Matthew Macfadyen
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-10-17 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
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).
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Last Kingdom
as Lord Uhtred
Succession
as Tom Wambsgans
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Inspector Neele
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. Paradox
Spooks
as Tom Quinn
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
Ripper Street
as Edmund Reid
The Pillars of the Earth
as Prior Phillip
HBO First Look
as Self
Ashes to Ashes
as Gil Hollis
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
Death by Lightning
as Charles Guiteau
Middletown
as Gabriel Hunter
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin Stahlbaum