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 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)
7.4ShowThe Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn · 2026
ShowBehind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
Himself · 2026
7.3ShowDeath by Lightning
Charles Guiteau · 2025
5.4MovieHolland
Fred Vandergroot · 2025
6.7MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Mr. Paradox · 2024
7.6MovieDeadpool & Wolverine
Mr. Paradox · 2024
6.3ShowStonehouse
John Stonehouse · 2023
7.0ShowRemembers…
Self · 2022
6.5MovieOperation Mincemeat
Charles Cholmondeley · 2022
6.9ShowQuiz
Charles Ingram · 2020
6.3MovieThe Assistant
Wilcock · 2020
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2019
6.1MovieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Benjamin Stahlbaum · 2018
8.3ShowSuccession
Tom Wambsgans · 2018
6.7MovieThe Current War
J.P. Morgan · 2018
6.9ShowHowards End
Henry Wilcox · 2017
7.5MovieRevolution: New Art for a New World
Vladimir Lenin (voice) · 2017
6.3MovieChurchill's Secret
Randolph Churchill · 2016
5.9MovieThe von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Georg von Trapp · 2015
8.3ShowThe Last Kingdom
Lord Uhtred · 2015
6.1ShowThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 2015
6.6ShowThe Enfield Haunting
Guy Lyon Playfair · 2015
4.6MovieLost in Karastan
Emil Forester · 2014
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Narrator (voice) · 2014
6.3Movie24 Hours on Earth
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2014
5.1ShowLate Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2014
5.8ShowThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
6.8ShowAmbassadors
POD · 2013
7.4ShowRipper Street
Edmund Reid · 2012
6.7MovieAnna Karenina
Oblonsky · 2012