Education
The third of four siblings (two older brothers, one younger sister), McFadden was educated at Holyrood Roman Catholic Secondary School in Glasgow, where a drama teacher saw his potential and recommended him for a small part in Taggart.
The third of four siblings (two older brothers, one younger sister), McFadden was educated at Holyrood Roman Catholic Secondary School in Glasgow, where a drama teacher saw his potential and recommended him for a small part in Taggart.
After taking a role in Take the High Road, he then developed his career in the theatre with roles as diverse as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Rent and Rainbow Kiss. He then took roles in television series Sex, Chips & Rock n" Roll and The Crow Road. He came to national attention playing Personal Computer Joe Mason in Heartbeat for two series.
After that role ended in 2008, he mixed theatre work with the National of Scotland and touring in the Alan Ayckbourn play Haunting Julia, with starring in such films as The Trouble with Men and Women, Dad Savage and Small Faces.
Since January 2014, he has had the leading role as Raffaello "Raf" di Lucca in the British Broadcasting Corporation One medical drama Holby City. Writer in The Missing, National of Scotland, Tramway (arts centre) September 2011 Georg Nowack in She Loves Maine, Chichester Festival 2011 Keith in Rainbow Kiss at Royal Court, London 2006 John in A Life in the at Royal Lyceum Edinburgh 2004 Claude in 15 Seconds at Traverse, Edinburgh 2003 Mark in Rent at Shaftesbury, London 1998.