Matthew Macfadyen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

64

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

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Succession

    Succession

  • The Last Kingdom

    The Last Kingdom

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Ripper Street

    Ripper Street

  • Enid

    Enid

  • Secret Life

    Secret Life

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

  • Death by Lightning

    Death by Lightning

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • Stonehouse

    Stonehouse

  • Grindhouse

    Grindhouse

  • Middletown

    Middletown

  • Howards End

    Howards End

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Holland

    Holland

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Quiz

    Quiz

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • Frost/Nixon

    Frost/Nixon

  • Operation Mincemeat

    Operation Mincemeat

  • The Assistant

    The Assistant

  • The Current War

    The Current War

  • Ambassadors

    Ambassadors

  • 24 Hours on Earth

    24 Hours on Earth

  • Any Human Heart

    Any Human Heart

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • The Enfield Haunting

    The Enfield Haunting

  • The Way We Live Now

    The Way We Live Now

  • Incendiary

    Incendiary

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

  • The Reckoning

    The Reckoning

  • Mr. Bean's Wedding

    Mr. Bean's Wedding

  • The Miniature Wife

    The Miniature Wife

  • Maybe Baby

    Maybe Baby

  • In My Father's Den

    In My Father's Den

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Legacy of Spies

    Legacy of Spies

  • Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

    Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

  • The Hungerford Massacre

    The Hungerford Massacre

  • The Blair Years

    The Blair Years

  • Warriors

    Warriors

  • Churchill's Secret

    Churchill's Secret

  • The Project

    The Project

  • The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

    The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

  • Warriors

    Warriors

  • Revolution: New Art for a New World

    Revolution: New Art for a New World

  • Lost in Karastan

    Lost in Karastan

  • The Project

    The Project

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

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

  • Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

    Inside MI5: The Real Spooks