{{Short description|English actor (born 1974)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Macfadyen | image = Matthew Macfadyen 2019.jpg | caption = Macfadyen in 2019 | birth_name = David Matthew Macfadyen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | spouse = {{Marriage|Keeley Hawes|November 2004}} | children = 2 | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1994–present | education = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA) }} '''David Matthew Macfadyen''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|'|f|æ|d|i|ən}}; 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 gained wider recognition for playing Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series ''Succession'' (2018–2023), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA TV Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Macfadyen made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in ''Wuthering Heights''. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series ''Spooks'' (2002–2004, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series ''Ripper Street'' (2012–2016). For his role in ''Criminal Justice'' (2009), he received the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in various miniseries playing roles such as Henry Wilcox in ''Howards End'' (2017), Charles Ingram in ''Quiz'' (2020), John Stonehouse in ''Stonehouse'' (2023) and Charles J. Guiteau in ''Death by Lightning'' (2025).
In film, Macfadyen is known for his roles in ''Death at a Funeral'' (2007), ''Frost/Nixon'' (2008), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), ''The Assistant'' (2019), and ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021). In 2024, he played Mr. Paradox in the superhero film ''Deadpool & Wolverine''.
==Early life and education == Macfadyen was born on 17 October 1974<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=17 October 2023 |title= Celebrity Birthdays: Oct. 17 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/nation-world/celebrity-birthdays-oct-17 |newspaper=St. Louis Post Dispatch |access-date=29 October 2023}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |author=W Magazine |author-link=W (magazine) |user=wmag |postid=CyggoOPJXBJ |title=Matthew Macfadyen Directed by Lynn Hirschberg |date=17 October 2023 |access-date=29 October 2023 |link=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyggoOPJXBJ/}}</ref> in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Meinir (née Owen), a drama teacher and former actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil engineer.<ref name="telegraph1" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Macdonald |first=Marianne |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3646503/Leading-question.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3646503/Leading-question.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Leading question |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=12 September 2005 |access-date=26 March 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Davies |first1=Dave |title=With 'Succession', Matthew Macfadyen finds himself a long way from Mr. Darcy|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075741669/succession-actor-matthew-macfadyen|access-date=27 January 2022|website=NPR.org|date=26 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Scottish and his maternal grandparents were Welsh.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news|last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/7139221/Matthew-Macfadyen-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/7139221/Matthew-Macfadyen-interview.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Matthew Macfadyen interview |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=2 February 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-102942369 |title=A man of mystery; Graham Keal talks to Spooks star Matthew Macfadyen about the new series, his Welsh roots and being hounded by the paparazzi.(Features) – Daily Post (Liverpool) |publisher=|date=7 June 2003 |access-date=}}{{dl|date=July 2021}}</ref> Macfadyen was brought up in a number of places, including Jakarta, Indonesia, as a result of his father's occupation.<ref name=telegraph1/>
He attended schools in England, including in Louth, Lincolnshire, as well as in Scotland and Indonesia. He went to Oakham School in Rutland before being accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at 17. As a student, he was inspired by Ingmar Bergman's ''Fanny and Alexander'', which he thought was "[a]n example to follow – an example of people acting with each other...", and "[f]eatured just the most extraordinary acting I'd ever seen".<ref name="Macfadyen">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/21/matthew-macfadyen-fanny-and-alexander | title=The Observer | work=The film that changed my life: Matthew Macfadyen | date=21 August 2011 | access-date=26 February 2012 | author-last1=Lamont|author-first1= Tom}}</ref> He studied at RADA from 1992 to 1995.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
==Career== After leaving RADA, Macfadyen became known in British theatre primarily for his work with the stage company Cheek by Jowl, for which he played Antonio in ''The Duchess of Malfi'', Charles Surface in ''The School for Scandal'', and Benedick in ''Much Ado About Nothing''. His Benedick was played as an officer-class buffoon with a moustache and a braying laugh. In 2005, he played Prince Hal in ''Henry IV, Parts One'' and ''Two'' at the Royal National Theatre, with Michael Gambon in the role of Falstaff. In 2007, he returned to the stage, portraying an American, Clay, a stay-at-home father with a liberal attitude in the play ''The Pain and the Itch''.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
A TV breakthrough came when he appeared as Hareton Earnshaw in an adaptation of ''Wuthering Heights'', screened on the ITV network in 1998. Further television drama work followed, including starring roles in the dramas ''Warriors'' (1999) and ''The Way We Live Now'' (2001), both for the BBC. Also in 2001, he earned acclaim for his starring role in the BBC Two drama serial ''Perfect Strangers'', which was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. In 2002, he starred in ''The Project'', a BBC drama charting New Labour's rise to power.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deans |first=Jason |date=2002-11-07 |title=BBC's New Labour drama 'based on fact' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/nov/07/broadcasting.politics |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>[[File:Bust of Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy.jpg|thumb|left|170px|A bust from the 2005 film ''Pride & Prejudice'' of Matthew Macfadyen's Mr. Darcy.]]
