Matthew Macfadyen

Movie Actor

Matthew Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom on October 17th, 1974 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 49, Matthew Macfadyen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
David Matthew Macfadyen, Matthew
Date of Birth
October 17, 1974
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Age
49 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Networth
$3 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Matthew Macfadyen Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 49 years old, Matthew Macfadyen has this physical status:

Height
191cm
Weight
76kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Matthew Macfadyen Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Oakham School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Matthew Macfadyen Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Keeley Hawes
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Keeley Hawes (2002-Present)
Parents
Martin Macfadyen, Meinir
Other Family
David Evans McFadyen (Paternal Grandfather), Margaret White Wilson (Paternal Grandmother)
Matthew Macfadyen Career

After having studied at the RADA from 1992 to 1995, Macfadyen 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. His Benedick was played as an officer-class buffoon with a moustache and a braying laugh. In 2005, he played Prince Hal in Henry IV, Parts One and Two at the Royal National Theatre, with Michael Gambon in the role of Falstaff. In 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.

A TV breakthrough came when he appeared as Hareton Earnshaw in an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, screened on the ITV network in 1998. Further television drama work followed, including starring roles in the dramas Warriors (1999) and The Way We Live Now (2001), both for the BBC. Also in 2001, he earned acclaim for his starring role in the BBC Two drama serial Perfect Strangers, which was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. In 2002, he starred in The Project, a BBC drama charting New Labour's rise to power. He starred in Spooks, which became a success when screened on BBC One. A longer second season was screened in 2003, and a third season was broadcast in autumn 2004, with him leaving the series in the second episode. The series was aired as MI-5 on the A&E Network. In 2007 he appeared in the one-off Channel 4 drama Secret Life, which dealt with paedophilia. Macfadyen won the Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society 2007 Awards for this part, and was nominated for a BAFTA. He also appeared in a short sketch for Comic Relief as the bridegroom in Mr. Bean's Wedding, alongside Rowan Atkinson and Michelle Ryan.

Macfadyen appeared in films including Enigma (released in 2001), and In My Father's Den, for which he received the New Zealand Screen Award for Best Actor. He starred as the romantic lead Fitzwilliam Darcy in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, released in the UK in September 2005.

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. He also appeared in Ron Howard's film Frost/Nixon, in which he played John Birt. In 2008, he played the male lead Arthur Clennam in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit. In 2009 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.

In 2010, he played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. He starred as Prior Philip in the TV serial The Pillars of the Earth, and was the middle-aged Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart. In June 2010, Macfadyen won a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Criminal Justice.

In 2011, Macfadyen made a final cameo in the BBC show Spooks, and in 2012, he played Oblonsky in Joe Wright's film, Anna Karenina. In December 2012 he began portraying Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC One's Ripper Street.

In 2013-14 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. The play won the 2014 Olivier award for Best New Comedy.

In 2015 Amazon Prime picked up Ripper Street and, after good reviews, it was recommissioned for fourth and fifth seasons. Macfadyen said he was "delighted to be embarking on another dose of Ripper Street – blood and guts, pocket watches and Victorian headgear, wonderfully dark, moving and mysterious story lines from Mr Richard Wardlow". The series also aired in the U.S. on BBC America. Also in 2015, he guest starred in the pilot episode of The Last Kingdom.

He currently stars 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.

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.

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Full list of BAFTA TV nominations 2024: TV viewers baffled by 'mediocre' series six of The Crown receiving EIGHT nods - as Black Mirror, Happy Valley and Slow Horses are among the other big nominees

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
The Crown viewers have been left baffled after it received an incredible eight nominations for the TV BAFTAs as they brand the sixth series 'mediocre'. The TV BAFTA nominations were revealed on Tuesday ahead of the ceremony on May 12, with The Crown leading the way with the most nods in total. But critics of the royal drama have suggested it was undeserving of the nods as they claim he has 'gone downhill' and has become a 'snooze fest'.

Is time up for luxury watches? Thefts in London were down by a whopping 60% on 'Rolex Rippers' rocket

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 11, 2024
In 2022, the Metropolitan Police said there had been a 60% increase in watch thefts in London, with the capital accounting for more than half of the 12,000 reported in the United Kingdom that year. Following a string of sting operations in the West End, the fts have plummeted since then.

SAG Awards 2024: Elijah Wood and his film producer wife Mette-Marie Kongsved put on a loved-up display during the ceremony

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 25, 2024
At the 30th annual SAG Awards at Los Angeles' historic Shrine Auditorium, the couple, who have been married since 2018, looked smitten. The Lord of the Rings actor, 43, arrived in Mette, 33, with the pair sharing a kiss as they waited for the awards ceremony. Mette's black capped-sleeve tulle gown had a high neckline and was adorned with a large black rose, and was glamorous. She rounded off her sophisticated ensemble with a pair of black stilettos, clutching a discreet clutch bag, and sweeping her blonde locks into a more relaxed up-do.