Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

49 · Born: Oct 17, 1974

Personal Details

Born Oct 17, 1974 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Parents
  • Meinir Owen
  • Martin Macfadyen
Relatives
  • Jamie Macfadyen (Sibling)

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).

Career

2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine as Paradox
2023
Stonehouse
Stonehouse as John Stonehouse
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2022
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat as Charles Cholmondeley
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2020
The Assistant
The Assistant as Wilcock
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Quiz
Quiz as Charles Ingram
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2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Benjamin Stahlbaum
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The Current War
The Current War as J.P. Morgan
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Succession
Succession as Tom Wambsgans
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2017
Revolution: New Art For A New World
Revolution: New Art For A New World as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
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Howards End
Howards End as Henry Wilcox
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2016
Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret as Randolph Churchill
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2015
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music as Georg von Trapp
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The Enfield Haunting
The Enfield Haunting as Guy Lyon Playfair
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The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom as Lord Uhtred
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2014
24 Hours on Earth
24 Hours on Earth as Narrator (voice)
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If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day as Narrator (voice)
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Lost in Karastan
Lost in Karastan as Emil Forester
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2013
Ambassadors
Ambassadors as POD
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2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina as Stiva Oblonsky
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Ripper Street
Ripper Street as Edmund Reid
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2011
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers as Athos
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2010
Robin Hood
Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
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Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart
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The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth as Prior Phillip
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2009
Enid
Enid as Hugh Pollock
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2008
Incendiary
Incendiary as Terrance
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Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon as John Birt
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Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes as Gil Hollis
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice as Joe Miller
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Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam
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2007
Secret Life
Secret Life as Charlie
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Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral as Daniel
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Don't
Don't
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Mr. Bean's Wedding
Mr. Bean's Wedding as Daniel
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2006
Middletown
Middletown
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Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Narrator
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2005
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice as Fitzwilliam Darcy
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2004
In My Father's Den
In My Father's Den as Paul Prior
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2002
The Project
The Project as Paul Tibbenham
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Spooks
Spooks as Tom Quinn
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2001
Enigma
Enigma as Cave
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The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now as Sir Felix Carbury
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Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers as Daniel
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2000
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby as Nigel
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1999
Warriors
Warriors as Pte. Alan James
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1998
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights as Hareton Earnshaw
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2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert