About

Known credits:
55
Birthday:
1974-10-17
Place of birth:
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Website:
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Matthew Macfadyen

Overview

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).

Known for

Acting
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Actor Mr. Paradox 75
Good
2023 Stonehouse Actor John Stonehouse 67
Fair
2022 Operation Mincemeat Actor Charles Cholmondeley 62
Fair
2020 Quiz Actor Charles Ingram 69
Fair
2020 The Assistant Actor Wilcock 60
Fair
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Actor Benjamin Stahlbaum 60
Fair
2018 Succession Actor Tom Wambsgans 82
Very good
2018 The Current War Actor J.P. Morgan 64
Fair
2017 Howards End Actor Henry Wilcox 71
Good
2017 Revolution: New Art for a New World Actor Vladimir Lenin (voice) 59
Average
2016 Churchill's Secret Actor Randolph Churchill 59
Average
2015 The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Actor Georg von Trapp 59
Average
2015 The Enfield Haunting Actor Guy Lyon Playfair 68
Fair
2014 Lost in Karastan Actor Emil Forester 58
Average
2014 If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2014 24 Hours on Earth Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2013 Ambassadors Actor POD 68
Fair
2012 Ripper Street Actor Edmund Reid 72
Good
2012 Anna Karenina Actor Oblonsky 65
Fair
2011 The Three Musketeers Actor Athos 58
Average
2010 Any Human Heart Actor Logan Mountstuart 69
Fair
2010 The Pillars of the Earth Actor Prior Phillip 75
Good
2010 Any Human Heart Actor Logan Mountstuart (Middle) 59
Average
2010 Robin Hood Actor Sheriff of Nottingham 63
Fair
2009 Enid Actor Hugh Pollock 59
Average
2008 Little Dorrit Actor Arthur Clennam 73
Good
2008 Frost/Nixon Actor John Birt 68
Fair
2008 Criminal Justice Actor Joe Miller 71
Good
2008 Incendiary Actor Terrance 57
Average
2007 Death at a Funeral Actor Daniel 66
Fair
2007 Secret Life Actor Charlie 59
Average
2007 Grindhouse Actor Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) 67
Fair
2007 Don't Actor 60
Fair
2007 Mr. Bean's Wedding Actor Daniel 59
Average
2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial Actor Narrator 69
Fair
2006 Middletown Actor 58
Average
2005 Pride & Prejudice Actor Fitzwilliam Darcy 79
Good
2004 The Hungerford Massacre Actor Himself (Narratior) N/A
N/A
2004 In My Father's Den Actor Paul Prior 60
Fair
2004 The Reckoning Actor King’s Justice 59
Average
2002 The Project Actor Paul Tibbenham N/A
N/A
2002 The Project Actor Paul Tibbenham N/A
N/A
2001 The Way We Live Now Actor Sir Felix Carbury 71
Good
2001 Perfect Strangers Actor Daniel 69
Fair
2001 Enigma Actor Cave 60
Fair
2000 Maybe Baby Actor Nigel 58
Average
1999 Warriors Actor Pte. Alan James 59
Average
1999 Warriors Actor Pte. Alan James N/A
N/A
1998 Wuthering Heights Actor Hareton Earnshaw 59
Average
Holland, Michigan Actor Fred Vandergroot N/A
N/A
Succession Actor tom N/A
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The Miniature Wife Actor Les N/A
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Death by Lightning Actor Charles Guiteau N/A
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Production
2023 Stonehouse Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
The Miniature Wife Production Executive Producer N/A
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