Matthew Macfadyen

David Matthew Macfadyen (/məkˈfædiən/; 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) for which he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Best Newcomer. He currently stars as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018-present) for which he has received a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Macfayden 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 ...