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Matthew Macfadyen

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

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).

35 Movies 31 TV Shows 66 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Holland 9th March 2025 as Fred Vandergroot
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Enid 16th November 2009 as Hugh Pollock
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Grindhouse 6th April 2007 as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
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Warriors 29th November 1999 as Pte. Alan James
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Quiz 13th April 2020 as Charles Ingram
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Spooks 13th May 2002 as Tom Quinn
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Warriors 20th November 1999 as Pte. Alan James