He graduated from RADA in 1987 and began his stint in television acting on the TV film, The Firm. More recently, McFadden has been involving himself in theater, having played Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the High Wycombe Swan Theater and Abanazar in Aladdin at the Orchard Theater in Dartford. He has four children by the names of Matt, Teona, Mollie Jane, and Amelie Tinkerbell. He was well known at one point for his former relationship with EastEnders co-star, Lucy Benjamin.