He starred in ''Spooks'', which became a success when screened on BBC One. A longer second season was screened in 2003, and a third season was broadcast in autumn 2004, with him leaving the series in the second episode. The series was aired as ''MI-5'' on the A&E Network. In 2007 he appeared in the one-off Channel 4 drama ''Secret Life'', which dealt with paedophilia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/12860732.TV_star_defends_paedophile_role/|title=TV star defends paedophile role|website=Evening Times|date=11 April 2007}}</ref> Macfadyen won the Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society 2007 Awards for this part, and was nominated for a BAFTA. He also appeared in a short sketch for Comic Relief as the bridegroom in ''Mr. Bean's Wedding'', alongside Rowan Atkinson and Michelle Ryan.{{cn|date=September 2023}} Macfadyen appeared in films including ''Enigma'' (released in 2001), and ''In My Father's Den'', for which he received the New Zealand Screen Award for Best Actor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In My Father's Den|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/my-fathers-den|access-date=28 August 2021|website=New Zealand Film Commission|language=en}}</ref> He starred as the romantic lead Fitzwilliam Darcy in an adaptation of ''Pride and Prejudice'', released in the UK in September 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/global/matthew-macfadyen-miscast-mr-darcy-pride-prejudice-1236082624/|title= Matthew Macfadyen 'Felt a Bit Miscast' as Mr. Darcy in 'Pride & Prejudice': 'I'm Not Dishy Enough'|website= Variety|date= 24 July 2024|accessdate= October 14, 2024}}</ref>
Macfadyen starred in Frank Oz's ''Death at a Funeral'' and the film ''Incendiary'', based on Chris Cleave's novel alongside Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor. He also appeared in Ron Howard's film ''Frost/Nixon'', in which he played John Birt. In 2008, he played the male lead Arthur Clennam in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' ''Little Dorrit''. In 2009 Macfadyen appeared alongside Academy Award-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter in the BBC Four movie ''Enid'', based on the life of Enid Blyton, as Hugh Pollock, Blyton's publisher and first husband.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In 2010, he played the Sheriff of Nottingham in ''Robin Hood''. He starred as Prior Philip in the TV serial ''The Pillars of the Earth'', and was the middle-aged Logan Mountstuart in ''Any Human Heart''. In June 2010, Macfadyen won a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ''Criminal Justice''.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In 2011, Macfadyen made a final cameo in ''Spooks'', and in 2012, he played Oblonsky in Joe Wright's film ''Anna Karenina''. From December 2012, he began portraying Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC One's ''Ripper Street''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/ripperstreet/matthew-macfadyen/|title= Matthew Macfadyen plays Inspector Edmund Reid|website= BBC|accessdate= October 14, 2024}}</ref>
In 2013–14, he played Jeeves in the production of ''Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense'' at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End of London. The play won the 2014 Olivier award for Best New Comedy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/nov/13/jeeves-and-wooster-perfect-nonsense|title=Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense – review|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=13 November 2013|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10444954/Jeeves-and-Wooster-Duke-of-Yorks-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10444954/Jeeves-and-Wooster-Duke-of-Yorks-review.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jeeves & Wooster, Duke of York's, review|date=13 November 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>2014 Laurence Olivier Awards</ref> In 2015, Amazon Prime picked up ''Ripper Street'' and, after good reviews, it was recommissioned for fourth and fifth seasons. Macfadyen said he was "delighted to be embarking on another dose of ''Ripper Street''{{spnd}}blood and guts, pocket watches and Victorian headgear, wonderfully dark, moving and mysterious story lines from Mr Richard Wardlow".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/may/13/ripper-street-to-return-for-two-more-series-of-blood-guts-and-pocket-watches|title=Ripper Street to return for two more series of 'blood, guts and pocket watches'|first=Richard|last=Vine|date=13 May 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> The series also aired in the U.S. on BBC America. Also in 2015, he guest starred in the pilot episode of ''The Last Kingdom''.