Acting · Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK · Born October 17, 1974
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).
TVThe Miniature Wife
2026
as Les Littlejohn
TVBehind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026
as Himself
TVDeath by Lightning
2025
as Charles Guiteau
MovieHolland
2025
as Fred Vandergroot
MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Mr. Paradox
MovieDeadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Mr. Paradox
TVStonehouse
2023
as John Stonehouse
TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
MovieOperation Mincemeat
2022
as Charles Cholmondeley
MovieThe Craft Behind Succession
2020
as Tom Wambsgans
TVQuiz
2020
as Charles Ingram
MovieThe Assistant
2020
as Wilcock
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Benjamin Stahlbaum
TVSuccession
2018
as Tom Wambsgans
MovieThe Current War
2018
as J.P. Morgan
TVHowards End
2017
as Henry Wilcox
MovieRevolution: New Art for a New World
2017
as Vladimir Lenin (voice)
MovieChurchill's Secret
2016
as Randolph Churchill
MovieThe von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
as Georg von Trapp
TVThe Last Kingdom
2015
as Lord Uhtred
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVThe Enfield Haunting
2015
as Guy Lyon Playfair
MovieLost in Karastan
2014
as Emil Forester
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Movie24 Hours on Earth
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVAmbassadors
2013
as POD
TVRipper Street
2012
as Edmund Reid
MovieAnna Karenina
2012
as Oblonsky
MovieThe Three Musketeers
2011
as Athos
TVAny Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
TVThe Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Prior Phillip
MovieRobin Hood
2010
as Sheriff of Nottingham
MovieInside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieEnid
2009
as Hugh Pollock
TVLittle Dorrit
2008
as Arthur Clennam
MovieFrost/Nixon
2008
as John Birt
TVCriminal Justice
2008
as Joe Miller
TVAshes to Ashes
2008
as Gil Hollis
MovieIncendiary
2008
as Terrance
TVThe Blair Years
2007
as Narrator
MovieDeath at a Funeral
2007
as Daniel
Secret Life
2007
as Charlie
MovieGrindhouse
2007
as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
MovieMr. Bean's Wedding
2007
as Daniel
MovieMiddletown
2007
as Gabriel Hunter
TVNuremberg: Nazis on Trial
2006
as Narrator
MoviePride & Prejudice
2005
as Mr. Darcy
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Inspector Neele
MovieThe Hungerford Massacre
2004
as Himself (Narratior)
MovieIn My Father's Den
2004
as Paul Prior
MovieThe Reckoning
2004
as King’s Justice
The Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
TVThe Project
2002
as Paul Tibbenham
TVSpooks
2002
as Tom Quinn
TVThe Way We Live Now
2001
as Sir Felix Carbury
TVPerfect Strangers
2001
as Daniel
MovieEnigma
2001
as Cave
MovieMaybe Baby
2000
as Nigel
MovieWarriors
1999
as Pte. Alan James
TVWarriors
1999
as Private Alan James
MovieWuthering Heights
1998
as Hareton Earnshaw
TVHBO First Look
1992
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieSéance on a Wet Afternoon
Legacy of Spies
as George Smiley
