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).
Acting
Movie
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
2005
Movie
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. Paradox
2024
Movie
Robin Hood
as Sheriff of Nottingham
2010
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
2011
Movie
Anna Karenina
as Oblonsky
2012
Movie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
2018
TV
The Last Kingdom
as Lord Uhtred
2015
Movie
Death at a Funeral
as Daniel
2007
Movie
Grindhouse
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
2007
TV
Succession
as Tom Wambsgans
2018
Movie
Frost/Nixon
as John Birt
2008
Movie
The Current War
as J.P. Morgan
2018
Movie
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Cholmondeley
2022
Movie
The Assistant
as Wilcock
2020
Movie
Holland
as Fred Vandergroot
2025
TV
The Pillars of the Earth
as Prior Phillip
2010
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Movie
Enigma
as Cave
2001
TV
Ripper Street
as Edmund Reid
2012
Movie
Incendiary
as Terrance
2008
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Inspector Neele
2004
TV
Spooks
as Tom Quinn
2002
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
