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
Paul Prior
In My Father's Den
Daniel
Death at a Funeral
Cave
Enigma
Mr. Darcy
Pride & Prejudice
Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood
Pte. Alan James
Warriors
Fred Vandergroot
Holland
John Birt
Frost/Nixon
Himself (Narratior)
The Hungerford Massacre
Nigel
Maybe Baby
Hugh Pollock
Enid
Terrance
Incendiary
Gabriel Hunter
Middletown
Oblonsky
Anna Karenina
Charlie
Secret Life
King’s Justice
The Reckoning
Emil Forester
Lost in Karastan
Paul Tibbenham
The Project
Georg von Trapp
Die Trapp Familie - Ein Leben für die Musik
Randolph Churchill
Churchill's Secret
Mr. Paradox
Deadpool & Wolverine
Benjamin Stahlbaum
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
J.P. Morgan
The Current War
Narrator (voice)
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Hareton Earnshaw
Wuthering Heights
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Narrator (voice)
24 Hours on Earth
Wilcock
The Assistant
Daniel
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Charles Cholmondeley
Operation Mincemeat
Athos
The Three Musketeers
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Grindhouse
Self - Mr. Paradox
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
34
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-10-17
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Also Known As
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