Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Born 1974-10-17 (age 51) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
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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).

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Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

as Mr. Paradox

Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice

2005

as Mr. Darcy

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

2010

as Sheriff of Nottingham

The Three Musketeers
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

2012

as Oblonsky

Grindhouse
Grindhouse

2007

as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

as Benjamin Stahlbaum

Holland
Holland

2025

as Fred Vandergroot

Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral

2007

as Daniel

Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat

2022

as Charles Cholmondeley

Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon

2008

as John Birt

The Current War
The Current War

2018

as J.P. Morgan

Enigma
Enigma

2001

as Cave

The Assistant
The Assistant

2020

as Wilcock

The Reckoning
The Reckoning

2004

as King’s Justice

Incendiary
Incendiary

2008

as Terrance

Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby

2000

as Nigel

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret

2016

as Randolph Churchill