Matthew Macfadyen
Known for Acting · 68 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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Lord Uhtred
Spooks
2002
as Tom Quinn
Succession
2018
as Tom Wambsgans
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Inspector Neele
Ripper Street
2012
as Edmund Reid
HBO First Look
1992
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
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Death by Lightning
2025
as Charles Guiteau
Little Dorrit
2008
as Arthur Clennam
Criminal Justice
2008
as Joe Miller
Any Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
Howards End
2017
as Henry Wilcox
Stonehouse
2023
as John Stonehouse
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Sir Felix Carbury
The Enfield Haunting
2015
as Guy Lyon Playfair
Ambassadors
2013
as POD
Quiz
2020
as Charles Ingram
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026
as Himself
Legacy of Spies
as George Smiley
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Daniel
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
as Narrator
Warriors
1999
as Private Alan James
The Blair Years
2007
as Narrator
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
Movies (36)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Mr. Darcy
The Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos
Robin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Anna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky
Grindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
The Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
Holland
2025
as Fred Vandergroot
Enigma
2001
as Cave
Frost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt
The Assistant
2020
as Wilcock
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Incendiary
2008
as Terrance
The Reckoning
2004
as King’s Justice
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Middletown
2007
as Gabriel Hunter
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Randolph Churchill
Wuthering Heights
1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
In My Father's Den
2004
as Paul Prior
Maybe Baby
2000
as Nigel
24 Hours on Earth
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
as Georg von Trapp
Warriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
Enid
2009
as Hugh Pollock
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Daniel
The Hungerford Massacre
2004
as Himself (Narratior)
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Secret Life
2007
as Charlie
Lost in Karastan
2014
as Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Craft Behind Succession
2020
as Tom Wambsgans
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 68 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Matthew Macfadyen has appeared in 36 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
- The Three Musketeers (2011) — as Athos
- Robin Hood (2010) — as Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) — as Benjamin Stahlbaum
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