Matthew Macfadyen's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Spooks (UK) Tom Quinn The Last Kingdom Lord Uhtred Ripper Street (UK) Detective I… The Pillars Of The Earth Prior Philip Succession Tom Wamsgans Little Dorrit (UK) Arthur Clen… The Enfield Haunting (UK) Guy Lyon Pl… Howards End Henry Wilcox The Blair Years (UK) Matthew Mac…

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

David Matthew Macfadyen is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Because of his father's career, he spent at least part of his childhood in Indonesia, before finishing his education back in England and winning a place at RADA in 1992. He won critical acclaim in the UK with his work with the stage company Cheek By Jowl in the 1990s and was well established as a stage actor when he made his first TV appearance in Wuthering Heights in 1998. A couple more TV roles followed but it was his role as Tom Quinn, head of Section D, in the 2002 hit BBC series Spooks that brought him fame, and also where he met his future wife, Keeley Hawes. A steady stream of TV and film work followed, with his 2005 performance as Mr Darcy in Pride & Prejudice firmly establishing his name worldwide. He is also recognized for portraying John Birt in the political drama Frost/Nixon, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC One's Ripper Street. and Daniel in the Frank Oz comedy Death at a Funeral. He was Henry Wilcox in Howards, Tom Wambsgans in Succession, and most recently Charles Ingram in Quiz.


TRIVIA:

• Graduated from RADA in 1995.
• Hadn't read Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" before shooting the film adaptation. Instead, he based the character of Mr. Darcy on the script.
• His wife, 'Keeley Hawes' (qv), gave birth to a baby boy, Ralph, in September 2006.
• According to Audio Commentary of MI-5/Spooks Series 2 Episode 1, Matthew Macfadyen is allergic to cats.
• His mother was an actress and trained drama teacher.
• Stepfather of Miles, son of his wife 'Keeley Hawes' (qv) from her previous marriage.
• Self-confessed 'John le Carré' (qv)-style spy buff.
• His first child, a daughter Maggie, was born 2004 with his wife, 'Keeley Hawes' (qv).