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).

Filmography

• The Miniature Wife — Les Littlejohn, Executive Producer
• Death by Lightning — Charles Guiteau
• 2025Holland — Fred Vandergroot
• 2024Deadpool & Wolverine — Mr. Paradox
• Stonehouse — John Stonehouse, Executive Producer
• 2022Operation Mincemeat — Charles Cholmondeley
• Quiz — Charles Ingram
• 2020The Assistant — Wilcock
• Succession — Tom Wambsgans
• 2018The Current War — J.P. Morgan
• 2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms — Benjamin Stahlbaum
• Howards End — Henry Wilcox
• 2017Revolution: New Art for a New World — Vladimir Lenin (voice)
• 2016Churchill's Secret — Randolph Churchill
• The Enfield Haunting — Guy Lyon Playfair
• The Last Kingdom — Lord Uhtred
• 2015The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music — Georg von Trapp
• 2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Lost in Karastan — Emil Forester
• Ambassadors — POD
• 2012Anna Karenina — Oblonsky
• Ripper Street — Edmund Reid
• 2011The Three Musketeers — Athos
• Any Human Heart — Logan Mountstuart (Middle)
• 2010Robin Hood — Sheriff of Nottingham
• The Pillars of the Earth — Prior Phillip
• 2009Enid — Hugh Pollock
• Ashes to Ashes — Gil Hollis
• Criminal Justice — Joe Miller
• 2008Frost/Nixon — John Birt
• 2008Incendiary — Terrance
• Little Dorrit — Arthur Clennam
• 2007Death at a Funeral — Daniel
• 2007Grindhouse — Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
• 2007Middletown — Gabriel Hunter
• 2007Mr. Bean's Wedding — Daniel
• 2007Secret Life — Charlie
• The Blair Years — Narrator
• Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial — Narrator
• 2005Pride & Prejudice — Mr. Darcy
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Inspector Neele
• 2004In My Father's Den — Paul Prior
• 2004The Reckoning — King’s Justice
• Spooks — Tom Quinn
• 2002The Project — Paul Tibbenham
• The Project — Paul Tibbenham
• 2001Enigma — Cave
• Perfect Strangers — Daniel
• The Way We Live Now — Sir Felix Carbury
• 2000Maybe Baby — Nigel
• 1999Warriors — Pte. Alan James
• Warriors — Private Alan James
• 1998Wuthering Heights — Hareton Earnshaw
• Legacy of Spies — George Smiley, Executive Producer
• Séance on a Wet Afternoon — Billy Savage, Executive Producer
• You Are Here — Michael, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (12)

• Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions — Self
• 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine — Self - Mr. Paradox
• Remembers… — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• 201424 Hours on Earth — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2009Inside MI5: The Real Spooks — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2004The Hungerford Massacre — Himself (Narratior)
• HBO First Look — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee