Matthew Macfadyen
Acting
Born: Oct 17, 1974
From: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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).
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2025 | 5.383 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024 | 7.558 |
| Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2022 | 6.5 |
| The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020 | 6.295 |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018 | 6.083 |
| The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018 | 6.698 |
| Revolution: New Art for a New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) | 2017 | 7.5 |
| Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill | 2016 | 6.3 |
| The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015 | 5.9 |
| Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014 | 4.6 |
| If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator (voice) | 2014 | — |
| 24 Hours on Earth | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2014 | 6.3 |
| Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012 | 6.706 |
| Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham | 2010 | 6.397 |
| Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009 | 6.392 |
| Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008 | 7.28 |
| Incendiary | Terrance | 2008 | 5.378 |
| Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007 | 6.922 |
| Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007 | 4.8 |
| Secret Life | Charlie | 2007 | 6.6 |
| Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007 | 7.1 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 2005 | 8.049 |
| In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004 | 6.964 |
| The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) | 2004 | — |
| The Reckoning | King’s Justice | 2004 | 6.387 |
| The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002 | — |
| Enigma | Cave | 2001 | 6.308 |
| Maybe Baby | Nigel | 2000 | 5.429 |
| Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999 | 6.85 |
| Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw | 1998 | 6.682 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1974 |
| From | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, … |