Matthew Macfadyen

Known for

Acting

Born

October 17, 1974 (age 51)

Birthplace

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

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 (...

Best known work

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Pride & Prejudice

2005

Robin Hood

2010

The Three Musketeers

2011

Anna Karenina

2012

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

The Last Kingdom

2015

Death at a Funeral

2007

Grindhouse

2007

Succession

2018

Filmography

TBA
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
as Billy Savage, Executive Producer
TBA
Legacy of SpiesTV
as George Smiley (1 episode), Executive Producer
TBA
You Are HereTV
as Michael (1 episode), Executive Producer
2026
The Miniature WifeTV
as Les Littlejohn (10 episodes), Executive Producer
2025
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio EditionsTV
as Self (1 episode)
2025
Death by LightningTV
as Charles Guiteau (4 episodes)
2025
Holland
as Fred Vandergroot
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
as Self - Mr. Paradox
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Mr. Paradox
2023
StonehouseTV
as John Stonehouse (3 episodes), Executive Producer
2022
Remembers…TV
as Self (1 episode)
2022
Operation Mincemeat
as Charles Cholmondeley
2020
QuizTV
as Charles Ingram (3 episodes)
2020
The Assistant
as Wilcock
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
2018
SuccessionTV
as Tom Wambsgans (39 episodes)
2018
The Current War
as J.P. Morgan
2017
Howards EndTV
as Henry Wilcox (4 episodes)
2017
Revolution: New Art for a New World
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
2016
Churchill's Secret
as Randolph Churchill
2015
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
as Georg von Trapp
2015
The Last KingdomTV
as Lord Uhtred (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
as Self (1 episode), as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
The Enfield HauntingTV
as Guy Lyon Playfair (3 episodes)