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In 2018, he played Mr. Stahlbaum in the film ''The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'', which received mostly negative reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WATCH: Matthew Macfadyen Leads All-Star Cast in 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms' Trailer |url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/watch-matthew-macfadyen-leads-all-star-cast-in-the-nutcracker-and-the-four-realms-trailer--1013085 |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=BBC America |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Nicholas Braun and Matthew Macfadyen 2024 Emmys 01.png|thumb|right|281x281px|Nicholas Braun and Macfadyen at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024]]From 2018 to 2023, he starred as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO series ''Succession'', for which he received Primetime Emmy Awards in 2022 and 2023 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Macfadyen Awards and Nominations |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/matthew-macfadyen |website=Television Academy |publisher=Emmys |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> and a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Macfadyen |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/matthew-macfadyen/ |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> In 2020, he appeared in the role of Major Charles Ingram in a three-part ITV drama, ''Quiz'', based on the controversial coughing cheat scandal on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/making-an-impact/itv-has-commissioned-quiz-a-three-part-drama-directed-by-stephen-frears-starring-hollywood-star-michael-sheen|title=ITV has commissioned 'Quiz' a three-part drama directed by Stephen Frears starring Hollywood star, Michael Sheen|website=ITV Media|language=en|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808121928/https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/making-an-impact/itv-has-commissioned-quiz-a-three-part-drama-directed-by-stephen-frears-starring-hollywood-star-michael-sheen|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2024, Macfadyen played Mr. Paradox in the superhero film ''Deadpool & Wolverine''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |title=''Deadpool 3'' Adds 'Succession' Actor Matthew Macfadyen |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/deadpool-3-casts-succession-actor-matthew-macfadyen-1235330298/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=28 March 2023}}</ref> He also starred as Charles J. Guiteau in the 2025 Netflix miniseries ''Death by Lightning.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bitran |first1=Tara |last2=Thao |first2=Phillipe |title=Everything to Know About Death by Lightning |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/death-by-lightning-tv-series-adaptation |website=Netflix |date= January 30, 2025 |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>
In August 2025, it was announced that Macfadyen would be voicing Lord Voldemort in ''Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions'', a production of Audible and J.K. Rowling's Pottermore.<ref>{{cite web | title=Audible's 'Harry Potter' Series Unveils Premiere Dates and Cast: Hugh Laurie as Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen as Voldemort, Riz Ahmed as Snape and More | date=5 August 2025 | url=https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/audible-harry-potter-cast-hugh-laurie-matthew-macfadyen-riz-ahmed-1236477343/ }}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2002, Macfadyen began a relationship with his ''Spooks'' co-star Keeley Hawes. They were married in November 2004.<ref name="showbiz">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ashes-to-ashes-star-keeley-hawes-on-surviving-a-showbiz-marriage-6455459.html|title=Ashes to Ashes star Keeley Hawes on surviving a shobiz marriage|date=1 April 2010|author-first1=Liz |author-last1=Hoggard|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> The couple have two children.<ref name="showbiz" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/01/11/matthew_macfady/|title=Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes welcome second child|date=11 January 2007|publisher=People.com|access-date=3 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620214819/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/01/11/matthew_macfady/|archive-date=20 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Macfadyen is stepfather to Hawes's son from her previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiggins |first1=Dan |title=ITV Stonehouse: Matthew Macfadyen's life from globe-trotting childhood and marriage to co-star and Bodyguard actor |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-stonehouse-matthew-macfadyens-life-25880437 |access-date=9 November 2025 |work=MyLondon}}</ref> In March 2024, it was reported that Macfadyen is a member of the Garrick Club.<ref name="The guardian Garrick">{{cite news |last1=Gentleman |first1=Amelia |title=Garrick Club's men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/18/garrick-club-men-only-members-list-roll-call-british-establishment |access-date=20 March 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
