Matthew Macfadyen
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 17, 1974 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
| 2026 | The Miniature WifeLes | |
| 2025 | HollandFred Vandergroot | |
| 2025 | Death by LightningCharles Guiteau | |
| 2024 | Deadpool & WolverineMr. Paradox | |
| 2024 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & WolverineSelf - Mr. Paradox | |
| 2023 | StonehouseJohn Stonehouse | |
| 2022 | Operation MincemeatCharles Cholmondeley | |
| 2022 | Remembers…Self | |
| 2020 | The AssistantWilcock | |
| 2020 | QuizCharles Ingram | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsBenjamin Stahlbaum | |
| 2018 | The Current WarJ.P. Morgan | |
| 2018 | SuccessionTom Wambsgans | |
| 2017 | Revolution: New Art for a New WorldVladimir Lenin (voice) | |
| 2017 | Howards EndHenry Wilcox | |
| 2016 | Churchill's SecretRandolph Churchill | |
| 2015 | The von Trapp Family: A Life of MusicGeorg von Trapp | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2015 | The Enfield HauntingGuy Lyon Playfair | |
| 2015 | The Last KingdomLord Uhtred | |
| 2014 | Lost in KarastanEmil Forester | |
| 2014 | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-DayNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | 24 Hours on EarthSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2013 | AmbassadorsPOD | |
| 2012 | Anna KareninaOblonsky | |
| 2012 | Ripper StreetEdmund Reid | |
| 2011 | The Three MusketeersAthos | |
| 2010 | Robin HoodSheriff of Nottingham | |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the EarthPrior Phillip | |
| 2010 | Any Human HeartLogan Mountstuart (Middle) | |
| 2009 | EnidHugh Pollock | |
| 2009 | Inside MI5: The Real SpooksSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Frost/NixonJohn Birt | |
| 2008 | IncendiaryTerrance | |
| 2008 | Ashes to AshesGil Hollis | |
| 2008 | Criminal JusticeJoe Miller | |
| 2008 | Little DorritArthur Clennam | |
| 2007 | Death at a FuneralDaniel | |
| 2007 | MiddletownGabriel Hunter | |
| 2007 | Secret LifeCharlie | |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's WeddingDaniel | |
| 2007 | GrindhouseHatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | The Blair YearsNarrator | |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on TrialNarrator | |
| 2005 | Pride & PrejudiceMr. Darcy | |
| 2004 | In My Father's DenPaul Prior | |
| 2004 | The Hungerford MassacreHimself (Narratior) | |
| 2004 | The ReckoningKing’s Justice | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleInspector Neele | |
| 2002 | The ProjectPaul Tibbenham | |
| 2002 | SpooksTom Quinn | |
| 2002 | The ProjectPaul Tibbenham | |
| 2001 | EnigmaCave | |
| 2001 | The Way We Live NowSir Felix Carbury | |
| 2001 | Perfect StrangersDaniel | |
| 2000 | Maybe BabyNigel | |
| 1999 | WarriorsPte. Alan James | |
| 1999 | WarriorsPte. Alan James | |
| 1998 | Wuthering HeightsHareton Earnshaw | |
| 1992 | HBO First LookSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| - | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | |
| - | Legacy of SpiesGeorge Smiley |
| 2026 | The Miniature WifeExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | StonehouseExecutive Producer | |
| - | Séance on a Wet AfternoonExecutive Producer | |
| - | Legacy of SpiesExecutive Producer |