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Dominic West

Actor, Director, ProducerBorn October 15, 1969 (55 years)
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director, producer, and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008) and Noah Solloway in Showtime's The Affair (2014–2019), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination, Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew Fred in A Christmas Carol (1999), and Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama The Crown (2022–2023), the latter of which earned him nominations for another Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

West made his television debut in the 1998 BBC medical drama Out of Hours before appearing in the television films A Christmas Carol, 28 Days with Sandra Bullock in 2000, and Nicholas Nickleby (2001). His breakthrough came with the role of Detective Jimmy McNulty in the series The Wire. He then starred in the BBC series The Hour (2011–2012), earning a Golden Globe Award nomination. He received a BAFTA Award for his performance as the serial killer Fred West in the ITV drama Appropriate Adult (2011) and a nomination for his portrayal as Richard Burton in BBC Four's Burton & Taylor (2013). He played Jean Valjean in the 2018 BBC miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables. He has since starred in the Netflix series Stateless (2020) and the Amazon Studios The Pursuit of Love (2021). West is currently playing the role of Dr Chris Cox in the Sky One series Brassic (2019–present).

His film debut came with his portrayal of Henry, Earl of Richmond, in Ian McKellen's adaptation of Richard III (1995). He has since appeared in Chicago (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), 300 (2007), Punisher: War Zone (2008), Johnny English Reborn (2011), John Carter (2012), Pride (2014), Testament of Youth (2014), Money Monster (2016), Genius (2016), The Square (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), Colette (2018) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hannibal Rising
  • Punisher: War Zone
  • Genius
  • Brassic
  • From Time to Time
  • Appropriate Adult
  • Jackboots on Whitehall
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
  • Offshore Incorporated
  • After 82: The Untold Story of the AIDS Crisis in the UK

Known For

  • The Wire
  • 300
  • Tomb Raider
  • The Affair
  • The Crown
  • John Carter
  • Johnny English Reborn
  • The Awakening
  • The Forgotten
  • Punisher: War Zone
  • Hannibal Rising
  • Money Monster
  • The Square
  • Chicago
  • 28 Days
  • Centurion
  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Rock Star
  • Colette
  • Pride
  • Les Misérables (2018)
  • Appropriate Adult
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2024
    The Agency (2024) (TV Series) · as Cia Director
    2022
    SAS Rogue Heroes (TV Series) · as Dudley Wrangel Clarke
    2022
    Downton Abbey: A New Era · as Guy Dexter
    2021
    The Pursuit of Love (TV Series) · as Uncle Matthew
    2020
    Stateless (TV Series) · as Gordon Masters
    2019
    Gauguin: A Dangerous Life · as Voice Of Paul Gauguin
    2019
    Brassic (TV Series) · as Dr. Chris Coxley
    2019
    2018
    Les Misérables (2018) (TV Series) · as Jean Valjean
    2018
    Colette · as Willy
    2018
    Tomb Raider · as Richard Croft
    2018
    2017
    The Square · as Julian
    2016
    2016
    Revolting Rhymes (TV Series) · as Wolf
    2016
    2016
    The Crown (TV Series) · as Prince Charles
    2016
    The Tale of Thomas Burberry · as Ernest Shackleton
    2016
    Finding Dory · as Rudder (voice)
    2016
    Genius · as Ernest Hemingway
    2016
    Money Monster · as Walt Camby
    2016
    2015
    The Day They Dropped The Bomb · as Narrator (voice)
    2015
    2014
    Testament of Youth · as Mr. Brittain
    2014
    The Affair (TV Series) · as Noah Solloway
    2014
    Pride · as Jonathan
    2013
    Burton and Taylor · as Richard Burton
    2012
    2012
    Children of the Tsunami · as Narrator (voice)
    2012
    John Carter · as Sab Than
    2011
    Arthur Christmas · as Lead Elf (voice)
    2011
    The Awakening · as Robert Mallory
    2011
    Johnny English Reborn · as Ambrose
    2011
    Appropriate Adult (TV Series) · as Fred West
    2011
    Concrete Circus · as Narrator
    2011
    The Hour (TV Series) · as Hector Madden
    2010
    2010
    Centurion · as General Titus Flavius Virilus
    2009
    2009
    Breaking the Mould · as Howard Florey
    2008
    Punisher: War Zone · as Billy / Jigsaw
    2008
    The Devil's Whore (TV Series) · as Oliver Cromwell
    2007
    Hannibal Rising · as Inspector Popil
    2006
    300 · as Theron
    2006
    Stingray · as Luther
    2004
    The Forgotten · as Ash Correll
    2003
    Mona Lisa Smile · as Bill Dunbar
    2002
    Chicago · as Fred Casely
    2002
    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello · as Young Man (segment "about Time 2")
    2002
    The Wire (TV Series) · as Jimmy Mcnulty
    2001
    Rock Star · as Kirk Cuddy
    2001
    2000
    28 Days · as Jasper
    1999
    A Christmas Carol · as Fred (scrooge's Nephew)
    1999
    1999
    1997
    Spice World · as Photographer
    1997
    Diana & Me · as Rob Naylor
    1997
    The Gambler · as Alexei
    1996
    True Blue · as Donald Macdonald
    1996
    Surviving Picasso · as Paulo Picasso
    1996
    E=mc2 · as Spike
    1995
    Richard III · as The Earl Of Richmond
    1953
    Panorama (TV Series) · as Narrator

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