Matthew Macfadyen

Acting

Matthew Macfadyen

Born October 17, 1974Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK66 credits

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

Death by Lightning
2025Death by Lightning
as Charles GuiteauTV
Holland
2025Holland
as Fred VandergrootMovie
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. ParadoxMovie
Stonehouse
2023Stonehouse
as John StonehouseTV
Operation Mincemeat
2022Operation Mincemeat
as Charles CholmondeleyMovie
Quiz
2020Quiz
as Charles IngramTV
The Assistant
2020The Assistant
as WilcockMovie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin StahlbaumMovie
Succession
2018Succession
as Tom WambsgansTV
The Current War
2018The Current War
as J.P. MorganMovie
Howards End
2017Howards End
as Henry WilcoxTV
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)Movie
Churchill's Secret
2016Churchill's Secret
as Randolph ChurchillMovie
The Last Kingdom
2015The Last Kingdom
as Lord UhtredTV
The Enfield Haunting
2015The Enfield Haunting
as Guy Lyon PlayfairTV
Lost in Karastan
2014Lost in Karastan
as Emil ForesterMovie
24 Hours on Earth
201424 Hours on Earth
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Ripper Street
2012Ripper Street
as Edmund ReidTV
Anna Karenina
2012Anna Karenina
as OblonskyMovie
Any Human Heart
2010Any Human Heart
as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)TV
Robin Hood
2010Robin Hood
as Sheriff of NottinghamMovie
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Enid
2009Enid
as Hugh PollockMovie
Little Dorrit
2008Little Dorrit
as Arthur ClennamTV
Frost/Nixon
2008Frost/Nixon
as John BirtMovie
Criminal Justice
2008Criminal Justice
as Joe MillerTV
Ashes to Ashes
2008Ashes to Ashes
as Gil HollisTV
Incendiary
2008Incendiary
as TerranceMovie
The Blair Years
2007The Blair Years
as NarratorTV
S
2007Secret Life
as CharlieMovie
Grindhouse
2007Grindhouse
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)Movie
Middletown
2007Middletown
as Gabriel HunterMovie
Pride & Prejudice
2005Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. DarcyMovie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
as Inspector NeeleTV
The Hungerford Massacre
2004The Hungerford Massacre
as Himself (Narratior)Movie
In My Father's Den
2004In My Father's Den
as Paul PriorMovie
The Reckoning
2004The Reckoning
as King’s JusticeMovie
T
2002The Project
as Paul TibbenhamMovie
The Project
2002The Project
as Paul TibbenhamTV
Spooks
2002Spooks
as Tom QuinnTV
The Way We Live Now
2001The Way We Live Now
as Sir Felix CarburyTV
Enigma
2001Enigma
as CaveMovie
Maybe Baby
2000Maybe Baby
as NigelMovie
Warriors
1999Warriors
as Pte. Alan JamesMovie
Warriors
1999Warriors
as Pte. Alan JamesTV
Wuthering Heights
1998Wuthering Heights
as Hareton EarnshawMovie
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
L
Legacy of Spies
as George SmileyTV