|
|
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
review by fuzzy from St.Helens
superb thriller 12 January 2004
review by Rehan from London
Secrets and lies, NZ-style -- but disappointing 28 March 2006
review by from Pertersfield, England
Grittier Pride & Prejudice 28 March 2006
Matthew MacFadyen - filmography
-
-
Ripper Street - Blu-ray
(3 discs)
(2012)
Starring: Rayleen Kenny, Jerome Flynn, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Tom Shankland
Certificate: 
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 »
 
79%
from 110 members
-
-
Ripper Street
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Rayleen Kenny, Jerome Flynn, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Tom Shankland
Certificate:
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 »
76%
from 178 members
-
-
Anna Karenina
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley
Director: Joe Wright
Certificate: 
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 »
56%
from 1,302 member
-
-
Anna Karenina - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley
Director: Joe Wright
Certificate:
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 »
53%
from 629 members
-
-
The Three Musketeers
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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.
60%
from 17,478 members
-
-
Robin Hood - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Kevin Durand, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
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 »
61%
from 875 members
-
-
Robin Hood
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
"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 »
65%
from 7,532 members
-
-
Enid
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Denis Lawson, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: James Hawes
Certificate: 
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 »
71%
from 110 members
-
-
Incendiary
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Sharon Maguire
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
59%
from 7,435 members
-
-
Frost/Nixon - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Michael Sheen, Toby Jones
Director: Ron Howard
Certificate:
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 »
77%
from 8,633 members
-
-
Frost/Nixon
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Michael Sheen, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall
Director: Ron Howard
Certificate:
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 »
76%
from 58,536 members
-
-
Middletown
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Charlene McKenna, Gerard McSorley
Director: Brian Kirk
Certificate:
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 »
51%
from 960 members
-
-
Pride and Prejudice
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Joe Wright
Certificate: 
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 »
67%
from 45,986 members
-
-
In My Father's Den
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Miranda Otto, Colin Moy
Director: Brad McGann
Certificate:
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 »
61%
from 5,459 members
-
-
The Way We Live Now
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, David Suchet, Miranda Otto
Director: David Yates
Certificate:
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 »
72%
from 878 members
|
Matthew MacFadyen facts
|
...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)...
