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Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

ActingBorn October 17, 1974 (age 51)Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Biography

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).

Filmography

2026
The Miniature Wife

as Les Littlejohn

TV
2025
Death by Lightning

as Charles Guiteau

TV
2025
Holland

as Fred Vandergroot

Movie
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine

as Mr. Paradox

Movie
2023
Stonehouse

as John Stonehouse

TV
2022TV
2022
Operation Mincemeat

as Charles Cholmondeley

Movie
2020
Quiz

as Charles Ingram

TV
2020
The Assistant

as Wilcock

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Succession

as Tom Wambsgans

TV
2018
The Current War

as J.P. Morgan

Movie
2017
Howards End

as Henry Wilcox

TV
2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World

as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Movie
2016
Churchill's Secret

as Randolph Churchill

Movie
2015Movie
2015
The Last Kingdom

as Lord Uhtred

TV
2015
The Enfield Haunting

as Guy Lyon Playfair

TV
2014
Lost in Karastan

as Emil Forester

Movie
2014Movie
2014
24 Hours on Earth

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2014TV
2013TV
2012
Ripper Street

as Edmund Reid

TV
2012
Anna Karenina

as Oblonsky

Movie
2011Movie
2010
Any Human Heart

as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)

TV
2010
The Pillars of the Earth

as Prior Phillip

TV
2010
Robin Hood

as Sheriff of Nottingham

Movie
2009
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2009
Enid

as Hugh Pollock

Movie
2008
Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam

TV
2008
Frost/Nixon

as John Birt

Movie
2008
Criminal Justice

as Joe Miller

TV
2008
Ashes to Ashes

as Gil Hollis

TV
2008
Incendiary

as Terrance

Movie
2007
The Blair Years

as Narrator

TV
2007Movie
2007
Secret Life

as Charlie

Movie
2007
Grindhouse

as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Middletown

as Gabriel Hunter

Movie
2006TV
2005
Pride & Prejudice

as Mr. Darcy

Movie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Inspector Neele

TV
2004
The Hungerford Massacre

as Himself (Narratior)

Movie
2004
In My Father's Den

as Paul Prior

Movie
2004
The Reckoning

as King’s Justice

Movie
2002
The Project

as Paul Tibbenham

Movie
2002
The Project

as Paul Tibbenham

TV
2002
Spooks

as Tom Quinn

TV
2001
The Way We Live Now

as Sir Felix Carbury

TV
2001TV
2001
Enigma

as Cave

Movie
2000
Maybe Baby

as Nigel

Movie
1999
Warriors

as Pte. Alan James

Movie
1999
Warriors

as Private Alan James

TV
1998
Wuthering Heights

as Hareton Earnshaw

Movie
1992TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Legacy of Spies

as George Smiley

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 17, 1974
Place of BirthGreat Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Popularity2.6
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