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Biography

British actor Matthew MacFadyen, known to television audiences as MI5 agent Tom Quinn on the BBC action-drama Spooks, was born to an actress and…more

Born

10/17/1974, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Birth Name

Matthew MacFadyen

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Any Human Heart
  Logan Mountstuart II
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    11/28/10
- The Pillars of the Earth
  Philip
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Work of Angels
    8/27/10
  - S 1: Ep 7 New Beginnings
    8/27/10
  - S 1: Ep 6 Witchcraft
    8/20/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Legacy
    8/13/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Battlefield
    8/6/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- Enid
  Hugh Pollock
- Little Dorrit
  Arthur Clennam
  - S 1: Ep 14 Episode 14
    12/11/08
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 13
    12/10/08
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 12
    12/7/08
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    12/3/08
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 10
    11/27/08
  - + 9 More Credits
- Spooks
  Tom Quinn
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/18/04
  - S 3: Ep 1 Episode 1
    10/11/04
  - S 2: Ep 10 Episode 10
    8/11/03
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 9
    8/4/03
  - S 2: Ep 8 Episode 8
    7/28/03
  - + 13 More Credits
Guest Star (7)

Role
- Spooks
  Tom Quinn
  - S 10: Ep 6 Episode 6
    10/23/11
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Inspector Neele
  - S 4: Ep 1 A Pocket Full Of Rye
    9/6/09
- Ashes to Ashes
  Gil Hollis
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    3/20/08
- Comic Relief
  Groom (Mr. Bean's Wedding)
  - S 7: Ep 8 RND 2007 - The Big One
    3/16/07
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Sir Felix Carbury
  - S 31: Ep 17 The Way We Live Now (2)
    4/8/02
  - S 31: Ep 16 The Way We Live Now (1)
    4/1/02
- Mystery!
  Waller
  - S 20: Ep 31 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes Part 1
    1/11/01
- Murder Rooms
  Waller
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, Part 1
    1/4/00

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Open Up For Any Human Heart

By Ruth Margolis, Nov 19, 2010

Jim Broadbent kicks off Channel 4's latest adaptation, Any Human Heart, with a little help from Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin. read more
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Any Human Heart Adaptation Attracts All-Star Cast

By Heather Hughes, Apr 08, 2010

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- MacFadyen prefers performing on stage more than appearing onscreen.
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- Aside from both appearing as lead actors in Spooks, Matthew and his wife Keeley Hawes worked together in Death at a Funeral (2007) and "Season 1, Episode 7" of Ashes to Ashes, wherein Keeley is a series regular.
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- In portraying Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Matthew based his performance solely from the script since he had not read the book prior to shooting the film.
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- Matthew: The point of being an actor, the whole idea of being an actor is that people don't know who you are. If they know who you are you can't do it, you're f*cked.
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- (about being cast on "Little Dorrit") Matthew: This story really blew my hair back. Then when the rest of the casting came through, I couldn't believe my luck. I've been in some sexy casts in my time, but nothing quite like this!
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- (on doing a Hollywood blockbuster) Matthew: I don't get excited by the whole zhooshiness factor... Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you want to go to LA and try to bag a film regardless of how crap it is, when you could be struggling with such a challenge? It's bullshit.
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