Matthew Macfadyen

Born: 1974-10-17

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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Deadpool & Wolverine

as Paradox
Released: 2024-07-24

Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.

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Pride & Prejudice

as Fitzwilliam Darcy
Released: 2005-09-16

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is...

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The Three Musketeers

as Athos
Released: 2011-08-31

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck...

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Robin Hood

as Sheriff of Nottingham
Released: 2010-05-12

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's...

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

as Benjamin Stahlbaum
Released: 2018-10-26

When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret...

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Grindhouse

as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Released: 2007-04-06

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors...

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as Oblonsky
Released: 2012-09-06

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother....

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as Charles Cholmondeley
Released: 2022-04-01

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to...

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Enigma

as Cave
Released: 2001-01-22

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans...

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The Current War

as J.P. Morgan
Released: 2018-02-01

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system...

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as Daniel
Released: 2007-08-17

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few...

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The Assistant

as Wilcock
Released: 2020-01-31

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her...

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Incendiary

as Terrance
Released: 2008-01-20

A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at...

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as John Birt
Released: 2008-10-15

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the...

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The Reckoning

as King’s Justice
Released: 2004-02-26

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in...

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Maybe Baby

as Nigel
Released: 2000-06-02

Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers,...

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In My Father's Den

as Paul Prior
Released: 2004-10-07

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due...

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Wuthering Heights

as Hareton Earnshaw
Released: 1998-09-11

Gipsy boy Heathcliffe is adopted by a god-fearing landowner in northern England and grows up as...

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Don't

as uncredited
Released: 2007-04-05

In 2007, Wright directed a fake trailer insert for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's...

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Churchill's Secret

as Randolph Churchill
Released: 2016-02-29

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept...

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The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

as Georg von Trapp
Released: 2015-11-12

Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles...

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Enid

as Hugh Pollock
Released: 2009-11-16

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century....

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Lost in Karastan

as Emil Forester
Released: 2014-08-23

Washed up British film director, Emil, who is invited by a nascent state to make a national Epic...

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Holland, Michigan

as Fred Vandergroot
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A Midwestern schoolteacher begins to suspect that her husband’s cheating on her, so she enlists...

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Warriors

as Pte. Alan James
Released: 1999-11-29

If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of...

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Revolution: New Art for a New World

as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Released: 2017-03-08

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary...

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Mr. Bean's Wedding

as Daniel
Released: 2007-03-16

In this Comic Relief sketch, the lovable yet clumsy Mr. Bean finds himself at the wedding of an...

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24 Hours on Earth

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2014-04-21

The changing position of the sun in the sky affects the behaviour of animals and plants across...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Spooks

as Tom Quinn
First aired: 2002-05-13

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they...

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The Last Kingdom

as Lord Uhtred
First aired: 2015-10-10

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion,...

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Succession

as Tom Wambsgans
First aired: 2018-06-03

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father...

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Ripper Street

as Edmund Reid
First aired: 2012-12-30

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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Ashes to Ashes

as Gil Hollis
First aired: 2008-02-07

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex...

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The Pillars of the Earth

as Prior Phillip
First aired: 2010-07-23

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous,...

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Criminal Justice

as Joe Miller
First aired: 2008-06-30

Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen...

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Stonehouse

as John Stonehouse
First aired: 2023-01-02

Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying...

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Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam
First aired: 2008-10-26

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who...

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Quiz

as Charles Ingram
First aired: 2020-04-13

The story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal in the early...

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Howards End

as Henry Wilcox
First aired: 2017-11-12

The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three...

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Any Human Heart

as Logan Mountstuart
First aired: 2010-11-21

Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to...

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Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

as Narrator
First aired: 2006-09-25

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, is a BBC documentary film series consisting of three one-hour films...

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The Way We Live Now

as Sir Felix Carbury
First aired: 2001-11-11

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks...

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Ambassadors

as POD
First aired: 2013-10-23

Comedy-drama series set in the fictional Central Asian Republic of Tazbekistan where newly...

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The Enfield Haunting

as Guy Lyon Playfair
First aired: 2015-05-03

A three part dramatization of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an...

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Perfect Strangers

as Daniel
First aired: 2001-05-10

A darkly comic tale of a young man who comes face to face with his huge family - a variety of...

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Warriors

as Pte. Alan James
First aired: 1999-11-20

The series tells the story of a group of British peacekeepers serving in a peacekeeping...

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