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Matthew MacFadyen

Matthew MacFadyen
Born David Matthew Macfadyen on 17th October 1974 - Norfolk, UK. His mother was an actress and drama teacher. He has a younger brother Jamie.

Matthew married actress Keeley Hawes in Nov 04 after co-starring with her in Spooks in 2002
They have 2 children together and Matthew also has a stepson from Keeleys previous marriage.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and enjoys the British stage.
In films he's best known for his iconic role as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (2005) and in the TV drama Spooks as Tom Quinn.

More recent projects:- Little Dorrit, Incendiary, Frost/Nixon and Death at a Funeral.



What members say | Filmography

Matthew MacFadyen - what members say


  • Spooks - Complete Season 1
  • Spooks - Complete Season 1 review by fuzzy from St.Helens
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb thriller 12 January 2004
    ...y topical and gripping and is not afraid to show it with some great acting from Matthew MacFadyen (tom quinn) and peter firth (harry pearce)...   Read customer review
  • In My Father's Den
  • In My Father's Den review by Rehan from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Secrets and lies, NZ-style -- but disappointing 28 March 2006
    ...basic premise, which we get to at the very end, simply isn't convincing, nor is Matthew MacFadyen - a trouper but one who can't get beyond a pout for Significance, and who quite...   Read customer review
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Pride and Prejudice review by from Pertersfield, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Grittier Pride & Prejudice 28 March 2006
    ... production. Whilst Keira Knightley proves more captivating than Jennifer Ehle, Matthew MacFadyen simply does not have the charisma or simmering arrogance of Colin Firth. At the...   Read customer review

Matthew MacFadyen - filmography


  • Ripper Street - Blu-ray (3 discs) (2012)
    Starring: Rayleen Kenny,  Jerome Flynn,  Matthew MacFadyen
    Director: Tom Shankland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All eight episodes of the TV drama series starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to maintain the law on the streets of Whitechapel in the wake of the Jack the Ripper murders. Even though six months have passed since the last horrific murder, H Division's Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 110 members
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  • Ripper Street (3 discs) on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Rayleen Kenny,  Jerome Flynn,  Matthew MacFadyen
    Director: Tom Shankland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All eight episodes of the TV drama series starring Matthew Macfadyen as a detective trying to maintain the law on the streets of Whitechapel in the wake of the Jack the Ripper murders. Even though six months have passed since the last horrific murder, H Division's Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 178 members
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  • Anna Karenina on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Kelly MacDonald,  Emily Watson,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Stoppard pens this Academy Award-nominated adaptation of Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love, directed by Joe Wright and boasting a star-studded British cast headed by Kiera Knightley and Jude Law. Trapped in a loveless marriage and the ongoing fallout of a family crisis, Anna (Knightley) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,302 member
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  • Anna Karenina - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Kelly MacDonald,  Emily Watson,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Stoppard pens this Academy Award-nominated adaptation of Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love, directed by Joe Wright and boasting a star-studded British cast headed by Kiera Knightley and Jude Law. Trapped in a loveless marriage and the ongoing fallout of a family crisis, Anna (Knightley) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 629 members
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  • The Three Musketeers on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Logan Lerman,  Ray Stevenson
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 17,478 members
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  • Robin Hood - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Kevin Durand,  Mark Strong
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Ridley Scott directs this historical action adventure starring Russell Crowe. After the death of Richard the Lionheart (Danny Huston) in the Crusades, Sir Robin of Loxley returns from war to his home in the north of England. There, he comes up against the oppressive regime imposed by the tyrannical ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 875 members
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  • Robin Hood on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Russell Crowe,  Cate Blanchett,  Matthew MacFadyen
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "Robin Hood" chronicles the origins of the honourable thief of stories, and begins long before he takes up arms against the crown. Robin Longstride (Russel Crowe), previously interested only in self-preservation, is in service to King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 7,532 members
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  • Enid on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Denis Lawson,  Helena Bonham-Carter
    Director: James Hawes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Helena Bonham Carter stars in this feature-length BBC biopic as children's author Enid Blyton. An astoundingly prolific writer revered by an adoring readership, Blyton was, in her personal life, a self-absorbed, ruthlessly ambitious woman who manipulated those close to her for her own advantage. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 110 members
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  • Incendiary on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michelle Williams,  Ewan McGregor,  Matthew MacFadyen
    Director: Sharon Maguire
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A woman has to deal with feelings of grief and guilt after her husband and son die in a terrorist attack. A young London mother (Michelle Williams) waves her husband and son goodbye as they head off to see a local football match. As soon as they're gone, she entertains local news reporter Jasper ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,435 members
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  • Frost/Nixon - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Michael Sheen,  Toby Jones
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Peter Morgan's stage play, Ron Howard directs this dramatised account of the 1977 TV interviews between scandalised former President Richard Nixon and British talk-show host David Frost. Three years after the Watergate scandal that led to his demise, former president Richard Nixon (Frank ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 8,633 members
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  • Frost/Nixon on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 58,536 members
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  • Middletown on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Charlene McKenna,  Gerard McSorley
    Director: Brian Kirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller set in Ireland, based on religion and the good/evil struggle. Gabriel (Matthew MacFadyen) plays a preacher who returns to his hometown to find it's become a den of iniquity. His own sister-in-law runs a slummy drinking den that is open on the sabbath, cock fights, street brawls and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 960 members
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  • Pride and Prejudice on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  Keira Knightley,  Matthew MacFadyen
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The classic tale of love and values unfolds in the class-conscious England of the late 18th century. The five Bennet sisters -- including strong-willed Elizabeth and young Lydia -- have all been raised by their mother with one purpose in life: finding a husband. When a wealthy bachelor takes up ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 45,986 members
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  • In My Father's Den on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  Miranda Otto,  Colin Moy
    Director: Brad McGann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Matthew MacFadyen stars in this tense drama, based on the novel by Maurice Gee. Paul Prior (MacFadyen) is an internationally respected war photographer who returns to his small New Zealand home town after the death of his father. His estranged brother Andrew (Colin Moy) is shocked to see him, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,459 members
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  • The Way We Live Now (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Matthew MacFadyen,  David Suchet,  Miranda Otto
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's tale of power and corruption in Victorian London. When the great financier Melmotte (David Suchet) arrives in England and announces a profitable new venture, all manner of people sit up and take notice, and not least the aristocratic-yet-impoverished Carbury ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 878 members
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Matthew MacFadyen facts

5 most recent films

Ripper Street - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ripper Street - 4.0 stars
Anna Karenina - 3.0 stars
Anna Karenina - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Three Musketeers - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Warriors - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Ripper Street - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 2 - 4.0 stars
The Pillars Of The Earth - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Any Human Heart - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Middletown - 2.5 stars
Anna Karenina - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Anna Karenina - 3.0 stars
Robin Hood - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Firth - 52 times - show films
Jenny Agutter - 42 times - show films
Keeley Hawes - 28 times - show films
Megan Dodds - 28 times - show films
David Oyelowo - 28 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bharat Nalluri - 36 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 30 times - show films
Sam Miller - 26 times - show films
Rob Bailey - 22 times - show films
Cilla Ware - 16 times - show films