Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 17, 1974
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Credits
68 titles
Matthew Macfadyen
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
Himself
Death by Lightning
Charles Guiteau
Holland
Fred Vandergroot
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Mr. Paradox
Deadpool & Wolverine
Mr. Paradox
Stonehouse
John Stonehouse
Remembers…
Self
Operation Mincemeat
Charles Cholmondeley
The Craft Behind Succession
Tom Wambsgans
Quiz
Charles Ingram
The Assistant
Wilcock
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Benjamin Stahlbaum
Succession
Tom Wambsgans
The Current War
J.P. Morgan
Howards End
Henry Wilcox
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Churchill's Secret
Randolph Churchill
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Georg von Trapp
The Last Kingdom
Lord Uhtred
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Enfield Haunting
Guy Lyon Playfair
Lost in Karastan
Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Narrator (voice)
24 Hours on Earth
Self - Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Ambassadors
POD
Ripper Street
Edmund Reid
Anna Karenina
Oblonsky
The Three Musketeers
Athos
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
The Pillars of the Earth
Prior Phillip
Robin Hood
Sheriff of Nottingham
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Self - Narrator (voice)
Enid
Hugh Pollock
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
Frost/Nixon
John Birt
Criminal Justice
Joe Miller
Ashes to Ashes
Gil Hollis
Incendiary
Terrance
The Blair Years
Narrator
Death at a Funeral
Daniel
Secret Life
Charlie
Grindhouse
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Daniel
Middletown
Gabriel Hunter
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Narrator
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Darcy