Actor on record

Matthew Macfadyen

ActorBritish Cinema5 credits

49Star power

85th of 173 in British Cinema

2 films led, $201M in reported gross.

Gross led: 69
Consistency: 78
Body of work: 0
Momentum: 40
Audience rating: 8

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Born: 17 October 1974
Birthplace: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Nationality: United States
Industry: British Cinema

In their own file

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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4 of 5 credits have a verdict, together taking $1.86B. The biggest was Deadpool & Wolverine at $1.34B. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.