Matthew Macfadyen
Born: 1974-10-17 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Death by Lightning as Charles Guiteau
- Holland as Fred Vandergroot
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine as Mr. Paradox
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine as Self - Mr. Paradox
2023
- Stonehouse as John Stonehouse
2022
- Operation Mincemeat as Charles Cholmondeley
2020
- The Assistant as Wilcock
- Quiz as Charles Ingram
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018
- Succession as Tom Wambsgans
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Benjamin Stahlbaum
- The Current War as J.P. Morgan
2017
- Revolution: New Art for a New World as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
- Howards End as Henry Wilcox
2016
- Churchill's Secret as Randolph Churchill
2015
- The Last Kingdom as Lord Uhtred
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Enfield Haunting as Guy Lyon Playfair
- The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music as Georg von Trapp
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day as Narrator (voice)
- 24 Hours on Earth as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Lost in Karastan as Emil Forester
2013
- Ambassadors as POD
2012
- Ripper Street as Edmund Reid
- Anna Karenina as Oblonsky
2011
- The Three Musketeers as Athos
2010
- Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Pillars of the Earth as Prior Phillip
- Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart
2009
- Enid as Hugh Pollock
- Inside MI5: The Real Spooks as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
- Frost/Nixon as John Birt
- Ashes to Ashes as Gil Hollis
- Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam
- Criminal Justice as Joe Miller
- Incendiary as Terrance
2007
- Death at a Funeral as Daniel
- Middletown as Gabriel Hunter
- Secret Life as Charlie
- Grindhouse as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- Mr. Bean's Wedding as Daniel
- The Blair Years as Narrator
2006
- Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Narrator
2005
- Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Darcy
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Neele
- The Reckoning as King’s Justice
- In My Father's Den as Paul Prior
- The Hungerford Massacre as Himself (Narratior)
2002
- Spooks as Tom Quinn
- The Project as Paul Tibbenham
- The Project as Paul Tibbenham
2001
- The Way We Live Now as Sir Felix Carbury
- Enigma as Cave
- Perfect Strangers as Daniel
2000
- Maybe Baby as Nigel
1998
- Wuthering Heights as Hareton Earnshaw
1992
- HBO First Look as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee