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Matthew Macfadyen profile
Actor

Matthew Macfadyen

Acting

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Acting credits

62

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

3.9

Moderate attention

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Movies: 32Series: 30Crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 15576

IMDb ID: nm0532193

Known for: Acting

Born: October 17, 1974

Age: 51

Place of birth: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 2026

Years active: 83

Average TMDB rating: 6.81

Wikidata: Q314954

Also known as

매튜 맥퍼딘 • 馬修‧麥費狄恩 • متیو مک فادین • Դևիդ Մեթյու ՄակՖադյեն • Мэттью Макфэдиен • David Matthew Macfadyen • מת'יו מקפיידן

Other jobs

Executive Producer (3)

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).

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Series

Series

Series credits linked with Matthew Macfadyen.

The Miniature Wife poster
In 6 days

The Miniature Wife

as Les • 10 eps

2026 Series
Death by Lightning poster
7.4

Death by Lightning

as Charles Guiteau • 4 eps

2025 Series
Stonehouse poster
6.3

Stonehouse

as John Stonehouse • 3 eps

2023 Series
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

as Self • 1 eps

2022 Series
Quiz poster
6.9

Quiz

as Charles Ingram • 3 eps

2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster
6.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self • 1 eps

2019 Series
Succession poster
8.3

Succession

as Tom Wambsgans • 39 eps

2018 Series
Howards End poster
6.9

Howards End

as Henry Wilcox • 4 eps

2017 Series
The Last Kingdom poster
8.2

The Last Kingdom

as Lord Uhtred • 1 eps

2015 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster
6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self • 2 eps

2015 Series
The Enfield Haunting poster
6.6

The Enfield Haunting

as Guy Lyon Playfair • 3 eps

2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster
5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest • 3 eps

2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster
5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self • 1 eps

2014 Series
Ambassadors poster
6.8

Ambassadors

as POD • 3 eps

2013 Series
Ripper Street poster
7.5

Ripper Street

as Edmund Reid • 36 eps

2012 Series
Any Human Heart poster
6.0

Any Human Heart

as Logan Mountstuart (Middle) • 4 eps

2010 Series
The Pillars of the Earth poster
7.7

The Pillars of the Earth

as Prior Phillip • 8 eps

2010 Series
Little Dorrit poster
7.8

Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam • 14 eps

2008 Series
Criminal Justice poster
7.6

Criminal Justice

as Joe Miller • 10 eps

2008 Series
Ashes to Ashes poster
7.7

Ashes to Ashes

as Gil Hollis • 1 eps

2008 Series
The Blair Years poster

The Blair Years

as Narrator • 3 eps

2007 Series
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial poster
6.0

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

as Narrator • 3 eps

2006 Series
Agatha Christie's Marple poster
7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Inspector Neele • 1 eps

2004 Series
The Project poster

The Project

as Paul Tibbenham • 2 eps

2002 Series