Matthew Macfadyen loves his new show
Matthew Macfadyen loves Spooks for many reasons. He plays M15 agent Tom Quinn in the successful BBC drama series that has run for three to four seasons so far. He describes Tom, the agent in the series, as someone who is very much into his job, sometimes sacrificing the other aspects of his life. After the incident in episode # 6, you see a side of Tom that you have never seen before: a darker and colder personality, Macfadyen says.
Macfadyen enjoys working with the crew saying that everyone gets along well with everybody. There’s a lot of silliness and joking around which he loves. The writing is also very good, according to Matthew Macfadyen, because it keeps viewers interested in the next episode and so they crave for more.
Matthew Macfadyen is a British actor and was born in 1974. He started his career after he finished his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and went straight to stage. He was affiliated with Cheek by Jowl, a stage company. He also appeared in The Duchess of Malfi as Antonio. His other famous stage roles included The School for Scandal where he played Charles Surface, and Much Ado About Nothing, where he played the role of Benedik. In 2005, he claimed more successes by playing Prince Hal in Henry IV at the Royal National Theater with Michael Gambon in the lead.
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Macfadyen’s television career took off when he was asked to play in the ITV network production of “Wuthering Heights” written by novelist Emily Brontë. This was in 1998. His other television appearances included roles in Warriors (1999) and The Way We Live Now (2001), both BBC-produced. Perfect Strangers, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, was his next widely acclaimed drama series. In 2002 he was cast in the BBC drama “The Project” which was about the New Labor party’s rise to power.
Spooks is the drama series where Matthew Macfadyen is most famous for. It is his highest profile role to-date. It was aired on BBC One and has been running for a few seasons now. It is also aired in the United States as M15 on the cable network A&E. Macfadyen also broke into film and was just as successful. He starred in Enigma and Pride and Prejudice.