Matthew Macfadyen
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).
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).
Known for
![Deadpool & Wolverine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8cdWjvZQUExUUTzyp4t6EDMubfO.jpg)
Deadpool & Wolverine
![Stonehouse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7xmnEX695cnHmug9biL9J28IW8l.jpg)
Stonehouse
![Operation Mincemeat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tfdfh1mK24VujxT5z11732asxdR.jpg)
Operation Mincemeat
![Quiz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yCHBUpRwtRpGuIRy0bMGSc5Xd1I.jpg)
Quiz
![The Assistant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zJpJkVgezsR7dp6KQwyxtGIAOZv.jpg)
The Assistant
![The Nutcracker and the Four Realms](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dstJBuMSteaUrM0DnBYEiWikyHW.jpg)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
![Succession](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7HW47XbkNQ5fiwQFYGWdw9gs144.jpg)
Succession
![The Current War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eqTjO8yTaPRSKWj7i6Qnr7R5cls.jpg)
The Current War
![Howards End](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ixhPFHnwuYZT0D9UPcE9tyZ8uNU.jpg)
Howards End
![Revolution: New Art for a New World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q0ncL1ZIXyN4AVa2snjT7ndsOP7.jpg)
Revolution: New Art for a New World
![Churchill's Secret](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1N53Kw74mGfa8LhBtrpFLhg3lXm.jpg)
Churchill's Secret
![The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/62Zm67du0RNALUmBFkSjAAWnEof.jpg)
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
![The Last Kingdom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8eJf0hxgIhE6QSxbtuNCekTddy1.jpg)
The Last Kingdom
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![The Enfield Haunting](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qwB262cW73Gro2nG3GoRI8ePm5c.jpg)
The Enfield Haunting
![Lost in Karastan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zeEoGl9Y8UmOVlBHSRD2d9EFiAM.jpg)
Lost in Karastan
![24 Hours on Earth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3xHOXuG9nScqmCkieY1WJVEpKF2.jpg)
24 Hours on Earth
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![Ambassadors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/39Qf3G9gnTHz6Bmi8CKxV2uj378.jpg)
Ambassadors
![Ripper Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6w8yKYsA7RkuyauW224kBZQebFt.jpg)
Ripper Street
![Anna Karenina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2DvjkCbmlg8sbBHZKUZvYPgsT5V.jpg)
Anna Karenina
![The Three Musketeers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/woCADkkDIIKrOMEokbFOEsAYtUa.jpg)
The Three Musketeers
![Any Human Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fHvkvAEaB33dRdQTt3VYRrv1scR.jpg)
Any Human Heart
![The Pillars of the Earth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/952uUaNc6zJbb0rXSwFPskp2SKY.jpg)
The Pillars of the Earth
![Robin Hood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9NS5QGOfck24yL3bZqWeW06PgPC.jpg)
Robin Hood
![Enid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lDlgMqpWrZ6w3MAFi3I1JPubuu9.jpg)
Enid
![Little Dorrit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pox8YkiW2T3YHnBcH9UGqlvY5XV.jpg)
Little Dorrit
![Frost/Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nLrRrHZQ40tWqLTY3kxgS4x7GUw.jpg)
Frost/Nixon
![Criminal Justice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b9eHNNoUGju7P5Q2Ez5Kxu4fzst.jpg)
Criminal Justice
![Ashes to Ashes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ky35fNxJQkO9bCwB010pB4brTL3.jpg)
Ashes to Ashes
![Incendiary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jJWBiaN0nCRdbKpFKEkUIZe3Q6b.jpg)
Incendiary
![Death at a Funeral](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xyTxrJnjbSJQzcbKIP6S1uqLuxy.jpg)
Death at a Funeral
![Grindhouse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2nNIpWY4rVbTp3GH3cPYNrObYBV.jpg)
Grindhouse
![Don't](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vnIuXqa2Mv3DZQCNjPs4Xo30q18.jpg)
Don't
![Mr. Bean's Wedding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2r1Rl1NpsBd6C5ebUzaGXhOxo57.jpg)
Mr. Bean's Wedding
![Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cntxrCx1QjH4ldSoCl8LoyyyXWP.jpg)
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
![Pride & Prejudice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sGjIvtVvTlWnia2zfJfHz81pZ9Q.jpg)
Pride & Prejudice
![In My Father's Den](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tnFvXenEmwfESsw401SE6N9oFQp.jpg)
In My Father's Den
![The Reckoning](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nb5Lc8hm0tPsa9GfLoyLadGm6k9.jpg)
The Reckoning
![Spooks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5kODxCYihuM49oQWke6GfHdsRT6.jpg)
Spooks
![The Way We Live Now](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lfPRBOrtKDT9bM70OQ2iSvE0BKH.jpg)
The Way We Live Now
![Perfect Strangers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qeDYCGOnjUNQSCmwPz43EXFz07t.jpg)
Perfect Strangers
![Enigma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7gBFkDYBqvSzrPOWlpGTXRp97NQ.jpg)
Enigma
![Maybe Baby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4PLm3BZiOXhDIbbqH8ipVyPVA1M.jpg)
Maybe Baby
![Warriors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqENfL9QIfjyLK6A2G532KNJSJa.jpg)
Warriors
![Warriors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqENfL9QIfjyLK6A2G532KNJSJa.jpg)
Warriors
![Wuthering Heights](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3uwMlqPn3bwkAWs0pAeG93J9jOJ.jpg)
Wuthering Heights
![Golden Globe Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kwPQHGHTTgJ8x5KTQDB8F2T4dzC.jpg)
Golden Globe Awards