
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).

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944

Agatha Christie's Marple
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Succession
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Spooks
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The Last Kingdom
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Deadpool & Wolverine
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Ripper Street
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HBO First Look
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Remembers…
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Pride & Prejudice
MOVIE • 2005

Ashes to Ashes
TV • 2008

The Pillars of the Earth
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Death by Lightning
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Stonehouse
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