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David Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor. He played MI5 Intelligence Officer Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks, Mr. Darcy in the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice and Daniel in the Frank Oz comedy Death at a Funeral. He also portrayed John Birt in the political drama Frost/Nixon and Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC series Ripper Street. In 2015 he starred in the Sky Living series The Enfield Haunting as Guy Lyon Playfair.
Birth Name
David Matthew Macfadyen
Born
Thursday, 17 October 1974
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deadpool & Wolverine | Paradox / Mr. Paradox | 2024 |
| The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Winner | 2024 |
| Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023 |
| Holland, Michigan | Fred | 2022 |
| Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2021 |
| Quiz | Charles Ingram | 2020 |
| The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020 |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Mr. Stahlbaum / Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deadpool & Wolverine | Paradox / Mr. Paradox | 2024 |
| The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Winner | 2024 |
| Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | 2023 |
| Holland, Michigan | Fred | 2022 |
| Operation Mincemeat | Charles Cholmondeley | 2021 |
| Quiz | Charles Ingram | 2020 |
| The Assistant | Wilcock | 2020 |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Mr. Stahlbaum / Benjamin Stahlbaum | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Succession | Tom Wambsgans | 2018 |
| The Current War | J.P. Morgan | 2018 |
| The IMDb Show | Self | 2017 |
| Howards End | Henry Wilcox | 2017 |
| Revolution: New Art For A New World | Vladimir Lenin (voice) / Vladimir Lenin | 2016 |
| Churchill's Secret | Randolph Churchill / Randolph | 2016 |
| The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music | Captain Georg von Trapp / Georg von Trapp | 2015 |
| The Last Kingdom | Lord Uhtred | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| The Enfield Haunting | Guy Lyon Playfair / Guy Playfair | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Lost in Karastan | Emil Forester | 2014 |
| If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2014 |
| 24 Hours on Earth | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Ambassadors | POD | 2013 |
| Ripper Street | Det. Insp. Edmund Reid / Edmund Reid | 2012 |
| Anna Karenina | Oblonsky | 2012 |
| The Three Musketeers | Athos | 2011 |
| Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart (Middle) / Logan Mountstuart | 2010 |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Philip / Prior Phillip | 2010 |
| Robin Hood | Sheriff of Nottingham | 2010 |
| Inside MI5: The Real Spooks | Self - Narrator | 2009 |
| Enid | Hugh Pollock | 2009 |
| Frost/Nixon | John Birt | 2008 |
| Little Dorrit | Arthur Clennam | 2008 |
| Criminal Justice | Joe Miller | 2008 |
| Ashes to Ashes | Gil Hollis | 2008 |
| Incendiary | Terrence Butcher / Terrance | 2008 |
| Death at a Funeral | Daniel | 2007 |
| Secret Life | Charlie | 2007 |
| Grindhouse | Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") / (segment "Don't") | 2007 |
| Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Self - Narrator | 2006 |
| Middletown | Gabriel Hunter | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 2005 |
| Marple | Inspector Neele | 2004 |
| In My Father's Den | Paul Prior | 2004 |
| Happy Birthday BBC Two | Self | 2004 |
| The Reckoning | King's Justice / King’s Justice | 2003 |
| MI-5 | Tom Quinn | 2002 |
| The Way We Live Now | Sir Felix Carbury | 2001 |
| Enigma | Cave | 2001 |
| Maybe Baby | Nigel | 2000 |
| Warriors | Pte. Alan James | 1999 |
| Wuthering Heights | Hareton Earnshaw | 1998 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Stonehouse | 2023 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