== Acting credits == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Film roles}} |- ! scope=col | Year ! scope=col | Title ! scope=col | Role ! scope=col | Notes |- | 2000 | ''Maybe Baby'' | Nigel | |- | 2001 | ''Enigma'' | Lt. Cave | |- | 2002 | ''The Project'' | Paul Tibbenham | |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | ''The Reckoning'' | King's Justice | |- | ''In My Father's Den'' | Paul Prior | |- | 2005 | ''Pride & Prejudice'' | Fitzwilliam Darcy | |-2006 Middletown
| rowspan="2"| 2007 | ''Grindhouse'' | Eye Gouging Victim | Segment: ''Don't'' |- | ''Death at a Funeral'' | Daniel Howells | |- | rowspan="2"| 2008 | ''Incendiary'' | Terence Butcher | |- | ''Frost/Nixon'' | John Birt | |- | 2010 | ''Robin Hood'' | Sheriff of Nottingham | |- | 2011 | ''The Three Musketeers'' | Athos | |- | 2012 | ''Anna Karenina'' | Oblonsky | |- | 2014 | ''Lost in Karastan'' | Emil Forester | |- | 2015 | ''The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music'' | Georg von Trapp | |- | 2016 | ''Revolution: New Art for a New World'' | Vladimir Lenin (voice) | Documentary |- | 2017 | ''The Current War'' | J. P. Morgan | |- | 2018 | ''The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'' | Benjamin Stahlbaum | |- | 2019 | ''The Assistant'' | Wilcock | |- | 2021 | ''Operation Mincemeat'' | Charles Cholmondeley | |- | 2024 | ''Deadpool & Wolverine'' | Mr. Paradox | |- | 2025 | ''Holland'' | Fred Vandergroot | |- | TBA | ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' | Billy | Filming |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Television roles}} |- ! scope=col | Year ! scope=col | Title ! scope=col | Role ! scope=col | Notes |- |1998 || ''Wuthering Heights'' || Hareton Earnshaw || rowspan="2" | Television film |- |1999 || ''Warriors'' || Alan James |- |2000 || ''Murder Rooms'' || Brian Waller || Episode: "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1" |- |rowspan="2"|2001 || ''Perfect Strangers'' || Daniel Symon || 3 episodes |- |''The Way We Live Now'' || Sir Felix Carbury || 4 episodes |- |2002–2004, 2011 ||''Spooks'' || Tom Quinn || 19 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2007 || ''Mr. Bean's Wedding'' || The Groom || Short video |- |''Secret Life'' || Charlie || Television film |- |rowspan="3"|2008 || ''Ashes to Ashes'' || Gil Hollis || Episode #1.7 |- |''Little Dorrit'' || Arthur Clennam || 8 episodes |- |''Agatha Christie's Marple'' || Inspector Neele || Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" |- |rowspan="2"|2009 || ''Enid'' || Hugh Pollock || Television film |- |''Criminal Justice'' || Joe Miller || 3 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2010 || ''The Pillars of the Earth'' || Prior Philip || 8 episodes |- |''Any Human Heart'' || Logan Mountstuart || 4 episodes |- |2012–2016 || ''Ripper Street'' || Det. Insp. Edmund Reid || 36 episodes |- |2013 || ''Ambassadors''|| Prince of Darkness|| 3 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2015 || ''The Enfield Haunting'' || Guy Playfair || 3 episodes |- |''The Last Kingdom'' || Lord Uhtred|| Episode #1.1 |- |2016 || ''Churchill's Secret'' || Randolph Churchill || Television film |- |2017 || ''Howards End'' || Henry Wilcox || 4 episodes |- |2018–2023 || ''Succession'' || Tom Wambsgans || Main role, 39 episodes |- |2020 || ''Quiz'' || Maj. Charles Ingram || 3 episodes |- |2023 || ''Stonehouse'' || John Stonehouse || Main role, 3 episodes;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-real-life-drama-stonehouse-starring-matthew-macfadyen-and-keeley|website=itv.com/presscentre|access-date=13 June 2022|title=ITV commissions real life drama, Stonehouse, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes}}</ref> also executive producer |- |2025 || ''Death by Lightning'' || Charles J. Guiteau || Main role |- |2026 || ''The Miniature Wife'' || Les || Main role<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/television/whats-filming-in-toronto-and-which-celebrities-you-may-just-bump-into/article_9e0bd75d-11f0-59e2-af66-1aba022ecbed.html|website=Toronto.com|accessdate=26 March 2025|title= What's filming in Toronto and which celebrities you may just bump into|date=19 March 2025}}</ref> |- |{{TBA}} || ''A Legacy of Spies'' || George Smiley || In development<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Matthew Macfadyen To Headline 'Legacy Of Spies' TV Series Based On John Le Carré's George Smiley Novels From The Ink Factory & Fifth Season |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/matthew-macfadyen-legacy-of-spies-tv-series-george-smiley-1236325257/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 13, 2025}}</ref> |- |}
