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:
- 65
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Superiors
- Latest Project:
- Series The Miniature Wife 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Miniature Wife | Les | 2026 |
| Movie | The Superiors | Arthur Bright | 2026 |
| Series | Death by Lightning | Charles Guiteau | 2025-11-06 |
| Movie | Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2025-03-09 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Mr. Paradox | 2024-11-11 |
| Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024-07-24 |
| Series | Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023-01-02 |
| Movie | Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2022-04-01 |
| Movie | The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020-01-31 |
| Series | Quiz | Charles Ingram | 2020-04-13 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018-02-01 |
| Series | Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018-06-03 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018-10-26 |
| Series | Howards End | Henry Wilcox | 2017-11-12 |
| Movie | Revolution: New Art for a New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill | 2016-02-29 |
| Series | The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair | 2015-05-03 |
| 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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | 24 Hours on Earth | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-21 |
| Movie | Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014-08-23 |
| Movie | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator (voice) | 2014-06-01 |
| Series | Ambassadors | POD | 2013-10-23 |
| Series | Ripper Street | Edmund Reid | 2012-12-30 |
| Movie | Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012-09-06 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Athos | 2011-08-31 |
| Movie | Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham | 2010-05-12 |
| Series | Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart | 2010-11-21 |
| Series | The Pillars of the Earth | Prior Phillip | 2010-07-23 |
| Movie | Inside MI5: The Real Spooks | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-12-07 |
| Movie | Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009-11-16 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | Incendiary | Terrance | 2008-01-20 |
| Series | Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008-02-07 |
| 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 | Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Secret Life | Charlie | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007-08-17 |
| Series | The Blair Years | Narrator | 2007-11-18 |
| Series | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Narrator | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 2005-09-16 |
| Movie | The Reckoning | King’s Justice | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004-06-11 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004-12-12 |
| Movie | The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) | 2004-12-07 |
| Series | Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002-05-13 |
| Series | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Movie | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Series | Perfect Strangers | Daniel | 2001-05-10 |
| Movie | Enigma | Cave | 2001-01-22 |
| Series | Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 2001-09-04 |
| Series | The Way We Live Now | Sir Felix Carbury | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | Maybe Baby | Nigel | 2000-06-02 |
| Series | Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999-11-20 |
| Movie | Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999-11-29 |
| Movie | Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw | 1998-09-11 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Self | 1992-06-12 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944-01-20 |