7.6
Movie
Acting
Matthew Macfadyen
- Born
- (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
- Credits
- 68 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.6
Movie
8.1
Movie
Pride & Prejudice
6.4
Movie
Robin Hood
5.8
Movie
The Three Musketeers
6.7
Movie
Anna Karenina
6.1
Movie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
8.3
TV
The Last Kingdom
6.9
Movie
Death at a Funeral
8.3
TV
Succession
7.3
Movie
Frost/Nixon
6.7
Movie
The Current War
6.5
Movie
Operation Mincemeat
6.3
Movie
The Assistant
5.4
Movie
Holland
7.7
TV
The Pillars of the Earth
6.1
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.3
Movie
Enigma
7.4
TV
Ripper Street
Acting credits 68
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Séance on a Wet Afternoon Film | Billy Savage |
| TBA | Legacy of Spies TV | George Smiley (1 ep) |
| TBA | You Are Here TV | Michael (1 ep) |
| 2026 | The Miniature Wife TV | Les Littlejohn (10 ep) |
| 2025 | Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2025 | Death by Lightning TV | Charles Guiteau (4 ep) |
| 2025 | Holland Film | Fred Vandergroot |
| 2024 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine Film | Self - Mr. Paradox |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine Film | Mr. Paradox |
| 2023 | Stonehouse TV | John Stonehouse (3 ep) |
| 2022 | Remembers… TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat Film | Charles Cholmondeley |
| 2020 | Quiz TV | Charles Ingram (3 ep) |
| 2020 | The Assistant Film | Wilcock |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Film | Benjamin Stahlbaum |
| 2018 | Succession TV | Tom Wambsgans (39 ep) |
| 2018 | The Current War Film | J.P. Morgan |
| 2017 | Howards End TV | Henry Wilcox (4 ep) |
| 2017 | Revolution: New Art for a New World Film | Vladimir Lenin (voice) |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret Film | Randolph Churchill |
| 2015 | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Film | Georg von Trapp |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom TV | Lord Uhtred (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self, Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Enfield Haunting TV | Guy Lyon Playfair (3 ep) |
| 2014 | Lost in Karastan Film | Emil Forester |
| 2014 | If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | 24 Hours on Earth Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self - Guest (3 ep) |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Ambassadors TV | POD (3 ep) |
| 2012 | Ripper Street TV | Edmund Reid (36 ep) |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina Film | Oblonsky |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers Film | Athos |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart TV | Logan Mountstuart (Middle) (4 ep) |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth TV | Prior Phillip (8 ep) |
| 2010 | Robin Hood Film | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 2009 | Inside MI5: The Real Spooks Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Enid Film | Hugh Pollock |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit TV | Arthur Clennam (14 ep) |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon Film | John Birt |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice TV | Joe Miller (10 ep) |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes TV | Gil Hollis (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Incendiary Film | Terrance |
| 2007 | The Blair Years TV | Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral Film | Daniel |
| 2007 | Secret Life Film | Charlie |
| 2007 | Grindhouse Film | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Wedding Film | Daniel |
| 2007 | Middletown Film | Gabriel Hunter |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial TV | Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice Film | Mr. Darcy |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Inspector Neele (1 ep) |
| 2004 | The Hungerford Massacre Film | Himself (Narratior) |
| 2004 | In My Father's Den Film | Paul Prior |
| 2004 | The Reckoning Film | King’s Justice |
| 2002 | The Project Film | Paul Tibbenham |
| 2002 | The Project TV | Paul Tibbenham (2 ep) |
| 2002 | Spooks TV | Tom Quinn (19 ep) |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now TV | Sir Felix Carbury (4 ep) |
Crew credits 5
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Séance on a Wet Afternoon Film | Executive Producer |
| TBA | Legacy of Spies TV | Executive Producer (1 ep) |
| TBA | You Are Here TV | Executive Producer (1 ep) |
| 2026 | The Miniature Wife TV | Executive Producer (10 ep) |
| 2023 | Stonehouse TV | Executive Producer (3 ep) |