
Matthew Macfadyen
CountryUnited Kingdom 
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 17, 1974
BiographyDavid 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 gained wider recognition for playing Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA TV Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Macfadyen made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series Spooks (2002–2004, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–2016). For his role in Criminal Justice (2009), he received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in various miniseries playing roles such as Henry Wilcox in Howards End (2017), Charles Ingram in Quiz (2020), John Stonehouse in Stonehouse (2023) and Charles J. Guiteau in Death by Lightning (2025).
In film, Macfadyen is known for his roles in Death at a Funeral (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Anna Karenina (2012), The Assistant (2019), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). In 2024, he played Mr. Paradox in the superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Macfadyen made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series Spooks (2002–2004, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–2016). For his role in Criminal Justice (2009), he received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in various miniseries playing roles such as Henry Wilcox in Howards End (2017), Charles Ingram in Quiz (2020), John Stonehouse in Stonehouse (2023) and Charles J. Guiteau in Death by Lightning (2025).
In film, Macfadyen is known for his roles in Death at a Funeral (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Anna Karenina (2012), The Assistant (2019), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). In 2024, he played Mr. Paradox in the superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Matthew Macfadyen. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

The Miniature Wife
as Les

Any Human Heart
as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)

Death by Lightning
as Charles Guiteau

Howards End
as Henry Wilcox

Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
as Narrator

Perfect Strangers
as Daniel

Quiz
as Major Charles Ingram

Ripper Street
as Det. Insp. Edmund Reid

Spooks
as Tom Quinn

Stonehouse
as John Stonehouse

Succession
as Tom Wambsgans

The Enfield Haunting
as Guy Lyon Playfair

The Last Kingdom
as Lord Uhtred

The Pillars of the Earth
as Prior Philip

The Way We Live Now
as Sir Felix Carbury

Warriors
as Private Alan James
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