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 series Golden Globe Awards 1944-01-20
- Latest Project:
- Series The Miniature Wife 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Miniature Wife | Les | 2026 |
| Movie | Succession | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | The Superiors | Arthur Bright | 2026 |
| Movie | Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2025-03-09 |
| Series | Death by Lightning | Charles Guiteau | 2025-11-06 |
| Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Mr. Paradox | 2024-11-12 |
| 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 |
| 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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Series | The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred | 2015-10-10 |
| Movie | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015-11-12 |
| 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 | Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-21 |
| 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 |
| Series | Ambassadors | POD | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012-09-06 |
| Series | Ripper Street | Edmund Reid | 2012-12-30 |
| 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 | Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009-11-16 |
| Movie | Inside MI5: The Real Spooks | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-12-07 |
| Series | Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008-02-07 |
| Series | Criminal Justice | Joe Miller | 2008-06-30 |
| Movie | Incendiary | Terrance | 2008-01-20 |
| Movie | Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008-10-15 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007-03-16 |
| Movie | Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007-03-02 |
| 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 | The Blair Years | Narrator | 2007-11-18 |
| Series | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Narrator | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 2005-09-16 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004-12-12 |
| 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 | Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Series | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Movie | Enigma | Cave | 2001-01-22 |
| Series | Perfect Strangers | Daniel | 2001-05-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |