Matthew Macfadyen
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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
Credits
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
as Mr. Paradox
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
as Mr. Darcy
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Robin Hood (2010)
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Three Musketeers (2011)
as Athos
Anna Karenina (2012)
as Oblonsky
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
as Charles Cholmondeley
The Current War (2018)
as J.P. Morgan
Death at a Funeral (2007)
as Daniel
Holland (2025)
as Fred Vandergroot
Frost/Nixon (2008)
as John Birt
The Assistant (2020)
as Wilcock
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Grindhouse (2007)
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Enigma (2001)
as Cave
Incendiary (2008)
as Terrance
In My Father's Den (2004)
as Paul Prior
The Reckoning (2004)
as King’s Justice
Séance on a Wet Afternoon (—)
as Billy Savage
Wuthering Heights (1998)
as Hareton Earnshaw
Mr. Bean's Wedding (2007)
as Daniel
Maybe Baby (2000)
as Nigel
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015)
as Georg von Trapp
Churchill's Secret (2016)
as Randolph Churchill
Enid (2009)
as Hugh Pollock
Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Lost in Karastan (2014)
as Emil Forester
Middletown (2007)
as Gabriel Hunter
24 Hours on Earth (2014)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The Project (2002)
as Paul Tibbenham
Secret Life (2007)
as Charlie
Warriors (1999)
as Pte. Alan James
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks (2009)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hungerford Massacre (2004)
as Himself (Narratior)