Matthew Macfadyen

Mathew Macfadyen was born on October 17, 1974. He was born to Meinir and Matin Macfadyen in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. His mother was a drama teacher and former actress. His father was an oil executive. His parental and maternal grandparents were Scottish and Welsh respectively. As an outcome of his father’s job Mathew grew up in many places like Indonesia, Jakarta. He attended Oakham school in Rutland. He also went to schools in Scotland and Indonesia. At the age of seventeen, he got accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

From 1992 to 1995, Mathew studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked with the stage company Cheek By Jowl. So, he got recognised by the British Theatre. He played in the School for Scandal as Charles Surface. He also played Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing and Antonio in Duchess of Malfi. He played at the Royal National Theatre in Henry IV as Prince Hal in parts one and two. He played The Pain and the Itch in 2007.

In 1998 he appeared in the adaptation of Wuthering Heights Click to look into! >> Read More... as Hareton Earnshaw. It got aired on ITV, and it was TV breakthrough. He then appeared in BBC’s The Way We Live Now in 2001 and Warriors in 1999. In 2001 he acted in Perfect Strangers by Stephen Poliakoff. It received acclaim for his acting which got aired on BBC Two. He appeared in The Project in 2002 which portrayed New Labour’s growth in power. He appeared in BBC’s successful drama Spooks.

In 2003 he appeared in the second season of Spooks. He left the drama in the second episode of the third season. In 2007 he appeared in secret life which got telecasted in Channel 4. It was about Paedophilia a controversial subject.

Mathew got nominated for BAFTA and won the Royal Television Society Best Actor Award in 2007. In 2001 he appeared in the film Enigma. He won the New Zealand Screen Best Actor Award for the film In My Father’s Den. He starred in Pride and Prejudice as Fitzwilliam Darcy in 2005.

He also appeared in the movies Death At the Funeral, Incendiary, and Frost/Nixon. He played as Arthur Clennam in Little Dorrit. It got aired on BBC. He played in Robin Hood Click to look into! >> Read More... as Sherriff of Nottingham in 2010. Mathew won the British Academy Television Award for The Best Supporting Actor. It was for his work in Criminal Justice The scene starts with the life portrait of a boy f >> Read More... in 2010. He made a cameo role in BBC Spooks in 2010. In 2012 he starred in Anna Karenina as Oblonsky.

Mathew was in a relationship with Keeley Hawes in 2002, and they got married in 2004 November. They have a son Ralph and Daughter Maggie. He is stepfather to Myles, Hawes’ son.