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