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).
Acted in
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox
Stonehouse
2023
as John Stonehouse
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
Quiz
2020
as Charles Ingram
The Assistant
2020
as Wilcock
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Succession
2018
as Tom Wambsgans
The Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan
Howards End
2017
as Henry Wilcox
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Randolph Churchill
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
as Georg von Trapp
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Lord Uhtred
The Enfield Haunting
2015
as Guy Lyon Playfair
Lost in Karastan
2014
as Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
as Narrator (voice)
24 Hours on Earth
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Ambassadors
2013
as POD
Ripper Street
2012
as Edmund Reid
Anna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky
The Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos
Any Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Prior Phillip
Robin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Enid
2009
as Hugh Pollock
Little Dorrit
2008
as Arthur Clennam
Frost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt
Criminal Justice
2008
as Joe Miller
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as Gil Hollis
Incendiary
2008
as Terrance
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
Secret Life
2007
as Charlie
Grindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Don't
2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Daniel
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
as Narrator
Middletown
2006
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
The Hungerford Massacre
2004
as Himself (Narratior)
In My Father's Den
2004
as Paul Prior
The Reckoning
2004
as King’s Justice
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
Spooks
2002
as Tom Quinn
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Sir Felix Carbury
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Daniel
Enigma
2001
as Cave
Maybe Baby
2000
as Nigel
Warriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
Warriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
Wuthering Heights
1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
Holland, Michigan
as Fred Vandergroot
Death by Lightning
as Charles Guiteau
The Miniature Wife
as Les