Actor

Matthew Macfadyen

Born 17 October 1974 · 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).

Films and shows

  1. 2026The Miniature Wife1 seasonLes Littlejohn
  2. 2025Death by Lightning1 seasonCharles Guiteau
  3. 2025Holland1h 48mFred Vandergroot
  4. 2024Deadpool & Wolverine2h 8mMr. Paradox
  5. 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine59mSelf - Mr. Paradox
  6. 2023Stonehouse1 seasonJohn Stonehouse
  7. 2022Operation Mincemeat2h 8mCharles Cholmondeley
  8. 2020Quiz1 seasonCharles Ingram
  9. 2020The Assistant1h 28mWilcock
  10. 2020The Craft Behind Succession9mTom Wambsgans
  11. 2018The Current War1h 48mJ.P. Morgan
  12. 2018Succession4 seasonsTom Wambsgans
  13. 2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms1h 39mBenjamin Stahlbaum
  14. 2017Howards End1 seasonHenry Wilcox
  15. 2017Revolution: New Art for a New World1h 25mVladimir Lenin (voice)
  16. 2016Churchill's Secret1h 41mRandolph Churchill
  17. 2015The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music1h 38mGeorg von Trapp
  18. 2015The Enfield Haunting1 seasonGuy Lyon Playfair
  19. 2014Lost in Karastan1h 36mEmil Forester
  20. 201424 Hours on Earth48mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  21. 2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day47mNarrator (voice)
  22. 2013Ambassadors1 seasonPOD
  23. 2012Ripper Street5 seasonsEdmund Reid
  24. 2012Anna Karenina2h 9mOblonsky
  25. 2011The Three Musketeers1h 50mAthos
  26. 2010Any Human Heart1 seasonLogan Mountstuart (Middle)
  27. 2010The Pillars of the Earth1 seasonPrior Phillip
  28. 2010Robin Hood2h 20mSheriff of Nottingham
  29. 2009Inside MI5: The Real Spooks47mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  30. 2009Enid1h 22mHugh Pollock
  31. 2008Little Dorrit1 seasonArthur Clennam
  32. 2008Incendiary1h 53mTerrance
  33. 2008Frost/Nixon2h 2mJohn Birt
  34. 2008Criminal Justice2 seasonsJoe Miller
  35. 2007Secret Life1h 10mCharlie
  36. 2007Middletown1h 28mGabriel Hunter
  37. 2007Mr. Bean's Wedding7mDaniel
  38. 2007Death at a Funeral1h 31mDaniel
  39. 2007The Blair Years1 seasonNarrator
  40. 2006Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial1 seasonNarrator
  41. 2005Pride & Prejudice2h 8mMr. Darcy
  42. 2004In My Father's Den2h 6mPaul Prior
  43. 2004The Hungerford Massacre1hHimself (Narratior)
  44. 2004The Reckoning1h 52mKing’s Justice
  45. 2002The Project3h 32mPaul Tibbenham
  46. 2002The Project1 seasonPaul Tibbenham
  47. 2001Perfect Strangers1 seasonDaniel
  48. 2001The Way We Live Now1 seasonSir Felix Carbury
  49. 2001Enigma1h 59mCave
  50. 2000Maybe Baby1h 44mNigel
  51. 1999Warriors2h 55mPte. Alan James
  52. 1999Warriors1 seasonPrivate Alan James
  53. 1998Wuthering Heights1h 52mHareton Earnshaw
  54. You Are Here1 seasonMichael
  55. Legacy of Spies1 seasonGeorge Smiley
  56. Séance on a Wet Afternoon