John Birt
Incendiary
Movie · as Terrance
Ashes to Ashes
TV · as Gil Hollis · 1 ep
Criminal Justice
TV · as Joe Miller · 10 eps
Little Dorrit
TV · as Arthur Clennam · 14 eps
Death at a Funeral
Movie · as Daniel
Middletown
Movie · as Gabriel Hunter
Secret Life
Movie · as Charlie
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Movie · as Daniel
Grindhouse
Movie · as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
The Blair Years
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Pride & Prejudice
Movie · as Mr. Darcy
In My Father's Den
Movie · as Paul Prior
The Hungerford Massacre
Movie · as Himself (Narratior)
The Reckoning
Movie · as King’s Justice
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Inspector Neele · 1 ep
The Project
Movie · as Paul Tibbenham
Spooks
TV · as Tom Quinn · 19 eps
The Project
TV · as Paul Tibbenham · 2 eps
Enigma
Movie · as Cave
The Way We Live Now
TV · as Sir Felix Carbury · 4 eps
Perfect Strangers
TV · as Daniel · 3 eps
Maybe Baby
Movie · as Nigel
Warriors
Movie · as Pte. Alan James
Warriors
TV · as Private Alan James · 2 eps
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Hareton Earnshaw
HBO First Look
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep