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Matthew Macfadyen

Acting Born Oct 17, 1974 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK 24 credits

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).

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self
Film

Deadpool & Wolverine

as Mr. Paradox

Succession

as Tom Wambsgans
Film

Pride & Prejudice

as Mr. Darcy

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • The Last Kingdom (2015) as Lord Uhtred
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) as Mr. Paradox
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
  • Succession (2018) as Tom Wambsgans
  • Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Inspector Neele
  • Spooks (2002) as Tom Quinn
  • Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Darcy
  • Ripper Street (2012) as Edmund Reid
  • Remembers… (2022) as Self
  • The Miniature Wife (2026) as Les Littlejohn
  • HBO First Look (1992) as Self
  • The Pillars of the Earth (2010) as Prior Phillip
  • Robin Hood (2010) as Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Ashes to Ashes (2008) as Gil Hollis
  • Death by Lightning (2025) as Charles Guiteau
  • The Three Musketeers (2011) as Athos
  • Little Dorrit (2008) as Arthur Clennam
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) as Benjamin Stahlbaum
  • Criminal Justice (2008) as Joe Miller
  • Grindhouse (2007) as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)