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:
- 64
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Superiors
- Latest Project:
- Series Death by Lightning 2025-11-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Superiors | Arthur Bright | 2026 |
| Series | The Miniature Wife | Les | 2026 |
| Movie | Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2025-03-09 |
| Series | Death by Lightning | Charles Guiteau | 2025-11-06 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Mr. Paradox | 2024-11-12 |
| Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024-07-24 |
| Series | Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023-01-02 |
| Movie | Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2022-04-01 |
| Series | Quiz | Charles Ingram | 2020-04-13 |
| Movie | The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020-01-31 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018-10-26 |
| Series | Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018-06-03 |
| Movie | The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018-02-01 |
| Movie | Revolution: New Art for a New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) | 2017-03-08 |
| Series | Howards End | Henry Wilcox | 2017-11-12 |
| Movie | Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill | 2016-02-29 |
| Series | The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair | 2015-05-03 |
| Series | The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred | 2015-10-10 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015-11-12 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014-08-23 |
| 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 | 24 Hours on Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-21 |
| 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 | The Pillars of the Earth | Prior Phillip | 2010-07-23 |
| Series | Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart | 2010-11-21 |
| 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 | Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Incendiary | Terrance | 2008-01-20 |
| Series | Criminal Justice | Joe Miller | 2008-06-30 |
| Series | Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008-02-07 |
| Movie | Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007-03-16 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 2007-04-06 |
| Series | The Blair Years | Narrator | 2007-11-18 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007-08-17 |
| Movie | Secret Life | Charlie | 2007-04-19 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) | 2004-12-07 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004-12-12 |
| Series | Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002-05-13 |
| Series | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| 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 | Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 2001-09-04 |
| Series | Perfect Strangers | Daniel | 2001-05-10 |
| 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 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944-01-20 |