Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

10/17/1974 (51 years old)Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

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).

Filmography (66 titles)

The Miniature Wife7.1Show

The Miniature Wife

Les Littlejohn · 2026

Show

Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions

Self · 2025

Death by Lightning7.3Show

Death by Lightning

Charles Guiteau · 2025

Holland5.4Movie

Holland

Fred Vandergroot · 2025

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine6.7Movie

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

Self - Mr. Paradox · 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine7.6Movie

Deadpool & Wolverine

Mr. Paradox · 2024

Stonehouse6.3Show

Stonehouse

John Stonehouse · 2023

Remembers…7.0Show

Remembers…

Self · 2022

Operation Mincemeat6.5Movie

Operation Mincemeat

Charles Cholmondeley · 2022

Quiz6.9Show

Quiz

Charles Ingram · 2020

The Assistant6.3Movie

The Assistant

Wilcock · 2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show6.3Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self · 2019

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms6.1Movie

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Benjamin Stahlbaum · 2018

Succession8.3Show

Succession

Tom Wambsgans · 2018

The Current War6.7Movie

The Current War

J.P. Morgan · 2018

Howards End6.9Show

Howards End

Henry Wilcox · 2017

Revolution: New Art for a New World7.5Movie

Revolution: New Art for a New World

Vladimir Lenin (voice) · 2017

Churchill's Secret6.3Movie

Churchill's Secret

Randolph Churchill · 2016

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music5.9Movie

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

Georg von Trapp · 2015

The Last Kingdom8.3Show

The Last Kingdom

Lord Uhtred · 2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert6.1Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · 2015

The Enfield Haunting6.7Show

The Enfield Haunting

Guy Lyon Playfair · 2015

Lost in Karastan4.6Movie

Lost in Karastan

Emil Forester · 2014

Movie

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

Narrator (voice) · 2014

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