=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Playwright ! Venue ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | rowspan="4" | 1994 || ''The Crimson Island'' || Dymogatsky || Mikhail Bulgakov || rowspan="7" | Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/The-Crimson-Island-pic_85.htm|title=Au théâtre : The Crimson Island}}</ref> |- | ''Lorca's Death'' || Rafael/Intellect || Ben Benison ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/Lorca-s-Death-pic_508.htm|title=Au théâtre : Lorca's Death|access-date=7 November 2009|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007182844/http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/Lorca-s-Death-pic_508.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''The Feigned Inconstancy'' || Chevalier || Marivaux ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/The-Feigned-Inconstancy-pic_71.htm|title=Au théâtre : The Feigned Inconstancy|access-date=14 June 2009|archive-date=22 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922011506/http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/The-Feigned-Inconstancy-pic_71.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''The Beggar's Opera''|| Macheath || John Gay ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/The-Beggar-s-Opera-pic_69.htm|title=Au théâtre : The Beggar's Opera|access-date=14 June 2009|archive-date=20 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920232535/http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/The-Beggar-s-Opera-pic_69.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |1995 || ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' || Chief Bromden || Dale Wasserman ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/One-Flew-Over-The-Cuckoo-s-Nest-pic_87.htm|title=Au théâtre : One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest|access-date=7 November 2009|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007182833/http://matthew-macfadyen.forumactif.net/gallery/Divers/Au-theatre/One-Flew-Over-The-Cuckoo-s-Nest-pic_87.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''The Libertine'' || John Wilmot|| Stephen Jeffreys|| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darcylicious.com/drupal/theater|title=Matthew Macfadyen Theatre Credits| date=17 May 2010}}</ref> |- | ''My Funny Valentine'' || Solo Performer || {{n/a}} |- | ''The Duchess of Malfi'' || Antonio Bologna || John Webster || Cheek by Jowl ||<ref>[http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/productions/theduchessofmalfi/index.html Cheek by Jowl]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330190621/http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/productions/theduchessofmalfi/index.html |date=30 March 2008}}</ref> |- | 1996 || ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' || Demetrius|| rowspan="2" | William Shakespeare|| Royal Shakespeare Company ||<ref>{{Cite web 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Charles Surface || Richard Brinsley Sheridan || Royal Shakespeare Company ||<ref>[http://www.dswebhosting.info/Shakespeare/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Site11&dsqDb=Roles&dsqCmd=xdetail.tcl&dsqSearch=(((Name='Matthew')AND(Name='Macfadyen'))AND((Role='Charles')AND(Role='Surface'))) RSC’s official archives]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> |- |1999 || ''Battle Royal'' || Mr. Brougham || Nick Stafford|| rowspan="2" | Royal National Theatre ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=1255|title=National Theatre}}</ref> |- |2005 || ''Henry IV'' || Prince Hal|| William Shakespeare||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=12001|title=National Theatre}}</ref> |- |2006 || ''Total Eclipse'' || Paul Verlaine || Christopher Hampton || reading at Royal Court Theatre ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821138291727|title=London Theatre Tickets, Theatre News and Reviews – WhatsOnStage|work=whatsonstage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201131052/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821138291727|archive-date=1 December 2007}}</ref> |- |2007|| ''The Pain and the Itch''|| Clay || Bruce Norris || Royal Court Theatre ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=477|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629103900/http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=477|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2012|title=The Pain and the Itch at The Royal Court Theatre}}</ref> |- |2010 || ''Private Lives'' || Elyot Chase || Noël Coward || Vaudeville Theatre ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-theatreland.co.uk/theatres/vaudeville-theatre/theatre.php|title=Vaudeville Theatre|work=London Theatreland}}</ref> |- |2013 || ''Perfect Nonsense'' || Jeeves|| David and Robert Goodale || Duke of York's Theatre || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/matthew-macfadyen-and-stephen-mangan-to-star-in-new-west-end-play-perfect-nonsense-com-206045|title= Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan to Star in New West End Play Perfect Nonsense|website= Playbill|accessdate= May 31, 2025}}</ref> |- |}
