
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).

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · as Mr. Paradox

Pride & Prejudice
2005 · as Mr. Darcy

Frost/Nixon
2008 · as John Birt

The Three Musketeers
2011 · as Athos

Robin Hood
2010 · as Sheriff of Nottingham

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · as Benjamin Stahlbaum

Anna Karenina
2012 · as Oblonsky

Death at a Funeral
2007 · as Daniel

Grindhouse
2007 · as Hatchet Victim (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

The Assistant
2020 · as Wilcock

The Current War
2018 · as J.P. Morgan

Holland
2025 · as Fred Vandergroot

Enigma
2001 · as Cave

Operation Mincemeat
2022 · as Charles Cholmondeley

The Reckoning
2004 · as King’s Justice

Wuthering Heights
1998 · as Hareton Earnshaw

Incendiary
2008 · as Terrance

Middletown
2007 · as Gabriel Hunter