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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 2024 · 7.0 Pride & Prejudice 2005 · 7.8 Succession 2018 · 8.8 Robin Hood 2010 · 6.6 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018 · 5.4 Death at a Funeral 2007 · 7.3 The Assistant 2020 · 6.8 Frost/Nixon 2008 · 7.6 The Three Musketeers 2011 · 5.7 Anna Karenina 2012 · 6.6 Holland 2025 · 4.5 The Current War 2018 · 6.4 Operation Mincemeat 2022 · 6.4 The Pillars of the Earth 2010 · 8.0 MI-5 2015 · 6.1 Ripper Street 2013 · 8.1 Enigma 2001 · 6.4 Death by Lightning 2025 · 7.7 Incendiary 2008 · 5.8 In My Father's Den 2004 · 7.4 Howards End 2018 · 7.2 Maybe Baby 2000 · 5.6 The Enfield Haunting 2015 · 7.0 Stonehouse 2023 · 6.8 Churchill's Secret 2016 · 6.8 The Miniature Wife 2026 · 6.1 The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music 2015 · 6.4