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).

Known For

The Miniature Wife 2026 ★ 7.1
Death by Lightning 2025 ★ 7.3
Holland 2025 ★ 5.4
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 ★ 7.6
Operation Mincemeat 2022 ★ 6.5
Succession 2018 ★ 8.3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018 ★ 6.1
The Current War 2018 ★ 6.7
The Last Kingdom 2015 ★ 8.3
Ripper Street 2012 ★ 7.4
Anna Karenina 2012 ★ 6.7
The Three Musketeers 2011 ★ 5.8
Robin Hood 2010 ★ 6.4
The Pillars of the Earth 2010 ★ 7.7
Any Human Heart 2010 ★ 6.4
Ashes to Ashes 2008 ★ 7.7
Little Dorrit 2008 ★ 7.9
Frost/Nixon 2008 ★ 7.3
Criminal Justice 2008 ★ 7.6
Grindhouse 2007 ★ 7.0
Death at a Funeral 2007 ★ 6.9
Pride & Prejudice 2005 ★ 8.1
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004 ★ 7.8
Spooks 2002 ★ 7.7