Matthew Macfadyen Biography
Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor recognized for his stage and screen performance, particularly for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice in 2005. He gained more prominence for portraying Tom Wambsgans in HBO’s Succession from 2018 to 2023. His performance in the series won him two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Matthew Macfadyen Age
Macfadyen was born David Matthew Macfadyen on October 17, 1974, in Great Yarmouth, England. He is 50 years old as of 2024. Macfadyen celebrates his birthday on October 17th.
Matthew Macfadyen Height
Macfadyen stands at an approximate height of 6 feet and 3 inches.
Matthew Macfadyen Family
Macfadyen was born to Meinir Owen and Martin Macfadyen in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. His mother worked as a drama teacher and was an actress while his father worked as an oil engineer.
Due to his father’s job, he grew up in multiple locations including Jakarta, Indonesia. He has a younger brother named Jamie. Paternally, his grandparents were Scottish while his maternal grandparents were Welsh.
Matthew Macfadyen Wife/Keeley Hawes
Macfadyen married Keeley Hawes on November 8, 2004. They met while filming the BBC’s Spooks in 2002 and started dating shortly after. The couple has a daughter named Maggie Liberty and a son named Ralph Owen. Maggie was born in December 2004 and is 20 years old as of 2024. Ralph was born in September 2006 and is 18 years old as of 2024.
In 2023, they co-starred in Stonehouse. She celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2024 by sharing photos on Instagram. The pair serve as patrons of the Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham. A March 2024 report said that he is a member of the Garrick Club.
Before Macfadyen, Keeley was previously, married to DJ and cartoonist, Spencer McCallum. Before they separated, they had a son named Miles McCallum. Macfadyen is the stepfather of Miles.
Keeley Hawes’ Career
Keeley is an English actress who gained prominence for starring as Zoe Reynolds in BBC’s Spooks from 2002 to 2004 and as DI Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes from 2008 to 2010. Further, she is known for starring as DI Lindsay Denton in Line of Duty from 2014 to 2016 and Home Secretary Julia Montague in BBC One’s Bodyguard. She was born on February 10, 1976, and is 48 years old as of 2024.
Hawes won three BAFTA TV Award nominations including for Best Actress nomination for her roles as Lindsay Denton and Julia Montague, and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as Dorothy Wick in Mrs Wilson.
Matthew Macfadyen Net Worth
Macfadyen has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an actor.
Matthew Macfadyen Pride & Prejudice/Mr. Darcy
Macfadyen starred as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice in 2005. Mr. Darcy is a rich and proud gentleman who is initially detached and dismissive, especially towards Elizabeth Bennet.
In the film, he struggles with his pride stemming from his social superiority and his internal conflict relating to the feelings he harbors for Elizabeth who is from a lower social class. Macfadyen’s performance in the film won him a nomination for the 2006 London Critics Circle Film Best Newcomer Award.
Matthew Macfadyen Succession
Macfadyen gained more prominence for portraying Tom Wambsgans in HBO’s Succession from 2018 to 2023. Hailing from a modest background in Saint Paul, Tom is an ambitious and complex individual within the power dynamics of the Roy family and their media conglomerate, Waystar Royco. He experiences the opulence of the Roy family when he marries the family through his relationship with Siobhan “Shiv” Roy, the only daughter of Logan Roy.
Macfadyen’s performance in the series won him two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He also won the British Academy Television Best Supporting Actor Award in 2022 and 2024.
Matthew Macfadyen Deadpool & Wolverine/Mobius
Macfadyen starred as Mr. Paradox in Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024. Mr. Paradox is a variant of Mobius M. Mobius in the MCU and a bureaucratic figure within the Time Variance Authority (TVA). In this magnitude, he supervises TVA’s operations linked to fractured timelines.
Mr. Paradox disagrees with the news TVA policies that favor preserving old timelines as opposed to destroying them. Thus, he creates the “Time Ripper,” a device that accelerates the ruin of timelines including Deadpool’s home universe, Earth-10005.
Matthew Macfadyen Education
Macfadyen studied at schools in England including in Louth, Lincolnshire. He also attended schools in Scotland and Indonesia. He studied at Oakham School in Rutland before he joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) when he was 17 in 1992. During his time as a student, he was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander. In 1995, he graduated from RADA.
Matthew Macfadyen Career
After leaving RADA in 1995, Macfadyen was recognized in British theatre mostly for his onstage work with Cheek by Jowl. There, he starred as Antonio in The Duchess of Malfi, Charles Surface in The School for Scandal, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. In 2005, he starred as Pince Hal in Henry IV, Parts One and Two at the Royal National Theatre.
In 2007, Macfadyen rejoined theatre, portraying Clay in the play, The Pain and the Itch. His breakthrough in TV came when he portrayed Hareton Earnshaw in ITV’s Wuthering Heights in 1998. He followed up with 2001 roles in Warriors and The Way We Live Now. That same year, he starred in BBC Two’s Perfect Stranger. The following year, he starred in BBC’s The Project.
Macfadyen starred in Spooks as Tom Quinn for 19 episodes. In 2007, he appeared in Channel 4’s Secret Life. His performance in the film won him a 2007 Royal Television Society Best Actor award and a nomination for a BAFTA Award. Further, he starred as the bridegroom in Mr. Bean’s Wedding opposite Rowan Atkinson and Michelle Ryan.
Macfadyen starred in the films, Enigma and In My Father’s Den. His performance in the latter won him the New Zealand Screen Best Actor Award. He portrayed Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Additionally, he starred in Frank Oz’s Death at a Funeral, Incendiary, and Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon. In 2008, he starred as Arthur Clennam in BBC’s Little Dorrit opposite Claire Foy. The following year, he starred with Helena Bonham Carter in BBC Four’s Enid.
2010 to present;
Macfadyen starred as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood in 2010. Further, he portrayed Prior Philip in The Pillars of the Earth and Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart. In June of that same year, he won a British Academy Television Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Criminal Justice. The following year, he made the last cameo appearance in Spooks.
Macfadyen starred as Oblonsky in Joe Wright’s film Anna Karenina in 2012. In December of that year, he started starring as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC One’s Ripper Street. From 2013 to 2014, he starred as Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End of London. In 2015, Amazon picked up Ripper Street, recommissioning it for fourth and fifth seasons. That same year, he played a guest role in The Last Kingdom.
Macfadyen starred as Tom Wambsgans in HBO’s Succession from 2018 to 2023. This won him Primetime Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Awards in 2022 and 2023. He also won a Golden Globe Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television Award in 2024. In 2020, he played the role of Major Charles Ingram in ITV’s Quiz. In 2024, he starred as Mr. Paradox in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Matthew Macfadyen Movies and TV Shows
Macfadyen has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as
- Maybe Baby
- The Project
- The Reckoning
- Grindhouse
- The Three Musketeers
- Perfect Strangers
- Lost in Karastan
- The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
- Revolution: New Art for a New World
- The Current War
- The Pillars of the Earth
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
- Churchill’s Secret
- The Assistant
- Howards End
- Operation Mincemeat
- Stonehouse