Overview
Matthew Macfadyen is the English actor and producer behind Mr. Paradox in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Macfadyen’s TV and film work also takes in Death by Lightning (2025) as Charles J. Guiteau, Operation Mincemeat (2021) as Charles Cholmondeley and Succession (2018) as Tom Wambsgans. Macfadyen was born on October 17, 1974, in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.
Quick Facts
- Known for
- Deadpool & Wolverine, Death by Lightning, Operation Mincemeat
- Occupation
- Actor, Producer
- Born
- October 17, 1974 in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
- Credits listed
- 12 (2005–2025)
Film & Television Credits
- 2025 Death by Lightning as Charles J. Guiteau IMDb ↗
- 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine as Mr. Paradox IMDb ↗
- 2021 Operation Mincemeat as Charles Cholmondeley IMDb ↗
- 2018 Succession as Tom Wambsgans IMDb ↗
- 2017 The Current War as J. P. Morgan IMDb ↗
- 2015 The Last Kingdom as Lord Uhtred IMDb ↗
- 2012 Ripper Street as Edmund Reid IMDb ↗
- 2011 The Three Musketeers as Athos IMDb ↗
- 2010 Robin Hood as Sheriff of Nottingham IMDb ↗
- 2010 The Pillars of the Earth as Prior Philip IMDb ↗
- 2008 Frost/Nixon as John Birt, Baron Birt IMDb ↗
- 2005 Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Darcy IMDb ↗
Connections
Family & partners
- Spouse
- Keeley Hawes (m. 2004)
Worked with
- Death by Lightning
- Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
- Operation Mincemeat
- Kelly Macdonald, Mark Gatiss, Jason Isaacs
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Jon Favreau, Dafne Keen, Rob Delaney, Wunmi Mosaku, Brianna Hildebrand