
Matthew Macfadyen
Actor
Born: October 17, 1974 (51 years old)
Place of birth: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
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 (46)
- Pride & Prejudice (2005, ★ 8)
- In My Father's Den (2004, ★ 7)
- Death at a Funeral (2007, ★ 6.9)
- Warriors (1999, ★ 6.8)
- Frost/Nixon (2008, ★ 7.3)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024, ★ 7.6)
- Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017, ★ 7.5)
- Mr. Bean's Wedding (2007, ★ 7.1)
- Ashes to Ashes (2008, ★ 7.7)
- Spooks (2002, ★ 7.7)
- Anna Karenina (2012, ★ 6.7)
- The Current War (2018, ★ 6.7)
- Wuthering Heights (1998, ★ 6.7)
- Criminal Justice (2008, ★ 7.6)
- The Way We Live Now (2001, ★ 7.8)
- Little Dorrit (2008, ★ 7.8)
- The Pillars of the Earth (2010, ★ 7.7)
- Succession (2018, ★ 8.3)
- The Last Kingdom (2015, ★ 8.2)
- The Miniature Wife (2026, ★ 7.7)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004, ★ 7.8)
- Enigma (2001, ★ 6.3)
- Robin Hood (2010, ★ 6.4)
- Enid (2009, ★ 6.4)
- The Reckoning (2004, ★ 6.4)
- The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015, ★ 5.9)
- Churchill's Secret (2016, ★ 6.3)
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018, ★ 6.1)
- The Assistant (2020, ★ 6.3)
- Operation Mincemeat (2022, ★ 6.5)