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Aliases: 매튜 맥퍼딘 , Мэттью Макфэдиен , 馬修‧麥費狄恩 , متیو مک فادین

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

The Last Kingdom
Average
8

The Last Kingdom

(2015) Lord Uhtred
Succession
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8

Succession

(2018) Tom Wambsgans
Ripper Street
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7

Ripper Street

(2012) Edmund Reid
The Pillars of the Earth
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8

The Pillars of the Earth

(2010) Prior Phillip
Spooks
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8

Spooks

(2002) Tom Quinn
Pride & Prejudice
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8

Pride & Prejudice

(2005) Fitzwilliam Darcy
Robin Hood
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6

Robin Hood

(2010) Sheriff of Nottingham
The Three Musketeers
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6

The Three Musketeers

(2011) Athos

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
2023 John Stonehouse
2022 Charles Cholmondeley
2020 Charles Ingram
Wilcock
2018 Benjamin Stahlbaum
Tom Wambsgans
J.P. Morgan
2017 Henry Wilcox
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
2016 Randolph Churchill
2015 Georg von Trapp
Lord Uhtred
Self
Guy Lyon Playfair
2014 Emil Forester
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Self
2013 POD
2012 Edmund Reid
Stiva Oblonsky
2011 Athos
2010 Logan Mountstuart
Prior Phillip
Sheriff of Nottingham
2009 Hugh Pollock
2008 Arthur Clennam
John Birt
Joe Miller
Gil Hollis
Terrance
2007 Daniel
Charlie
Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
N/A
Daniel
2006 Narrator
N/A
2005 Fitzwilliam Darcy
2004 Himself (Narratior)
Paul Prior
King’s Justice
2002 Paul Tibbenham
Paul Tibbenham
Tom Quinn
2001 Sir Felix Carbury
Daniel
Cave
2000 Nigel
1999 Pte. Alan James
Pte. Alan James
1998 Hareton Earnshaw
Fred
Year Character Movie/Tv

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