Matthew Macfadyen
Known for Acting · 67 credits
- Born
- 1974-10-17 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- 매튜 맥퍼딘 · 馬修‧麥費狄恩 · متیو مک فادین · Դևիդ Մեթյու ՄակՖադյեն · Мэттью Макфэдиен · David Matthew Macfadyen
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
TV Shows (32)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Lord Uhtred
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Succession
2018
as Tom Wambsgans
Spooks
2002
as Tom Quinn
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Inspector Neele
Death by Lightning
2025
as Charles Guiteau
Ripper Street
2012
as Edmund Reid
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Miniature Wife
2026
as Les Littlejohn
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as Gil Hollis
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Prior Phillip
Little Dorrit
2008
as Arthur Clennam
Criminal Justice
2008
as Joe Miller
Quiz
2020
as Charles Ingram
Howards End
2017
as Henry Wilcox
Any Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
Stonehouse
2023
as John Stonehouse
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Sir Felix Carbury
Ambassadors
2013
as POD
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Daniel
Warriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
as Narrator
The Enfield Haunting
2015
as Guy Lyon Playfair
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
Legacy of Spies
as George Smiley
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026
as Himself
The Blair Years
2007
as Narrator
Movies (35)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Mr. Darcy
Robin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos
Grindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
Holland
2025
as Fred Vandergroot
Frost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
The Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan
Enigma
2001
as Cave
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Incendiary
2008
as Terrance
The Reckoning
2004
as King’s Justice
The Assistant
2020
as Wilcock
In My Father's Den
2004
as Paul Prior
Wuthering Heights
1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Randolph Churchill
Maybe Baby
2000
as Nigel
Warriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
as Georg von Trapp
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Enid
2009
as Hugh Pollock
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Middletown
2007
as Gabriel Hunter
Secret Life
2007
as Charlie
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Daniel
Lost in Karastan
2014
as Emil Forester
The Hungerford Massacre
2004
as Himself (Narratior)
24 Hours on Earth
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Matthew Macfadyen
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 Minc… With 67 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Matthew Macfadyen has appeared in 35 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Matthew Macfadyen Movies
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — as Mr. Paradox
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) — as Mr. Darcy
- Robin Hood (2010) — as Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Three Musketeers (2011) — as Athos
- Grindhouse (2007) — as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
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