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Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 17, 1974 (50)
Birthplace Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 re ... ceived 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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Holland

Holland

2025

as Fred Vandergroot

Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

as Mr. Paradox

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

2022

as Charles Cholmondeley

The Assistant

The Assistant

2020

as Wilcock

The Current War

The Current War

2018

as J.P. Morgan

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

as Benjamin Stahlbaum

Revolution: New Art for a New World

Revolution: New Art for a New World

2017

as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret

2016

as Randolph Churchill

If I Don't Come Home:  Letters from D-Day

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Lost in Karastan

Lost in Karastan

2014

as Emil Forester

24 Hours on Earth

24 Hours on Earth

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

as Oblonsky

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2011

as Athos

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

2010

as Sheriff of Nottingham

Enid

Enid

2009

as Hugh Pollock

Incendiary

Incendiary

2008

as Terrance

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

2008

as John Birt

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007

as Daniel

Secret Life

Secret Life

2007

as Charlie

Mr. Bean's Wedding

Mr. Bean's Wedding

2007

as Daniel

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007

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

Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice

2005

as Mr. Darcy

In My Father's Den

In My Father's Den

2004

as Paul Prior

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

2004

as King’s Justice

The Project

The Project

2002

as Paul Tibbenham

Enigma

Enigma

2001

as Cave

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

2000

as Nigel

Warriors

Warriors

1999

as Pte. Alan James

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1998

as Hareton Earnshaw

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Television Credits

Succession

as Tom Wambsgans

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Jun 03, 2018

Ripper Street

as Edmund Reid

Episodes: 36

First Aired: Dec 30, 2012

Spooks

as Tom Quinn

Episodes: 19

First Aired: May 13, 2002

Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Oct 26, 2008

Criminal Justice

as Joe Miller

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jun 30, 2008

The Pillars of the Earth

as Prior Phillip

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 23, 2010

The Way We Live Now

as Sir Felix Carbury

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 11, 2001

Any Human Heart

as Logan Mountstuart

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 21, 2010

Howards End

as Henry Wilcox

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 12, 2017

Perfect Strangers

as Daniel

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 10, 2001

The Enfield Haunting

as Guy Lyon Playfair

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 03, 2015

The Project

as Paul Tibbenham

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 10, 2002

Stonehouse

as John Stonehouse

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 02, 2023

Ambassadors

as POD

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 23, 2013

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 25, 2006

Quiz

as Charles Ingram

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 13, 2020

The Blair Years

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 18, 2007

Warriors

as Pte. Alan James

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 20, 1999

The Miniature Wife

as Les

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Unknown

Ashes to Ashes

as Gil Hollis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 2008

The Last Kingdom

as Lord Uhtred

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 2015

Death by Lightning

as Charles Guiteau

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Inspector Neele

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

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