Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Acting
October 17, 1974
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

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).

TV shows starring Matthew Macfadyen

Ripper Street

Edmund Reid

7.4
2012 60 min Ended
Drama Mystery Crime

Quiz

Charles Ingram

6.8
2020 47 min Ended
Drama

Howards End

Henry Wilcox

7.1
2017 55 min Ended
Drama

Little Dorrit

Arthur Clennam

7.8
2008 30 min Ended
Drama

The Enfield Haunting

Guy Lyon Playfair

6.6
2015 45 min Ended
Drama Mystery

Succession

Tom Wambsgans

8.3
2018 Ended
Drama Comedy

Spooks

Tom Quinn

7.6
2002 60 min Ended
Drama Action & Adventure Crime