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).
TV Shows(31)
The Miniature Wife
Les Littlejohn
2026
Death by Lightning
Charles Guiteau
2025
Stonehouse
John Stonehouse
2023
Remembers…
Self
2022
Quiz
Charles Ingram
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Succession
Tom Wambsgans
2018
Howards End
Henry Wilcox
2017
The Last Kingdom
Lord Uhtred
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Enfield Haunting
Guy Lyon Playfair
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Ambassadors
POD
2013
Ripper Street
Edmund Reid
2012
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
2010
The Pillars of the Earth
Prior Phillip
2010
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
2008
Criminal Justice
Joe Miller
2008
Ashes to Ashes
Gil Hollis
2008
The Blair Years
Narrator
2007
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Narrator
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inspector Neele
2004
The Project
Paul Tibbenham
2002
Spooks
Tom Quinn
2002
The Way We Live Now
Sir Felix Carbury
2001
Perfect Strangers
Daniel
2001
Warriors
Pte. Alan James
1999
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Legacy of Spies
George Smiley
Movies(35)
Holland
Fred Vandergroot
2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Mr. Paradox
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Mr. Paradox
2024
Operation Mincemeat
Charles Cholmondeley
2022
The Assistant
Wilcock
2020
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Benjamin Stahlbaum
2018
The Current War
J.P. Morgan
2018
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
2017
Churchill's Secret
Randolph Churchill
2016
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Georg von Trapp
2015
Lost in Karastan
Emil Forester
2014
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Narrator (voice)
2014
24 Hours on Earth
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Anna Karenina
Oblonsky
2012
The Three Musketeers
Athos
2011
Robin Hood
Sheriff of Nottingham
2010
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
Enid
Hugh Pollock
2009
Frost/Nixon
John Birt
2008
Incendiary
Terrance
2008
Death at a Funeral
Daniel
2007
Secret Life
Charlie
2007
Grindhouse
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Daniel
2007
Middletown
Gabriel Hunter
2007
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Darcy
2005
The Hungerford Massacre
Himself (Narratior)
2004
In My Father's Den
Paul Prior
2004
The Reckoning
King’s Justice
2004
The Project
Paul Tibbenham
2002
Enigma
Cave
2001
Maybe Baby
Nigel
2000
Warriors
Pte. Alan James
1999
Wuthering Heights
Hareton Earnshaw
1998
Séance on a Wet Afternoon