===Radio=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Notes ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- | 2000 || ''The Voyage of the Beagle'' || Charles Darwin || BBC Radio 4 ||<ref>[http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/voyage_of_the_beagle.html RadioListings Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110171326/http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/voyage_of_the_beagle.html |date=10 November 2008}}</ref> |- |2001 || ''Trampoline'' || Meredith Oakes || BBC Radio 4 ||<ref>[http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/trampoline.html RadioListings Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223081819/http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/trampoline.html |date=23 February 2009}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2004 || ''The Coma''|| Alex Garland || audio book ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article411999.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003209/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article411999.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2011|title=Login}}</ref> |- |''Getting Away From It: The Island'' || Tim Pears || BBC Radio 4 ||<ref>[http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/getting_away_from_it.html RadioListings Database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223075112/http://radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/getting_away_from_it.html |date=23 February 2009}}</ref> |- |2005 || ''Stories We Could Tell'' || Tony Parsons || audio book ||<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HCUK_000163&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes|title=Audiobook is not available - Audible.com}}</ref> |- |2007 || ''The Making of Music'' || {{n/a}} || BBC Radio 4 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/makingofmusic/|title=BBC – Radio 4 The making of music – Homepage}}</ref> |- |2025 || ''Harry Potter'' || J. K. Rowling || Audible ||<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.audible.com/ep/pottermore|title=Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Edition|website= Audible.com}}</ref> |- |}
===Documentary=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Notes ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- |2003 || ''Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With)'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/01_january/22/essential_poems.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – BBC TWO Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With)}}</ref> |- |2004 || ''The Hungerford Massacre'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4075055.stm|title=BBC NEWS – UK – Magazine – How a gun massacre changed Britain| date=7 December 2004}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2006 || ''The 9/11 Liars'' || Channel 4 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/911_five_year_anniversary/index.html|title=9/11 The Five Year Anniversary on Channel 4}}</ref> |- |''Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nuremberg_article_01.shtml|title=BBC – History – Nazis on Trial}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2007 || ''The Blair Years'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/25/blair.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – The Blair Years part three: Blair in Power}}</ref> |- |''Last Party at the Palace'' || Channel 4 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/video/last-party-at-the-palace/series-1/|title=Last Party at the Palace on Channel 4}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2008 || ''Dangerous Jobs for Girls'' || Channel 4 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/video/dangerous-jobs-for-girls/series-1/|title=Dangerous Jobs for Girls on Channel 4}}</ref> |- |''Words of War'' || ITV1 ||<ref>[http://www.itv.com/News/WordsofWar/default.html The Words of War on ITV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112033310/http://www.itv.com/News/WordsofWar/default.html |date=12 November 2008}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2009 || ''Wine'' || BBC Four ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decanter.com/news/news.php?id=276139|title=Wine News|work=Decanter|access-date=16 February 2009|archive-date=27 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827092751/http://www.decanter.com/news/news.php?id=276139|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''Inside MI5'' || ITV1 || |- |2014 || ''Horse Power'' || Sky Atlantic || |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class=unsortable|Ref. |- |2007 ||''Robin Hood's Quest'' || Robin Hood|| |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Awards and nominations}} |- ! scope=col | Year ! scope=col | Association ! scope=col | Category ! scope=col | Nominated work ! scope=col | Result ! scope=col class="unsortable" | {{Refh|multi=no}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2008 | rowspan="4"| British Academy Television Awards | Best Actor | ''Secret Life'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2010 | rowspan=3|Best Supporting Actor | ''Criminal Justice'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2022 | rowspan=2|''Succession'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/08/bafta-tv-awards-2022-all-the-winners-from-british-tvs-biggest-night-16607438/|title=Bafta TV Awards 2022: All the winners from British TV's biggest night|date=8 May 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | 2024 | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bafta-tv-awards-2024-winners-list-1235893562/|title= BAFTA TV Awards Winners Unveiled|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= 