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Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

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

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Highest rated as cast or director

Matthew Macfadyen's 7 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 80, led by Pride & Prejudice (81) and Little Dorrit (81), against 72 for those from the 2020s.

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).

Acted in 48

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    Benjamin Stahlbaum

    48

  2. Succession

    Tom Wambsgans · 39 episodes

    87

  3. The Current War

    J.P. Morgan

    57
  4. 2017

    Howards End

    Henry Wilcox · 4 episodes

  5. Revolution: New Art for a New World

    Vladimir Lenin (voice)

  6. 2016

    Churchill's Secret

    Randolph Churchill

  7. 2015

    The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

    Georg von Trapp

  8. The Last Kingdom

    Lord Uhtred · 1 episode

    84

  9. The Enfield Haunting

    Guy Lyon Playfair · 3 episodes

  10. 2014

    Lost in Karastan

    Emil Forester

  11. 2013

    Ambassadors

    POD · 3 episodes

  12. 2012

    Ripper Street

    Edmund Reid · 36 episodes

    79

  13. Anna Karenina

    Oblonsky

    65
  14. 2011

    The Three Musketeers

    Athos

    46
  15. 2010

    Any Human Heart

    Logan Mountstuart (Middle) · 4 episodes

    74

  16. The Pillars of the Earth

    Prior Phillip · 8 episodes

    79

  17. Robin Hood

    Sheriff of Nottingham

    58

2000s

  1. 2009

    Enid

    Hugh Pollock

  2. 2008

    Little Dorrit

    Arthur Clennam · 14 episodes

    81

  3. Frost/Nixon

    John Birt

    80

  4. Criminal Justice

    Joe Miller · 10 episodes

    76

  5. Ashes to Ashes

    Gil Hollis · 1 episode

    80

  6. Incendiary

    Terrance

    47
  7. 2007

    Death at a Funeral

    Daniel

    71

  8. Grindhouse

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

  9. Mr. Bean's Wedding

    Daniel

  10. Middletown

    Gabriel Hunter

  11. 2005

    Pride & Prejudice

    Mr. Darcy

    81
  12. 2004

    Agatha Christie's Marple

    Inspector Neele · 1 episode

    79

  13. In My Father's Den

    Paul Prior

    80

  14. The Reckoning

    King’s Justice

  15. 2002

    The Project

    Paul Tibbenham · 2 episodes

  16. Spooks

    Tom Quinn · 19 episodes

    81
  17. 2001

    The Way We Live Now

    Sir Felix Carbury · 4 episodes

  18. Perfect Strangers

    Daniel · 3 episodes

  19. Enigma

    Cave

    65
  20. 2000

    Maybe Baby

    Nigel

1990s

  1. 1999

    Warriors

    Pte. Alan James

    78

  2. Warriors

    Private Alan James · 2 episodes

  3. 1998

    Wuthering Heights

    Hareton Earnshaw

Produced 2

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Miniature Wife

    Executive Producer

    64
  2. 2023

    Stonehouse

    Executive Producer

Appearances13

2000s

  1. 2009

    Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  2. 2007

    The Blair Years

    Narrator · 3 episodes

  3. 2006

    Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

    Narrator · 3 episodes

  4. 2004

    The Hungerford Massacre

    Himself (Narratior)