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Matthew Macfadyen

Acting 51 years old Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK ★ 2.7
Born: October 17, 1974

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).

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Known For

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom Lord Uhtred 2015
Succession
Succession Tom Wambsgans 2018
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine Mr. Paradox 2024
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Inspector Neele 2004

Jimmy's Seen (2)

Holland
Holland Fred Vandergroot 2025
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine Mr. Paradox 2024

Filmography

Acting Credits (66)

The Miniature Wife
The Miniature Wife Les 2026
Death by Lightning
Death by Lightning Charles Guiteau 2025
Holland
Holland Fred Vandergroot 2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine Self - Mr. Paradox 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine Mr. Paradox 2024
Stonehouse
Stonehouse John Stonehouse 2023
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat Charles Cholmondeley 2022
Quiz
Quiz Charles Ingram 2020
The Assistant
The Assistant Wilcock 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Benjamin Stahlbaum 2018
Succession
Succession Tom Wambsgans 2018
The Current War
The Current War J.P. Morgan 2018
Howards End
Howards End Henry Wilcox 2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Revolution: New Art for a New World Vladimir Lenin (voice) 2017
Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret Randolph Churchill 2016
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Georg von Trapp 2015
The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom Lord Uhtred 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
The Enfield Haunting
The Enfield Haunting Guy Lyon Playfair 2015
Lost in Karastan
Lost in Karastan Emil Forester 2014
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day Narrator (voice) 2014
24 Hours on Earth
24 Hours on Earth Self - Narrator (voice) 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Ambassadors
Ambassadors POD 2013
Ripper Street
Ripper Street Edmund Reid 2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina Oblonsky 2012
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers Athos 2011
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart Logan Mountstuart 2010
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth Prior Phillip 2010
Robin Hood
Robin Hood Sheriff of Nottingham 2010
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks Self - Narrator (voice) 2009
Enid
Enid Hugh Pollock 2009
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit Arthur Clennam 2008
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon John Birt 2008
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Joe Miller 2008
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes Gil Hollis 2008
Incendiary
Incendiary Terrance 2008
The Blair Years
The Blair Years Narrator 2007
Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral Daniel 2007
Secret Life
Secret Life Charlie 2007
Grindhouse
Grindhouse Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) 2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Mr. Bean's Wedding Daniel 2007
Middletown
Middletown Gabriel Hunter 2007
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial Narrator 2006
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice Mr. Darcy 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Inspector Neele 2004
The Hungerford Massacre
The Hungerford Massacre Himself (Narratior) 2004
In My Father's Den
In My Father's Den Paul Prior 2004
The Reckoning
The Reckoning King’s Justice 2004
The Project
The Project Paul Tibbenham 2002
The Project
The Project Paul Tibbenham 2002
Spooks
Spooks Tom Quinn 2002
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now Sir Felix Carbury 2001
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers Daniel 2001
Enigma
Enigma Cave 2001
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby Nigel 2000
Warriors
Warriors Pte. Alan James 1999
Warriors
Warriors Pte. Alan James 1999
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights Hareton Earnshaw 1998
HBO First Look
HBO First Look Self 1992
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Legacy of Spies
Legacy of Spies George Smiley

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