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Matthew Macfadyen
Actor, ProducerBorn October 17, 1974 (50 years)
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).
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
| 2025 | Welcome To Holland · as Fred Vandergroot |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine · as Mr. Paradox |
| 2023 | Stonehouse (TV Series) · as John Stonehouse |
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat · as Charles Cholmondeley |
| 2020 | Quiz (TV Series) · as Charles Ingram |
| 2019 | The Assistant · as Wilcock |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · as Benjamin Stahlbaum |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) · as Tom Wambsgans |
| 2017 | The Current War · as J.p. Morgan |
| 2017 | Howards End (TV Series) · as Henry Wilcox |
| 2016 | Revolution: New Art For A New World · as Vladimir Lenin (voice) |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret · as Randolph Churchill |
| 2015 | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music · as Georg Von Trapp |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom (TV Series) · as Lord Uhtred |
| 2015 | The Enfield Haunting (TV Series) · as Guy Lyon Playfair |
| 2014 | Lost in Karastan · as Emil Forester |
| 2014 | 24 Hours on Earth · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Ambassadors (TV Series) · as Pod |
| 2012 | Ripper Street (TV Series) · as Edmund Reid |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina · as Oblonsky |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers · as Athos |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart (TV Series) · as Logan Mountstuart |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth (TV Series) · as Prior Phillip |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Sheriff Of Nottingham |
| 2009 | Enid · as Hugh Pollock |
| 2009 | Enid: Deleted Scenes · as Hugh Pollock |
| 2008 | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year · as Arthur Clennam |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon · as John Birt |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit (TV Series) · as Arthur Clennam |
| 2008 | Incendiary · as Terrance |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice (TV Series) · as Joe Miller |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes (TV Series) · as Gil Hollis |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral · as Daniel |
| 2007 | Secret Life · as Charlie |
| 2007 | Grindhouse · as Hatchet Victim (segment "don't") (uncredited) |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Wedding · as Daniel |
| 2007 | Comic Relief 2007: The Big One · as Daniel |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Pride & Prejudice: Alternate US Ending · as Mr. Darcy |
| 2006 | Pride & Prejudice: The Life and Times of Jane Austen · as Mr. Darcy |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice · as Fitzwilliam Darcy |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Inspector Neele |
| 2004 | In My Father's Den · as Paul Prior |
| 2003 | The Reckoning · as King’s Justice |
| 2002 | The Project · as Paul Tibbenham |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Tom Quinn |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now (TV Series) · as Sir Felix Carbury |
| 2001 | Enigma · as Cave |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers (2001) (TV Series) · as Daniel |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby · as Nigel |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Waller |
| 1999 | Warriors · as Pte. Alan James |
| 1999 | Warriors (1999) (TV Series) · as Pte. Alan James |
| 1998 | Wuthering Heights · as Hareton Earnshaw |