Matthew Macfadyen
Born October 17, 1974 (Age: 51)
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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 (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).
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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Filmography
Holland
2025
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as Fred Vandergroot
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Age: 50
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
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as Mr. Paradox
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Age: 49
The Assistant
2020
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as Wilcock
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Age: 45
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
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as Benjamin Stahlbaum
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Age: 44
The Current War
2018
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as J.P. Morgan
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Age: 43
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
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as Georg von Trapp
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Age: 41
Lost in Karastan
2014
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as Emil Forester
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Age: 39
Anna Karenina
2012
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as Oblonsky
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Age: 37
The Three Musketeers
2011
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as Athos
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Age: 36
Robin Hood
2010
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as Sheriff of Nottingham
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Age: 35
Frost/Nixon
2008
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as John Birt
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Age: 33
Death at a Funeral
2007
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as Daniel
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Age: 32
Pride & Prejudice
2005
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as Mr. Darcy
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Age: 30
Enigma
2001
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as Cave
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Age: 26
Maybe Baby
2000
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as Nigel
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Age: 25