born 1974 · Acting
best title · #33 on siteSuccession2018 · as Tom Wambsgans · series78.7Honors
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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
ranked on this site2020s4 titles
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Death by Lightning2025 · as Charles Guiteau · series63.9D
Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Mr. Paradox70.0S
Stonehouse2023 · as John Stonehouse · series63.0Q
Quiz2020 · as Charles Ingram · series63.02010s6 titles
SSuccession2018 · as Tom Wambsgans · series78.7H
Howards End2017 · as Henry Wilcox · series63.4E
The Enfield Haunting2015 · as Guy Playfair · series62.1R
Ripper Street2012 · as Det. Insp. Edmund Reid · series65.8A
Any Human Heart2010 · as Logan Mountstuart (Middle) · series63.9P
The Pillars of the Earth2010 · as Philip · series63.02000s8 titles
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Frost/Nixon2008 · as John Birt75.1L
Little Dorrit2008 · as Arthur Clennam · series64.3D
Death at a Funeral2007 · as Daniel61.0N
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial2006 · as Self - Narrator · series64.0P
Pride & Prejudice2005 · as Mr. Darcy76.2I
In My Father's Den2004 · as Paul Prior56.9P
Perfect Strangers2001 · as Daniel · series64.2W
The Way We Live Now2001 · as Sir Felix Carbury · series64.2