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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-10-17 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Also Known As

매튜 맥퍼딘

馬修‧麥費狄恩

متیو مک فادین

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Мэттью Макфэдиен

David Matthew Macfadyen

متیو مک‌فادین

Matthew Macfadyen

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).

Known For

Acting

In My Father's Den

2004

In My Father's Den

as

Paul Prior

Death at a Funeral

2007

Death at a Funeral

as

Daniel

Enigma

2001

Enigma

as

Cave

Pride & Prejudice

2005

Pride & Prejudice

as

Mr. Darcy

Robin Hood

2010

Robin Hood

as

Sheriff of Nottingham

Warriors

1999

Warriors

as

Pte. Alan James

Holland

2025

Holland

as

Fred Vandergroot

Frost/Nixon

2008

Frost/Nixon

as

John Birt

The Hungerford Massacre

2004

The Hungerford Massacre

as

Himself (Narratior)

Maybe Baby

2000

Maybe Baby

as

Nigel

Enid

2009

Enid

as

Hugh Pollock

Incendiary

2008

Incendiary

as

Terrance

Middletown

2007

Middletown

as

Gabriel Hunter

Anna Karenina

2012

Anna Karenina

as

Oblonsky

Secret Life

2007

Secret Life

as

Charlie

The Reckoning

2004

The Reckoning

as

King’s Justice

Lost in Karastan

2014

Lost in Karastan

as

Emil Forester

The Project

2002

The Project

as

Paul Tibbenham

Churchill's Secret

2016

Churchill's Secret

as

Randolph Churchill

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Deadpool & Wolverine

as

Mr. Paradox

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

as

Benjamin Stahlbaum

The Current War

2018

The Current War

as

J.P. Morgan

Wuthering Heights

1998

Wuthering Heights

as

Hareton Earnshaw

Revolution: New Art for a New World

2017

Revolution: New Art for a New World

as

Vladimir Lenin (voice)

24 Hours on Earth

2014

24 Hours on Earth

as

Narrator (voice)

The Assistant

2020

The Assistant

as

Wilcock

Mr. Bean's Wedding

2007

Mr. Bean's Wedding

as

Daniel

Operation Mincemeat

2022

Operation Mincemeat

as

Charles Cholmondeley

Grindhouse

2007

Grindhouse

as

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

Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

2009

Inside MI5: The Real Spooks

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Superiors

The Superiors

as

Arthur Bright

Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes

as

Gil Hollis

Spooks

Spooks

as

Tom Quinn

Warriors

Warriors

as

Pte. Alan James

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

as

Joe Miller

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

as

Sir Felix Carbury

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

as

Arthur Clennam

Any Human Heart

Any Human Heart

as

Logan Mountstuart

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as

Edmund Reid

The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting

as

Guy Lyon Playfair

The Project

The Project

as

Paul Tibbenham

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

as

John Stonehouse

Howards End

Howards End

as

Henry Wilcox

Succession

Succession

as

Tom Wambsgans

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom

as

Lord Uhtred

Death by Lightning

Death by Lightning

as

Charles Guiteau

Quiz

Quiz

as

Charles Ingram

The Blair Years

The Blair Years

as

Narrator

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as

Inspector Neele

Production

Crew

Directing