Matthew Macfadyen
Known for: Acting
Born: October 17, 1974
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
35 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
7.1
The Miniature Wife
2026
NR
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026
7.3
Death by Lightning
2025
5.4
Holland
2025
6.7
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
7.6
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
6.3
Stonehouse
2023
7.0
Remembers…
2022
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
2022
6.9
Quiz
2020
6.3
The Assistant
2020
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.1
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
8.3
Succession
2018
6.7
The Current War
2018
6.9
Howards End
2017
7.5
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
6.3
Churchill's Secret
2016
5.9
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
8.3
The Last Kingdom
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.7
The Enfield Haunting
2015
4.6
Lost in Karastan
2014NR
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
6.3
24 Hours on Earth
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
6.9
Ambassadors
2013
7.4
Ripper Street
2012
6.7
Anna Karenina
2012
5.8
The Three Musketeers
2011
6.4
Any Human Heart
2010
7.7
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
6.4
Robin Hood
2010
NR
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
6.4
Enid
2009
7.9
Little Dorrit
2008
7.3
Frost/Nixon
2008
7.6
Criminal Justice
2008
7.7
Ashes to Ashes
2008
5.4
Incendiary
2008
NR
The Blair Years
2007
6.9
Death at a Funeral
20076.6
Secret Life
2007
7.0
Grindhouse
2007
7.1
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
4.8
Middletown
2007
6.0
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
8.1
Pride & Prejudice
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
NR
The Hungerford Massacre
2004
7.0
In My Father's Den
2004
6.4
The Reckoning
2004NR
The Project
20027.0
The Project
2002
7.7
Spooks
2002
7.7
The Way We Live Now
2001
6.7
Perfect Strangers
2001
6.3
Enigma
2001
5.5
Maybe Baby
2000
6.9
Warriors
19999.0
Warriors
1999
6.7
Wuthering Heights
1998
5.5
HBO First Look
1992
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
NR
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
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Legacy of Spies
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