Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Matthew Macfadyen
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).
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004 |
| Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007 |
| Enigma | Cave | 2001 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 2005 |
| Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham | 2010 |
| Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999 |
| Holland | Fred Vandergroot | 2025 |
| Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008 |
| The Hungerford Massacre | Himself (Narratior) | 2004 |
| Maybe Baby | Nigel | 2000 |
| Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009 |
| Incendiary | Terrance | 2008 |
| Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2007 |
| Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012 |
| Secret Life | Charlie | 2007 |
| The Reckoning | King’s Justice | 2004 |
| Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014 |
| The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002 |
| The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Georg von Trapp | 2015 |
| Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill | 2016 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | Mr. Paradox | 2024 |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018 |
| The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018 |
| If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator (voice) | 2014 |
| Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw | 1998 |
| Revolution: New Art for a New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) | 2017 |
| 24 Hours on Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2014 |
| The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020 |
| Mr. Bean's Wedding | Daniel | 2007 |
| Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2022 |
| The Three Musketeers | Athos | 2011 |
| Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited) | 2007 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Mr. Paradox | 2024 |
| Inside MI5: The Real Spooks | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008 |
| Spooks | Tom Quinn | 2002 |
| Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999 |
| Criminal Justice | Joe Miller | 2008 |
| The Way We Live Now | Sir Felix Carbury | 2001 |
| Perfect Strangers | Daniel | 2001 |
| Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 2008 |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Prior Phillip | 2010 |
| Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart | 2010 |
| Ripper Street | Edmund Reid | 2012 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair | 2015 |
| The Project | Paul Tibbenham | 2002 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023 |
| Howards End | Henry Wilcox | 2017 |
| Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018 |
| Ambassadors | POD | 2013 |
| Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Narrator | 2006 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944 |
| The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred | 2015 |
| Death by Lightning | Charles Guiteau | 1970 |
| The Miniature Wife | Les | 1970 |
| Quiz | Charles Ingram | 2020 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
| The Blair Years | Narrator | 2007 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004 |
