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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 17, 1974
Place of Birth:
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
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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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Holland | Fred Vandergroot |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox |
| 2024 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Mr. Paradox |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley |
| 2020 | The Assistant | Wilcock |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum |
| 2018 | The Current War | J.P. Morgan |
| 2017 | Revolution: New Art for a New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill |
| 2015 | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp |
| 2014 | Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester |
| 2014 | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | 24 Hours on Earth | Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Oblonsky |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers | Athos |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 2009 | Enid | Hugh Pollock |
| 2009 | Inside MI5: The Real Spooks | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | John Birt |
| 2008 | Incendiary | Terrance |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral | Daniel |
| 2007 | Middletown | Gabriel Hunter |
| 2007 | Secret Life | Charlie |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Fitzwilliam Darcy |
| 2004 | In My Father's Den | Paul Prior |
| 2004 | The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) |
| 2004 | The Reckoning | King’s Justice |
| 2002 | The Project | Paul Tibbenham |
| 2001 | Enigma | Cave |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Nigel |
| 1999 | Warriors | Pte. Alan James |
| 1998 | Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Stonehouse | John Stonehouse |
| 2020 | Quiz | Charles Ingram |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2018 | Succession | Tom Wambsgans |
| 2017 | Howards End | Henry Wilcox |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2013 | Ambassadors | POD |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Edmund Reid |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Prior Phillip |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Joe Miller |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam |
| 2007 | The Blair Years | Narrator |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Narrator |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele |
| 2002 | Spooks | Tom Quinn |
| 2002 | The Project | Paul Tibbenham |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Sir Felix Carbury |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Daniel |
| 1999 | Warriors | Pte. Alan James |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
| Death by Lightning | Charles Guiteau | |
| The Miniature Wife | Les |