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).
35 movies · 31 shows
Holland
2025·5.4
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024·6.7
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024·7.6
Operation Mincemeat
2022·6.5
The Craft Behind Succession
2020·9.0
The Assistant
2020·6.3
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018·6.1
The Current War
2018·6.7
Revolution: New Art for a New World
2017·7.5
Churchill's Secret
2016·6.3
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015·5.9
Lost in Karastan
2014·4.6
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
2014·0.0
24 Hours on Earth
2014·6.3
Anna Karenina
2012·6.7
The Three Musketeers
2011·5.8
Robin Hood
2010·6.4
Inside MI5: The Real Spooks
2009·0.0
Enid
2009·6.4
Frost/Nixon
2008·7.3
Incendiary
2008·5.4
Death at a Funeral
2007·6.9
Secret Life
2007·6.6
Grindhouse
2007·7.0
Mr. Bean's Wedding
2007·7.1
Middletown
2007·4.8
Pride & Prejudice
2005·8.1
The Hungerford Massacre
2004·0.0
In My Father's Den
2004·7.0
The Reckoning
2004·6.4
The Project
2002·0.0
Enigma
2001·6.3
Maybe Baby
2000·5.4
Warriors
1999·6.9
Wuthering Heights
1998·6.7