Matthew Macfadyen
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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Credits
- 2026 · The Miniature Wife as Les Littlejohn
- 2025 · Death by Lightning as Charles Guiteau
- 2025 · Holland as Fred Vandergroot
- 2024 · Deadpool & Wolverine as Mr. Paradox
- 2023 · Stonehouse as John Stonehouse
- 2022 · Remembers… as Self
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as Charles Cholmondeley
- 2020 · Quiz as Charles Ingram
- 2020 · The Assistant as Wilcock
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Benjamin Stahlbaum
- 2018 · Succession as Tom Wambsgans
- 2018 · The Current War as J.P. Morgan
- 2017 · Howards End as Henry Wilcox
- 2015 · The Last Kingdom as Lord Uhtred
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · Ripper Street as Edmund Reid
- 2012 · Anna Karenina as Oblonsky
- 2011 · The Three Musketeers as Athos
- 2010 · The Pillars of the Earth as Prior Phillip
- 2010 · Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as John Birt
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Joe Miller
- 2008 · Ashes to Ashes as Gil Hollis
- 2007 · Death at a Funeral as Daniel
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
- 2005 · Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Darcy
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Neele
- 2002 · Spooks as Tom Quinn
- 2001 · Enigma as Cave
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Legacy of Spies as George Smiley
- 2026 · Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions as Himself
- 2024 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine as Self - Mr. Paradox
- 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
- 2015 · The Enfield Haunting as Guy Lyon Playfair
- 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 Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Ambassadors as POD
- 2010 · Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
- 2009 · Inside MI5: The Real Spooks as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Enid as Hugh Pollock
- 2008 · Incendiary as Terrance
- 2007 · The Blair Years as Narrator
- 2007 · Secret Life as Charlie
- 2007 · Mr. Bean's Wedding as Daniel
- 2007 · Middletown as Gabriel Hunter
- 2006 · Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Narrator
- 2004 · The Hungerford Massacre as Himself (Narratior)
- 2004 · In My Father's Den as Paul Prior
- 2004 · The Reckoning as King’s Justice
- 2002 · The Project as Paul Tibbenham
- 2002 · The Project as Paul Tibbenham
- 2001 · The Way We Live Now as Sir Felix Carbury
- 2001 · Perfect Strangers as Daniel
- 2000 · Maybe Baby as Nigel
- 1999 · Warriors as Pte. Alan James
- 1999 · Warriors as Private Alan James
- 1998 · Wuthering Heights as Hareton Earnshaw
- Future · Séance on a Wet Afternoon as