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Matthew Macfadyen
AKA: 매튜 맥퍼딘 · 馬修‧麥費狄恩 · متیو مک فادین · Դևիդ Մեթյու ՄակՖադյեն · Мэттью Макфэдиен
Acting
Born: 1974
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
27 Global Credits
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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).
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
The Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn
2026 · US
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
Himself
2026 · GB
Death by Lightning
Charles Guiteau
2025 · US
Stonehouse
John Stonehouse
2023 · GB
Remembers…
Self
2022 · GB
Quiz
Charles Ingram
2020 · GB
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019 · US
Succession
Tom Wambsgans
2018 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Miniature Wife | 2026 | Les Littlejohn |
| The Miniature Wife | 2026 | Executive Producer |
| Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions | 2026 | Himself |
| Death by Lightning | 2025 | Charles Guiteau |
| Stonehouse | 2023 | John Stonehouse |
| Stonehouse | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Remembers… | 2022 | Self |
| Quiz | 2020 | Charles Ingram |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | Self |
| Succession | 2018 | Tom Wambsgans |
| Howards End | 2017 | Henry Wilcox |
| The Last Kingdom | 2015 | Lord Uhtred |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | Self |
| The Enfield Haunting | 2015 | Guy Lyon Playfair |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | Self - Guest |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014 | Self |
| Ambassadors | 2013 | POD |
| Ripper Street | 2012 | Edmund Reid |
| Any Human Heart | 2010 | Logan Mountstuart (Middle) |
| The Pillars of the Earth | 2010 | Prior Phillip |
| Little Dorrit | 2008 | Arthur Clennam |
| Ashes to Ashes | 2008 | Gil Hollis |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | 2004 | Inspector Neele |
| Spooks | 2002 | Tom Quinn |
| Perfect Strangers | 2001 | Daniel |
| HBO First Look | 1992 | Self |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1944 | Self - Nominee |