Matthew Macfadyen
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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- Born:
- Oct 17, 1974 In Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 47
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Welcome to Holland
- Latest Project:
- Movie Deadpool & Wolverine 2024-07-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Welcome to Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2026 |
| Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2022-04-01 |
| Movie | The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018-10-26 |
| Series | Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018-06-03 |
| Movie | Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill | 2016-02-29 |
| Movie | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015-11-12 |
| Series | The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred | 2015-10-10 |
| Series | The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair | 2015-05-03 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014-08-23 |
| Movie | 24 Hours on Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-21 |
| Movie | Ambassadors | POD | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012-09-06 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Athos | 2011-08-31 |
| Movie | Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham | 2010-05-12 |
| Movie | Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart (Middle) | 2010-06-30 |
| Series | The Pillars of the Earth | Prior Phillip | 2010-07-23 |
| Movie | Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009-11-16 |
| Movie | Incendiary | Terrance | 2008-01-20 |
| Series | Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008-02-07 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008-10-15 |
| Series | Criminal Justice | Joe Miller | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007-03-16 |
| Movie | Don't | Unknown | 2007-04-05 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Secret Life | Charlie | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007-08-17 |
| Series | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Narrator | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | Middletown | 2006-04-28 | |
| Movie | Pride & Prejudice | Fitzwilliam Darcy | 2005-09-16 |
| Movie | In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004-06-11 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | King’s Justice | 2004-02-26 |
| Series | Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Movie | Enigma | Cave | 2001-01-22 |
| Series | The Way We Live Now | Sir Felix Carbury | 2001-11-11 |
| Series | Perfect Strangers | Daniel | 2001-05-10 |
| Movie | Maybe Baby | Nigel | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999-11-29 |
| Movie | Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw | 1998-09-11 |