- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Matthew Macfadyen
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 St…
Filmography
tvThe Miniature Wife
2026 · Les Littlejohn, Executive Producer
tvBehind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026 · Himself
tvDeath by Lightning
2025 · Charles Guiteau
movieHolland
2025 · Fred Vandergroot
movieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Self - Mr. Paradox
movieDeadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Mr. Paradox
tvStonehouse
2023 · John Stonehouse, Executive Producer
tvRemembers…
2022 · Self
movieOperation Mincemeat
2022 · Charles Cholmondeley
tvQuiz
2020 · Charles Ingram
movieThe Assistant
2020 · Wilcock
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
movieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · Benjamin Stahlbaum
tvSuccession
2018 · Tom Wambsgans
movieThe Current War
2018 · J.P. Morgan
tvHowards End
2017 · Henry Wilcox
movieRevolution: New Art for a New World
2017 · Vladimir Lenin (voice)
movieChurchill's Secret
2016 · Randolph Churchill
movieThe von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015 · Georg von Trapp
tvThe Last Kingdom
2015 · Lord Uhtred
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
tvThe Enfield Haunting
2015 · Guy Lyon Playfair
movieLost in Karastan
2014 · Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
movieIf I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014 · Narrator (voice)
movie24 Hours on Earth
2014 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
tvAmbassadors
2013 · POD
tvRipper Street
2012 · Edmund Reid
movieAnna Karenina
2012 · Oblonsky
movieThe Three Musketeers
2011 · Athos
tvAny Human Heart
2010 · Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
tvThe Pillars of the Earth
2010 · Prior Phillip
movieRobin Hood
2010 · Sheriff of Nottingham
movieInside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieEnid
2009 · Hugh Pollock
tvLittle Dorrit
2008 · Arthur Clennam
movieFrost/Nixon
2008 · John Birt
tvCriminal Justice
2008 · Joe Miller
tvAshes to Ashes
2008 · Gil Hollis
movieIncendiary
2008 · Terrance
tvThe Blair Years
2007 · Narrator
movieDeath at a Funeral
2007 · Daniel
Secret Life
movieSecret Life
2007 · Charlie
movieGrindhouse
2007 · Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
movieMr. Bean's Wedding
2007 · Daniel
movieMiddletown
2007 · Gabriel Hunter
tvNuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006 · Narrator
moviePride & Prejudice
2005 · Mr. Darcy
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Inspector Neele
movieThe Hungerford Massacre
2004 · Himself (Narratior)
movieIn My Father's Den
2004 · Paul Prior
movieThe Reckoning
2004 · King’s Justice
The Project
movieThe Project
2002 · Paul Tibbenham
tvThe Project
2002 · Paul Tibbenham
tvSpooks
2002 · Tom Quinn
tvThe Way We Live Now
2001 · Sir Felix Carbury
tvPerfect Strangers
2001 · Daniel
movieEnigma
2001 · Cave
movieMaybe Baby
2000 · Nigel
movieWarriors
1999 · Pte. Alan James
tvWarriors
1999 · Private Alan James
movieWuthering Heights
1998 · Hareton Earnshaw
tvHBO First Look
1992 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
movieSéance on a Wet Afternoon
— · , Executive Producer
Legacy of Spies
tvLegacy of Spies
— · George Smiley, Executive Producer