Matthew Macfadyen Biography

Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor, voice actor, and theatre artist who is famous for playing Mr. Darcy in “Pride & Prejudice”, Daniel Howells in “Death at a Funeral”, Tom Quinn in “Spooks”, Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin Hood”, Georg von Trapp in “The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music”, Benjamin Stahlbaum in “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”, Det. Insp. Edmund Reid in “Ripper Street”, Tom Wambsgans in “Succession”, John Birt in “Frost/Nixon”, and Joe Miller in “Criminal Justice”. His theatre credits include having been cast in productions like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Duchess of Malfi, The School for Scandal, Much Ado About Nothing, Perfect Nonsense, Private Lives, Henry IV, and The Pain and the Itch. For his performance in the series “Succession”, he has been nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 2022, and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. During his career, he has won several awards, including one Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Television Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for Critics Choice Television Awards. 

What is Matthew Macfadyen Known For?

• Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor known for his work in films, television, and theatre. 
• Known for his role as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO series “Succession” for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and in 2022, a Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

What Ethnicity is Matthew Macfadyen?

Matthew Macfadyen was born on 17 October 1974 with the birth name of David Matthew Macfadyen in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. He is the son of Meinir (née Owen), a drama teacher and former actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil engineer. His paternal grandparents were Scottish and his maternal grandparents were Welsh. He holds British nationality and he belongs to Mixed ethnicity. He has a sibling, Jamie Macfadyen who is his younger brother. He was brought up in a number of places, including Jakarta, Indonesia, as a result of his father’s occupation. He attended schools in England (including in Louth, Lincolnshire), Scotland, and Indonesia, and went to Oakham School in Rutland, before being accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 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”. He studied at the RADA from 1992 to 1995. His present age is 47 as of 2021. 

How did Matthew Macfadyen start his career?

• Matthew 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”. 
• In the year 2005, he played Prince Hal in “Henry IV, Parts One” and “Two” at the Royal National Theatre. 
• In the year 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”.
• His TV breakthrough came when he appeared as Hareton Earnshaw in an adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”, screened on the ITV network in 1998. After that, he starred in the dramas “Warriors” (1999), “The Way We Live Now” (2001), “Perfect Strangers” (2001), “The Project” (2002), “Spooks” (2003), “Secret Life” (2007). 
• He also appeared in a short sketch for “Comic Relief” as the bridegroom in Mr. Bean’s Wedding. 
• He appeared in films including “Enigma” (released in 2001), and “In My Father’s Den”.
• He starred as the romantic lead Fitzwilliam Darcy in an adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice”, released in the UK in September 2005.
• Later, he starred in Frank Oz’s “Death at a Funeral” and the film “Incendiary”.
• He also appeared in Ron Howard’s film “Frost/Nixon”, in which he played John Birt.
• He played the male lead Arthur Clennam in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit in 2008. 
• After a year, he appeared in the BBC Four movie “Enid”.
• In 2010, he played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood and starred as Prior Philip in the TV serial The Pillars of the Earth. 
• Also, he was the middle-aged Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart.
• He then appeared in “Criminal Justice” in June 2010. 
• After a year, he made a final cameo in the BBC show Spooks, and in 2012, he played Oblonsky in Joe Wright’s film, Anna Karenina. 
• He began portraying Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC One’s Ripper Street in December 2012. 
• 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 between the years 2013 and 2014. 
• He currently stars as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO series “Succession“. 
• 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. 

Awards and Achievements

• Won British Academy Television Awards for his work in Criminal Justice in 2010
• Won Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work in Succession in 2022
• Won British Academy Television Awards for his work in Succession in 2022
• Won Primetime Emmy Awards for his work in Succession in 2022

Who is Matthew Macfadyen married to?

Matthew Macfadyen is a married man to his beautiful wife whose name goes by Keeley Hawes. He started dating, actress and producer Keeley Hawes in 2002 and the duo has also co-starred in the spy drama series, Spooks. In November 2004, they got married and have been blessed with 2 children – a daughter named Maggie Liberty Macfadyen (b. December 2004) and a son named Ralph Owen Macfadyen (b. September 2006). He is also the stepfather of Miles, Hawes’ son from her previous marriage. The couple is patron of the Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham. His sexual orientaiton is straight. 

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How much is Matthew Macfadyen’s Net Worth?

Matthew Macfadyen is a successful actor who has appeared in many movies and TV series. With his hardwork and dedication, he has accumulated a net worth of $5 Million as of 2022. He is perhaps best known for starring in the HBO series “Succession” along with Jeremy Strong and a star-studded cast. Matthew and the other main cast members earned $100,000 per episode of “Succession” over the show’s first two seasons. There were 10 episodes in each of the first two seasons so Matthew earned $2 million for his work up to the third season when his salary was bumped to $350,000 per episode, $3.5 million for the season. His annual salary is around $1 Million from his profession. His main source of wealth comes from the entertainment industry and he is living a lavish lifestyle from his earnings. 

Matthew Macfadyen Height and Weight

Matthew Macfadyen is a handsome actor whose body type is slim. He stands at the height of 6 feet 3 inches or 1.90 m. His bodyweight consists of 76 KG or 167.5 lbs. He has a pair of blue eyes and his hair color is dark brown. He has got a healthy body at present.