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Matthew Macfadyen

  • Born Oct. 17, 1974
  • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
  • 52 years old

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 …

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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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Mr. Paradox

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Mr. Darcy

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Sheriff of Nottingham

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Athos

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Oblonsky

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Benjamin Stahlbaum

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Lord Uhtred

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Daniel

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

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Tom Wambsgans

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John Birt

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J.P. Morgan

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Charles Cholmondeley

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Fred Vandergroot

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Wilcock

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Prior Phillip

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Cave

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Edmund Reid

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Terrance

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Tom Quinn

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Inspector Neele

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Guy Lyon Playfair

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King’s Justice

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Gil Hollis

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Paul Prior

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Charles Guiteau

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Nigel

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Charles Ingram

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Arthur Clennam

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Henry Wilcox

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Les Littlejohn

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Hugh Pollock

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Hareton Earnshaw

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John Stonehouse

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Pte. Alan James

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Daniel

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Joe Miller

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POD

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Randolph Churchill

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Sir Felix Carbury

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Georg von Trapp

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Daniel

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Logan Mountstuart (Middle)

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Emil Forester

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Charlie

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Vladimir Lenin (voice)

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Gabriel Hunter

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Narrator

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Private Alan James

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Paul Tibbenham

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George Smiley

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Billy Savage

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Narrator

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Paul Tibbenham

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Michael

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Self - Mr. Paradox

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Self

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Self - Narrator (voice)

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Self - Narrator (voice)

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Himself (Narratior)