Matthew Macfadyen
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).
Known for
Acting67
tvThe Miniature Wife
2026
Les Littlejohn
tvDeath by Lightning
2025
Charles Guiteau
movieHolland
2025
Fred Vandergroot
movieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Self - Mr. Paradox
movieDeadpool & Wolverine
2024
Mr. Paradox
tvStonehouse
2023
John Stonehouse
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieOperation Mincemeat
2022
Charles Cholmondeley
tvQuiz
2020
Charles Ingram
movieThe Assistant
2020
Wilcock
movieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Benjamin Stahlbaum
tvSuccession
2018
Tom Wambsgans
movieThe Current War
2018
J.P. Morgan
tvHowards End
2017
Henry Wilcox
movieRevolution: New Art for a New World
2017
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
movieChurchill's Secret
2016
Randolph Churchill
movieThe von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
Georg von Trapp
tvThe Last Kingdom
2015
Lord Uhtred
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self / Self - Guest
tvThe Enfield Haunting
2015
Guy Lyon Playfair
movieLost in Karastan
2014
Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
Narrator (voice)
movie24 Hours on Earth
2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvRipper Street
2012
Edmund Reid
movieAnna Karenina
2012
Oblonsky
tvAny Human Heart
2010
Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
tvThe Pillars of the Earth
2010
Prior Phillip
movieRobin Hood
2010
Sheriff of Nottingham
movieInside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieEnid
2009
Hugh Pollock
tvLittle Dorrit
2008
Arthur Clennam
movieFrost/Nixon
2008
John Birt
tvCriminal Justice
2008
Joe Miller
tvAshes to Ashes
2008
Gil Hollis
movieIncendiary
2008
Terrance
tvThe Blair Years
2007
Narrator
movieGrindhouse
2007
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
movieMiddletown
2007
Gabriel Hunter
tvNuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
Narrator
moviePride & Prejudice
2005
Mr. Darcy
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Inspector Neele
movieThe Hungerford Massacre
2004
Himself (Narratior)
movieIn My Father's Den
2004
Paul Prior
movieThe Reckoning
2004
King’s Justice
The Project
2002
Paul Tibbenham
tvThe Project
2002
Paul Tibbenham
tvSpooks
2002
Tom Quinn
tvThe Way We Live Now
2001
Sir Felix Carbury
tvPerfect Strangers
2001
Daniel
movieEnigma
2001
Cave
movieMaybe Baby
2000
Nigel
movieWarriors
1999
Pte. Alan James
tvWarriors
1999
Private Alan James
movieWuthering Heights
1998
Hareton Earnshaw
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Legacy of Spies
George Smiley
Production4
tvThe Miniature Wife
2026
Executive Producer
tvStonehouse
2023
Executive Producer
movieSéance on a Wet Afternoon
Executive Producer
Legacy of Spies
Executive Producer