Matthew Macfadyen

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).

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Filmography

2025

Holland
Holland
as Fred Vandergroot
Movie - Released: 3/9/2025

2024

Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. Paradox
Movie - Released: 7/24/2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Movie - Released: 11/12/2024

2023

Stonehouse
Stonehouse
as John Stonehouse
TV - Released: 1/2/2023

2022

Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Cholmondeley
Movie - Released: 4/1/2022

2020

The Assistant
The Assistant
as Wilcock
Movie - Released: 1/31/2020
Quiz
Quiz
as Charles Ingram
TV - Released: 4/13/2020

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Movie - Released: 10/26/2018
The Current War
The Current War
as J.P. Morgan
Movie - Released: 2/1/2018
Succession
Succession
as Tom Wambsgans
TV - Released: 6/3/2018

2017

Revolution: New Art for a New World
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/8/2017
Howards End
Howards End
as Henry Wilcox
TV - Released: 11/12/2017

2016

Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret
as Randolph Churchill
Movie - Released: 2/29/2016

2015

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
as Georg von Trapp
Movie - Released: 11/12/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015
The Enfield Haunting
The Enfield Haunting
as Guy Lyon Playfair
TV - Released: 5/3/2015
The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom
as Lord Uhtred
TV - Released: 10/10/2015

2014

Lost in Karastan
Lost in Karastan
as Emil Forester
Movie - Released: 8/23/2014
Movie
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/1/2014
24 Hours on Earth
24 Hours on Earth
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/21/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

Ambassadors
Ambassadors
as POD
TV - Released: 10/23/2013

2012

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
as Oblonsky
Movie - Released: 9/6/2012
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
as Edmund Reid
TV - Released: 12/30/2012

2011

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
Movie - Released: 8/31/2011

2010

Robin Hood
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Movie - Released: 5/12/2010
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
as Prior Phillip
TV - Released: 7/23/2010
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
as Logan Mountstuart
TV - Released: 11/21/2010

2009

Enid
Enid
as Hugh Pollock
Movie - Released: 11/16/2009
Movie
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/7/2009

2008

Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon
as John Birt
Movie - Released: 10/15/2008
Incendiary
Incendiary
as Terrance
Movie - Released: 1/20/2008
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes
as Gil Hollis
TV - Released: 2/7/2008
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
as Joe Miller
TV - Released: 6/30/2008
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
TV - Released: 10/26/2008

2007

Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral
as Daniel
Movie - Released: 8/17/2007
Middletown
Middletown
as Gabriel Hunter
Movie - Released: 3/2/2007
Movie
Secret Life
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Don't
Don't
Movie - Released: 4/5/2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Mr. Bean's Wedding
as Daniel
Movie - Released: 3/16/2007
Grindhouse
Grindhouse
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/6/2007
The Blair Years
The Blair Years
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/18/2007

2006

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
as Narrator
TV - Released: 9/25/2006

2005

Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
Movie - Released: 9/16/2005

2004

In My Father's Den
In My Father's Den
as Paul Prior
Movie - Released: 6/11/2004
The Hungerford Massacre
The Hungerford Massacre
as Himself (Narratior)
Movie - Released: 12/7/2004
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
as King’s Justice
Movie - Released: 2/26/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Inspector Neele
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2002

Movie
The Project
as Paul Tibbenham
Movie - Released: 11/10/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as Tom Quinn
TV - Released: 5/13/2002
The Project
The Project
as Paul Tibbenham
TV - Released: 11/10/2002

2001

Enigma
Enigma
as Cave
Movie - Released: 1/22/2001
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now
as Sir Felix Carbury
TV - Released: 11/11/2001
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
as Daniel
TV - Released: 5/10/2001

2000

Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby
as Nigel
Movie - Released: 6/2/2000

1999

Warriors
Warriors
as Pte. Alan James
Movie - Released: 11/29/1999
Warriors
Warriors
as Pte. Alan James
TV - Released: 11/20/1999

1998

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
as Hareton Earnshaw
Movie - Released: 9/11/1998

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

TV
Death by Lightning
as Charles Guiteau
TV
TV