Matthew Macfadyen
Known for Acting
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
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Mr. Darcy
Robin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
The Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos
Grindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky
Holland
2025
as Fred Vandergroot
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
Enigma
2001
as Cave
The Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan
Frost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
The Reckoning
2004
as King’s Justice
The Assistant
2020
as Wilcock
Maybe Baby
2000
as Nigel
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox
Wuthering Heights
1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
Middletown
2007
as Gabriel Hunter
Incendiary
2008
as Terrance