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Matthew Macfadyen
Actor

Matthew Macfadyen

Born October 17, 1974 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

16 films

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 16

Holland (2025) movie poster
Holland2025
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) movie poster
Deadpool & Wolverine2024
Operation Mincemeat (2022) movie poster
Operation Mincemeat2022
The Assistant (2020) movie poster
The Assistant2020
The Current War (2018) movie poster
The Current War2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) movie poster
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms2018
Anna Karenina (2012) movie poster
Anna Karenina2012
The Three Musketeers (2011) movie poster
The Three Musketeers2011
Robin Hood (2010) movie poster
Robin Hood2010
Frost/Nixon (2008) movie poster
Frost/Nixon2008
Incendiary (2008) movie poster
Incendiary2008
Death at a Funeral (2007) movie poster
Death at a Funeral2007
Pride & Prejudice (2005) movie poster
Pride & Prejudice2005
In My Father's Den (2004) movie poster
In My Father's Den2004
Enigma (2001) movie poster
Enigma2001
Maybe Baby (2000) movie poster
Maybe Baby2000