12 May 2024|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2005 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | ''In My Father's Den'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532193/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Mathew Macfadyen – Awards|work=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2018 | rowspan=3|Critics' Choice Television Awards | rowspan=3|Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ''Succession'' <small> (season one) </small> | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2019/film/awards/2019-critics-choice-awards-winners-nominees-full-list-1203106702/|title= 'Roma,' 'The Americans' and 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Win Top Critics' Choice Honors|website= Variety|date= 14 January 2019|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2021 | ''Succession'' <small> (season three) </small> | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/2022-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235203301/|title= Critics Choice Awards 2022: 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'Succession' Win Big (Full Winners List)|website= Variety|date= 13 March 2022|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2023 | ''Succession'' <small> (season four) </small> | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/critics-choice-awards-2024-winners-list-8424908 |title=Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Bear lead 2024 Critics Choice Awards: See the full winners list |last=Brathwaite |first=Lester Fabian |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=14 January 2024 |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2024 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | ''Succession'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-2024-winners-list-1235781166/ |title=Golden Globes: Winners List|first=Kimberly|last=Nordyke|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 January 2024|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2006 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Best Newcomer | ''Pride & Prejudice'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.timeout.com/film/news/827/london-critics-circle-nominations-announced.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120625093902/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/827/london-critics-circle-nominations-announced.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2012-06-25|title= London Critics Circle nominations announced|website= Time Out|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2020 | rowspan=3|Primetime Emmy Awards | rowspan=3|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ''Succession'' <small> (episode: "This Is Not for Tears") </small> | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/2020-emmy-winners-list-1234772271/|title= Emmy Awards 2020: The Full Winners List|website= Variety|date= 21 September 2020|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2022 | ''Succession'' <small> (episode: "All the Bells Say") </small> | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|last1=Moreau|first1=Jordan|last2=Schneider|first2=Michael|date=12 July 2022|title=Emmys 2022: The Complete Nominations List|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/emmys-nominations-list-2022-1235313788/|access-date=12 July 2022 |website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2023 | ''Succession'' <small> (episode: "Tailgate Party") </small> | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/matthew-macfadyen-succession-2023-emmy-winner-speech-wife-news-1235792579/|title='Succession' Supporting Actor Emmy Winner Matthew Macfadyen Thanks "On-Screen Wife" Sarah Snook, "Other Wife" Nicholas Braun & Actual Wife Keeley Hawes|last=Blyth|first=Antonia|date=15 January 2024|publisher=BBC News|access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2008 | rowspan=4|Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | ''Frost/Nixon'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/15th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2021 | rowspan=2|Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | ''Succession'' <small> (season three) </small> | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/28th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title= 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards|website= sagawards.org|accessdate= 12 May 2024}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2023 | rowspan=2|''Succession'' <small> (season four) </small> |{{won}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®|publisher=Screen Actors Guild |date=10 January 2024|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> |- | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |- |}
==See also== * List of British actors * List of Primetime Emmy Award winners * List of Golden Globe winners ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020911225302/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/matthew_macfadyen.shtml BBC Drama Faces: Matthew Macfadyen]
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