Matthew Macfadyen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-10-17 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Last Kingdom

    The Last Kingdom

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Frost/Nixon

    Frost/Nixon

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • Death by Lightning

    Death by Lightning

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • Ripper Street

    Ripper Street

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

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

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

  • The Assistant

    The Assistant

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Operation Mincemeat

    Operation Mincemeat

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Grindhouse

    Grindhouse

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

    The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Holland

    Holland

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Howards End

    Howards End

  • Warriors

    Warriors

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

  • The Project

    The Project

  • Secret Life

    Secret Life

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • The Current War

    The Current War

  • Middletown

    Middletown

  • Enid

    Enid

  • The Enfield Haunting

    The Enfield Haunting

  • Maybe Baby

    Maybe Baby

  • Revolution: New Art for a New World

    Revolution: New Art for a New World

  • Quiz

    Quiz

  • In My Father's Den

    In My Father's Den

  • The Way We Live Now

    The Way We Live Now

  • Legacy of Spies

    Legacy of Spies

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • Any Human Heart

    Any Human Heart

  • Incendiary

    Incendiary

  • Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

    Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

  • Ambassadors

    Ambassadors

  • Stonehouse

    Stonehouse

  • Mr. Bean's Wedding

    Mr. Bean's Wedding

  • Churchill's Secret

    Churchill's Secret

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • The Miniature Wife

    The Miniature Wife

  • Warriors

    Warriors

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

  • The Project

    The Project

  • The Blair Years

    The Blair Years

  • The Hungerford Massacre

    The Hungerford Massacre

  • Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

    Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

  • 24 Hours on Earth

    24 Hours on Earth

  • Lost in Karastan

    Lost in Karastan