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).
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- Oct 17, 1974 In Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 69
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Succession
- Latest Project:
- Series Legacy of Spies 2027
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Superiors | Arthur Bright | 2027 |
| Movie | Succession | Tom Wambsgang | 2027 |
| Movie | Séance on a Wet Afternoon | Unknown | 2027 |
| Series | Legacy of Spies | George Smiley | 2027 |
| Series | The Miniature Wife | Les | 2026-04-09 |
| 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 | 2024-11-11 |
| Movie | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024-07-24 |
| Series | Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023-01-02 |
| Series | Remembers… | Self | 2022-06-29 |
| 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 |
| Series | Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018-06-03 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018-02-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015-11-12 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014-02-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | 24 Hours on Earth | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-21 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007-03-02 |
| Movie | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007-03-16 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007-08-17 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 2007-04-06 |
| Series | The Blair Years | Narrator | 2007-11-18 |
| 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 | The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) | 2004-12-07 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004-12-12 |
| Movie | In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004-06-11 |
| Movie | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Series | Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002-05-13 |
| Series | The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002-11-10 |
| Movie | Enigma | Cave | 2001-01-22 |
| Series | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 2001-09-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 |