Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1974-10-17 (Age: 52)
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Matthew Macfadyen
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).
Filmography (34)
Holland
2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Operation Mincemeat
2022
The Assistant
2020
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
The Current War
2018
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
Churchill's Secret
2016
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
Lost in Karastan
2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
24 Hours on Earth
2014
Anna Karenina
2012
