1. Matthew Macfadyen gained wider recognition for playing Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA TV Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
21 Facts About Matthew Macfadyen
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Matthew Macfadyen portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series Spooks, and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street.
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Matthew Macfadyen starred in various miniseries playing roles such as Henry Wilcox in Howards End, Charles Ingram in Quiz, and John Stonehouse in Stonehouse.
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Matthew Macfadyen was born on 17 October 1974 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Meinir, a drama teacher and former actress, and Martin Matthew Macfadyen, an oil engineer.
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Matthew Macfadyen was brought up in a number of places, including Jakarta, Indonesia, as a result of his father's occupation.
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Matthew Macfadyen attended schools in England, including in Louth, Lincolnshire, as well as in Scotland and Indonesia.
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Matthew Macfadyen went to Oakham School in Rutland before being accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at 17.
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Matthew Macfadyen's Benedick was played as an officer-class buffoon with a moustache and a braying laugh.
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Matthew Macfadyen starred in Spooks, which became a success when screened on BBC One.
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Matthew Macfadyen won the Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society 2007 Awards for this part, and was nominated for a BAFTA.
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Matthew Macfadyen appeared in a short sketch for Comic Relief as the bridegroom in Mr Bean's Wedding, alongside Rowan Atkinson and Michelle Ryan.
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Matthew Macfadyen appeared in films including Enigma, and In My Father's Den, for which he received the New Zealand Screen Award for Best Actor.
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Matthew Macfadyen starred as the romantic lead Fitzwilliam Darcy in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, released in the UK in September 2005.
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Matthew 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.
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In 2009 Matthew 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.
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Matthew Macfadyen starred as Prior Philip in the TV serial The Pillars of the Earth, and was the middle-aged Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart.
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In June 2010, Matthew Macfadyen won a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Criminal Justice.
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In 2011, Matthew Macfadyen made a final cameo in Spooks, and in 2012, he played Oblonsky in Joe Wright's film Anna Karenina.
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In 2002, Matthew Macfadyen began a relationship with his Spooks co-star Keeley Hawes.
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Matthew Macfadyen is stepfather to Hawes's son from her previous marriage.
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In March 2024, it was reported that Matthew Macfadyen is a member of the Garrick Club.