
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

Holland
2025
as Fred Vandergroot

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox

Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley

The Assistant
2020
as Wilcock

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum

The Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan

Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Churchill's Secret
2016
as Randolph Churchill

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
as Georg von Trapp

Lost in Karastan
2014
as Emil Forester
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If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
as Narrator (voice)

24 Hours on Earth
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky

The Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos

Robin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Enid
2009
as Hugh Pollock

Frost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt

Incendiary
2008
as Terrance

Death at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
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Secret Life
2007
as Charlie

Grindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Daniel