Matthew Macfadyen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1974
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Séance on a Wet Afternoon TBA
as Billy Savage, Executive Producer
Holland 2025
as Fred Vandergroot
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
as Mr. Paradox
Operation Mincemeat 2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
The Assistant 2020
as Wilcock
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
The Current War 2018
as J.P. Morgan
Revolution: New Art for a New World 2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Churchill's Secret 2016
as Randolph Churchill
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music 2015
as Georg von Trapp
Lost in Karastan 2014
as Emil Forester
- If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day 2014
as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours on Earth 2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Anna Karenina 2012
as Oblonsky
The Three Musketeers 2011
as Athos
Robin Hood 2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks 2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Enid 2009
as Hugh Pollock
Frost/Nixon 2008
as John Birt
Incendiary 2008
as Terrance
Death at a Funeral 2007
as Daniel
- Secret Life
Secret Life 2007
as Charlie
Grindhouse 2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Mr. Bean's Wedding 2007
as Daniel
Middletown 2007
as Gabriel Hunter
Pride & Prejudice 2005
as Mr. Darcy
The Hungerford Massacre 2004
as Himself (Narratior)
In My Father's Den 2004
as Paul Prior
The Reckoning 2004
as King’s Justice
- The Project
The Project 2002
as Paul Tibbenham
Enigma 2001
as Cave
Maybe Baby 2000
as Nigel
Warriors 1999
as Pte. Alan James
Wuthering Heights 1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
Credits from TMDB.