Learn more about Matthew Macfadyen

kls010 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:17:37 -0700

Welcome to Darcylicious & Matthew-Macfadyen.co.uk, an unofficial website dedicated to promoting and discussing the incredible acting talents of Matthew Macfadyen. Known in the UK as an award winning, talented actor of stage and screen, unafraid to tackle challenging and controversial roles; Matthew came to international prominence as Mr Darcy in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. Matthew followed this iconic performance by playing Charlie, a sex offender in Secret Life for Channel 4 TV. He received a Best Actor award by the Royal Television Society and was nominated for a BAFTA, also as Best Actor for this controversial role.

Matthew continues to remain busy in 2008. The drama, Incendiary, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008 to rave reviews. In December 2008, we will see the release of Frost/Nixon, a film of the award winning stage play. He appeared in an episode with his wife, Keeley Hawes, in her Television drama, Ashes to Ashes, on BBC in March. Matthew Macfadyen will return to BBC in April when filming begins for the Andrew Davies' adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic, Little Dorrit. Matthew has completed filming for the new Agatha Christie movie based on Miss Marple, "A Pocket Full of Rye" in March 2008.

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East Kent Mercury followup on Little Dorrit Filming

cubbie866 — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:25:35 -0700

JaneV spotted the followup by the East Kent Mercury Newspaper. It shows Deal Castle looking very colorful with the actors and set filming Little Dorrit. You can see the pictures and story here.

IMDb poster comments on Macfadyen's performance in Frost/Nixon

cubbie866 — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:23:07 -0700

IMDb poster, steveg 1023 had this to say about Matthew Macfadyen's role in Frost/Nixon.

...I also was lucky enough to see a screening and take part in a group Q&A with Ron Howard.

MacFadyen's solid, but he really is a supporting role in a movie that really belongs to Sheen and Langella. HIs character is very Darcy-ish in the sense that you know there's a lot of emotion brimming under the surface, and it only comes out in controlled outbursts. He serves as a nice foil to Sheen's emphasis on charisma and a playboy attitude.

He gets one of the best moments of the movie, though. It's quick, but I don't want to spoil it.
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Secret Life Nominated at Monte Carlo's TV fest 2008

cubbie866 — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:05:59 -0700

Start: 2008-06-12 22:57

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Secret Life has been nominated in the Television Films section of Monte Carlo's 48th Television Festival held from 8-12 June 2008. The Awards Ceremony will be held on 12 June at 7:00 pm.

Matthew Macfadyen received a Best Actor award by the Royal Television Society and a nomination for Best Actor by the BAFTA's for his role in Secret Life.

Interestingly Keely Hawes' Ashes to Ashes (in which Matthew guest starred in episode 7) is also nominated in the TV Series (Drama) section.

Best of luck to both of them! read more »

East Kent Mercury discusses filming of Little Dorrit

cubbie866 — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:51:01 -0700

Matthew Macfayden, the star of Spooks and Pride and Prejudice, was at the castle for two days shooting scenes for Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit, which will be screened on BBC One this autumn.

That's what Deal's East Kent Mercury Newspaper is reporting. The two days of shooting involved Deal Castle. The article included this wonderful image of Matthew. The newspaper goes on to say "the scenes shot at Deal Castle will form a part of the story-line set in Marseille, southern France".

Well spotted, JaneV! read more »