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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314954
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Filmography (Movies)
Holland
Character:Fred Vandergroot
Release Date:09/03/2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Character:Self - Mr. Paradox
Release Date:11/11/2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Character:Mr. Paradox
Release Date:24/07/2024
Operation Mincemeat
Character:Charles Cholmondeley
Release Date:01/04/2022
The Assistant
Character:Wilcock
Release Date:31/01/2020
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Character:Benjamin Stahlbaum
Release Date:26/10/2018
The Current War
Character:J.P. Morgan
Release Date:01/02/2018
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Character:Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Release Date:08/03/2017
Churchill's Secret
Character:Randolph Churchill
Release Date:29/02/2016
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Character:Georg von Trapp
Release Date:12/11/2015
Lost in Karastan
Character:Emil Forester
Release Date:23/08/2014
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/06/2014
24 Hours on Earth
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:21/04/2014
Anna Karenina
Character:Oblonsky
Release Date:06/09/2012
The Three Musketeers
Character:Athos
Release Date:31/08/2011
Robin Hood
Character:Sheriff of Nottingham
Release Date:12/05/2010
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/12/2009
Enid
Character:Hugh Pollock
Release Date:16/11/2009
Frost/Nixon
Character:John Birt
Release Date:15/10/2008
Incendiary
Character:Terrance
Release Date:20/01/2008
Death at a Funeral
Character:Daniel
Release Date:17/08/2007
Secret Life
Character:Charlie
Release Date:19/04/2007
Grindhouse
Character:Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Release Date:06/04/2007
Mr. Bean's Wedding
Character:Daniel
Release Date:16/03/2007
Middletown
Character:Gabriel Hunter
Release Date:02/03/2007
Pride & Prejudice
Character:Mr. Darcy
Release Date:16/09/2005
The Hungerford Massacre
Character:Himself (Narratior)
Release Date:07/12/2004
In My Father's Den
Character:Paul Prior
Release Date:11/06/2004
The Reckoning
Character:King’s Justice
Release Date:26/02/2004
The Project
Character:Paul Tibbenham
Release Date:10/11/2002
Enigma
Character:Cave
Release Date:22/01/2001
Maybe Baby
Character:Nigel
Release Date:02/06/2000
Warriors
Character:Pte. Alan James
Release Date:29/11/1999
Wuthering Heights
Character:Hareton Earnshaw
Release Date:11/09/1998
Television Appearances
Death by Lightning
Character:Charles Guiteau
Stonehouse
Character:John Stonehouse
Quiz
Character:Charles Ingram
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Succession
Character:Tom Wambsgans
Howards End
Character:Henry Wilcox
The Last Kingdom
Character:Lord Uhtred
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Enfield Haunting
Character:Guy Lyon Playfair
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Ambassadors
Character:POD
Ripper Street
Character:Edmund Reid
Any Human Heart
Character:Logan Mountstuart
The Pillars of the Earth
Character:Prior Phillip
Little Dorrit
Character:Arthur Clennam
Criminal Justice
Character:Joe Miller
Ashes to Ashes
Character:Gil Hollis
The Blair Years
Character:Narrator
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Character:Narrator
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Inspector Neele
The Project
Character:Paul Tibbenham
Spooks
Character:Tom Quinn
The Way We Live Now
Character:Sir Felix Carbury
Perfect Strangers
Character:Daniel
Warriors
Character:Pte. Alan James
HBO First Look
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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