Matthew Macfadyen
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Film
Deadpool & Wolverine
Mr. Paradox
2024
Series
The Last Kingdom
Lord Uhtred
2015
Series
Succession
Tom Wambsgans
2018
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inspector Neele
2004
Series
Spooks
Tom Quinn
2002
Film
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Darcy
2005
Series
Ripper Street
Edmund Reid
2012
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Film
Robin Hood
Sheriff of Nottingham
2010
Series
The Pillars of the Earth
Prior Phillip
2010
Series
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Series
The Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn
2026
Series
Ashes to Ashes
Gil Hollis
2008
Film
The Three Musketeers
Athos
2011
Series
Death by Lightning
Charles Guiteau
2025
Film
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Benjamin Stahlbaum
2018
Film
Anna Karenina
Oblonsky
2012
Series
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
2008
Film
Holland
Fred Vandergroot
2025
Film
Frost/Nixon
John Birt
2008
Film
Operation Mincemeat
Charles Cholmondeley
2022
Film
Grindhouse
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007
Series
Criminal Justice
Joe Miller
2008
Film
The Current War
J.P. Morgan
2018
Series
Howards End
Henry Wilcox
2017
Film
Death at a Funeral
Daniel
2007
Series
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
2010
Film
The Assistant
Wilcock
2020
Series
Stonehouse
John Stonehouse
2023
Series
Quiz
Charles Ingram
2020
Series
Perfect Strangers
Daniel
2001
Series
The Enfield Haunting
Guy Lyon Playfair
2015
Legacy of Spies
George Smiley
Film
Enigma
Cave
2001
Series
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
Himself
2026
Series
The Way We Live Now
Sir Felix Carbury
2001
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Mr. Paradox
2024
Series
Ambassadors
POD
2013
Series
Warriors
Private Alan James
1999
Film
The Reckoning
King’s Justice
2004
Series
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Narrator
2006
Film
Maybe Baby
Nigel
2000
Film
Incendiary
Terrance
2008
The Project
Paul Tibbenham
2002
Film
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Billy Savage
Film
In My Father's Den
Paul Prior
2004
Film
Wuthering Heights
Hareton Earnshaw
1998
Film
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Daniel
2007
Film
Enid
Hugh Pollock
2009
Series
The Blair Years
Narrator
2007
Film
Middletown
Gabriel Hunter
2007
Film
Churchill's Secret
Randolph Churchill
2016
Film
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Georg von Trapp
2015
Film
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
2017
You Are Here
Michael
The Project
Paul Tibbenham
2002
Film
Lost in Karastan
Emil Forester
2014
Film
Warriors
Pte. Alan James
1999
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
24 Hours on Earth
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
The Hungerford Massacre
Himself (Narratior)
2004
Secret Life
Charlie
2007
Film
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009