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Matthew Macfadyen

Acting

Born October 17, 1974 · Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Also known as 매튜 맥퍼딘 · 馬修‧麥費狄恩 · متیو مک فادین

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).

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2023
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2023
  • British Academy Television AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2022
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2022
  • British Academy Television AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010
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  • British Academy Television AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2009 · nominated
  • British Academy Television AwardBest Actor · 2008 · nominated
  • British Independent Film AwardBest Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film · 2005 · nominated

Filmography47 titles

Succession

2018as Tom Wambsgans

The Last Kingdom

2015as Lord Uhtred

Pride & Prejudice

2005as Mr. Darcy

Little Dorrit

2008as Arthur Clennam

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Inspector Neele

Ashes to Ashes

2008as Gil Hollis

Spooks

2002as Tom Quinn

The Way We Live Now

2001as Sir Felix Carbury

The Pillars of the Earth

as Prior Phillip

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024as Mr. Paradox

Criminal Justice

2008as Joe Miller

Revolution: New Art For A New World

2016as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Death by Lightning

2025as Charles Guiteau

Ripper Street

2012as Edmund Reid

The Miniature Wife

2026as Les Littlejohn

Frost/Nixon

2008as John Birt

Howards End

2017as Henry Wilcox

Grindhouse

2007as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

In My Father's Den

2004as Paul Prior

Quiz

2020as Charles Ingram

Death at a Funeral

2007as Daniel

Ambassadors

as POD

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

2024as Self - Mr. Paradox

The Current War

2017as J.P. Morgan

Anna Karenina

2012as Oblonsky

Wuthering Heights

1998as Hareton Earnshaw

The Enfield Haunting

2015as Guy Lyon Playfair

Operation Mincemeat

2021as Charles Cholmondeley

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Any Human Heart

2010as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)

Robin Hood

2010as Sheriff of Nottingham

The Reckoning

2003as King’s Justice

Stonehouse

2023as John Stonehouse

The Assistant

2019as Wilcock

Churchill's Secret

2016as Randolph Churchill

24 Hours on Earth

2014as Self - Narrator (voice)

Enigma

2001as Cave

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018as Benjamin Stahlbaum

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

as Narrator

The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

2015as Georg von Trapp

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

The Three Musketeers

2011as Athos

Holland

2025as Fred Vandergroot

Incendiary

2008as Terrance

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

Lost in Karastan

2014as Emil Forester