Lord Uhtred

A serious and rather distant man, whose commitments to Bebbanburg leave little time for his two sons. Lord Uhtred is a formidable fighter and leader of men, and his son Young Uhtred struggles to win his father’s affection and approval.

Matthew Macfadyen is one of the UK’s most respected television, film and stage actors and brings his wealth of experience to the role of Lord Uhtred in The Last Kingdom. Matthew has had acclaimed success both on stage and screen with award winning performances such as Sean Foley’s Jeeves & Wooster and the role of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in series three of Ripper Street. Matthew is well known for his portrayal of Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama Spooks, which won BAFTA & Royal Television Society awards.

Matthew starred in the critically acclaimed and award winning series, Any Human Heart, a four-­‐part television drama for Channel 4 based on the novel by William Boyd, who also adapted the screenplay. He also featured in the role of ‘Prior Phillip’ in an epic series for Channel 4 The Pillars of the Earth based on Ken Follett’s bestselling novel alongside Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell and Rufus Sewell. Matthew was awarded a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in BBC1’s second series of Criminal Justice. He also starred in the award-­‐winning (including BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe) BBC adaptation Little Dorrit with newcomer Claire Foy, earning himself a nomination for Best Actor at the 2008 Royal Television Society Awards.

Matthew’s role in Channel 4’s one-­off drama Secret Life received outstanding reviews and also earned him a BAFTA nomination and a Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor. His other television credits include Enid (BBC), Agatha Christie’s Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (ITV), The Project, (BBC), The Way We Live Now (BBC), Perfect Strangers (Talkback TV), Bloodline (BBC), Warriors (BBC) (for which he was nominated at the 1999 Royal Television Society Awards) and Wuthering Heights (LWT).