David Matthew Macfadyen (/məkˈfædiən/; 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 rose to international fame for his role as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he received two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe 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). For his role in Criminal Justice (2009) he received a BAFTA Television Award. He also starred in various miniseries playing roles such as Henry Wilcox in Howards End (2017), Charles Ingram in Quiz (2020), and John Stonehouse in Stonehouse (2023).
David MatthewMacfadyen (/məkˈfædiən/; born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence...
Samuel Insull, alongside Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, MatthewMacfadyen and Damien Molony. Announced in May 2012, Gomez-Rejon was confirmed...
television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring MatthewMacfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889...
ensemble cast including Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, MatthewMacfadyen, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Hiam Abbass, Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold...
as the main cast. The final episode includes a cameo appearance of MatthewMacfadyen, who headlined the first two years of the show. Ratings for the series...
key. The film stars Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, MatthewMacfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman...
Myles was almost two years old; they divorced in 2004. She married MatthewMacfadyen, her co-star in Spooks, in November 2004 and their daughter was born...
and Tessa Phillips is running phantom agents for monetary gain. MatthewMacfadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner...
series finished on 17 May 2015 after the third and last episode aired. MatthewMacfadyen played Guy Lyon Playfair, an experienced but sceptical investigator...
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