Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Acting

Born:
1974-10-17
Place of birth:
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).

Known For

Filmography

The Miniature Wife

The Miniature Wife

7.12026
TV
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions

Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions

2025
TV
Death by Lightning

Death by Lightning

7.22025
TV
Holland

Holland

5.42025
Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

6.82024
Movie
Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

7.62024
Movie
Stonehouse

Stonehouse

6.32023
TV
Remembers…

Remembers…

7.52022
TV
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

6.52022
Movie
Quiz

Quiz

6.92020
TV
The Assistant

The Assistant

6.32020
Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.22019
TV
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

6.12018
Movie
Succession

Succession

8.32018
TV
The Current War

The Current War

6.72018
Movie
Howards End

Howards End

6.92017
TV
Revolution: New Art for a New World

Revolution: New Art for a New World

7.52017
Movie
Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret

6.32016
Movie
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

5.92015
Movie
The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom

8.32015
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.12015
TV
The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting

6.62015
TV
Lost in Karastan

Lost in Karastan

4.62014
Movie
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

2014
Movie
24 Hours on Earth

24 Hours on Earth

6.32014
Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.12014
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.82014
TV
Ambassadors

Ambassadors

6.82013
TV
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

7.42012
TV
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

6.72012
Movie
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

5.82011
Movie
Any Human Heart

Any Human Heart

6.42010
TV
The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth

7.72010
TV
Robin Hood

Robin Hood

6.42010
Movie
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

2009
Movie
Enid

Enid

6.32009
Movie
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

7.92008
TV
Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

7.32008
Movie
Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

7.62008
TV
Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes

7.72008
TV
Incendiary

Incendiary

5.42008
Movie
The Blair Years

The Blair Years

2007
TV
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

6.92007
Movie
Secret Life

Secret Life

6.62007
Movie
Grindhouse

Grindhouse

7.02007
Movie
Mr. Bean's Wedding

Mr. Bean's Wedding

7.22007
Movie
Middletown

Middletown

4.82007
Movie
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

6.02006
TV
Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice

8.12005
Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.92004
TV
The Hungerford Massacre

The Hungerford Massacre

2004
Movie
In My Father's Den

In My Father's Den

6.92004
Movie
The Reckoning

The Reckoning

6.42004
Movie
The Project

The Project

2002
Movie
The Project

The Project

7.02002
TV
Spooks

Spooks

7.72002
TV
The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

7.72001
TV
Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

6.72001
TV
Enigma

Enigma

6.32001
Movie
Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

5.52000
Movie
Warriors

Warriors

6.91999
Movie
Warriors

Warriors

9.01999
TV
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

6.71998
Movie
HBO First Look

HBO First Look

5.51992
TV
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.01944
TV
Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Movie
Legacy of Spies

Legacy of Spies

TV
You Are Here

You Are Here

TV