Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen
- Date of birth
- Age
- 52
- Place of birth
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- stage actor, film actor, television actor, actor, executive producer
- Languages
- English
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).
Education
- Oakham School
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1992–1995
Awards
- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor2010 Criminal Justice
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2022 Succession
- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor2022 Succession
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film2023 Succession
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series2023, 2024 Succession
Nominations
- British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film2005 In My Father's Den
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor2008
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2009 Frost/Nixon
- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor2010 Criminal Justice
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-23
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