Matthew Macfadyen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-10-17 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Matthew Macfadyen
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).
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Holland
as Fred Vandergroot
(2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. Paradox
(2024)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
as Self - Mr. Paradox
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Cholmondeley
(2020)
The Assistant
as Wilcock
(2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
(2018)
The Current War
as J.P. Morgan
(2017)
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
(2016)
Churchill's Secret
as Randolph Churchill
(2015)
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
as Georg von Trapp
(2014)
Lost in Karastan
as Emil Forester
(2014)
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
24 Hours on Earth
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Anna Karenina
as Oblonsky
(2011)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
(2010)
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
(2009)
Enid
as Hugh Pollock
(2009)
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Frost/Nixon
as John Birt
(2008)
Incendiary
as Terrance
(2007)
Death at a Funeral
as Daniel
(2007)
Grindhouse
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
(2007)
Mr. Bean's Wedding
as Daniel
(2007)
Middletown
as Gabriel Hunter
(2007)
Secret Life
as Charlie
(2005)
Pride & Prejudice
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
(2004)
The Reckoning
as King’s Justice
(2004)
In My Father's Den
as Paul Prior
(2004)
The Hungerford Massacre
as Himself (Narratior)
(2002)
The Project
as Paul Tibbenham
(2001)
Enigma
as Cave
(2000)
Maybe Baby
as Nigel
(1999)
Warriors
as Pte. Alan James
(1998)
Wuthering Heights
as Hareton Earnshaw