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Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Acting1974Great 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).

Acting History

2026
The Miniature Wife
TVExecutive Producer
2025
Holland, Michigan
as Fred Vandergroot
Death by Lightning
TVas Charles Guiteau4 eps
2024
2023
Stonehouse
TVas John Stonehouse
Stonehouse
TVExecutive Producer
2022
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Cholmondeley
Remembers…
TVas Self
2020
The Assistant
as Wilcock
Quiz
TVas Charles Ingram
2018
Succession
TVas Tom Wambsgans39 eps
2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Howards End
TVas Henry Wilcox
2016
Churchill's Secret
as Randolph Churchill
2015
The Enfield Haunting
TVas Guy Lyon Playfair
The Last Kingdom
TVas Lord Uhtred1 eps
2013
Ambassadors
TVas POD
2012
Anna Karenina
as Oblonsky
Ripper Street
TVas Edmund Reid36 eps
2010
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Any Human Heart
TVas Logan Mountstuart
The Pillars of the Earth
TVas Prior Phillip8 eps
2009
Enid
as Hugh Pollock
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Inspector Neele1 eps
2008
Frost/Nixon
as John Birt
Incendiary
as Terrance
Little Dorrit
TVas Arthur Clennam
Criminal Justice
TVas Joe Miller10 eps
Ashes to Ashes
TVas Gil Hollis1 eps
2007
Secret Life
as Charlie
Grindhouse
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Middletown
as Gabriel Hunter
The Blair Years
TVas Narrator
2006
2005
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
HBO First Look
TVas Self1 eps
2004
In My Father's Den
as Paul Prior
The Reckoning
as King’s Justice
The Hungerford Massacre
as Himself (Narratior)
2002
The Project
as Paul Tibbenham
Spooks
TVas Tom Quinn19 eps
The Project
TVas Paul Tibbenham
2001
Enigma
as Cave
The Way We Live Now
TVas Sir Felix Carbury4 eps
2000
Maybe Baby
as Nigel
1999
Warriors
as Pte. Alan James
Warriors
TVas Pte. Alan James
1998
Wuthering Heights
as Hareton Earnshaw

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/17/1974(51 years old)
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK