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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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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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2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale · as Guy Dexter |
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 | |
2019 | After 82: The Untold Story of the AIDS Crisis in the UK · as Narrator (voice) |
2018 | Les Misérables (2018) (TV Series) · as Jean Valjean |
2018 | Colette · as Willy |
2018 | Tomb Raider · as Richard Croft |
2018 | 2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation · as Cast |
2017 | The Square · as Julian |
2016 | Un conte peut en cacher un autre · as Wolf (voice) |
2016 | Revolting Rhymes (TV Series) · as Wolf |
2016 | Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews · as Rudder (voice) |
2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Prince Charles |
2016 | The Tale of Thomas Burberry · as Ernest Shackleton |
2016 | Finding Dory · as Rudder (voice) |
2016 | |
2016 | Money Monster · as Walt Camby |
2016 | National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses · as Le Vicomte De Valmont |
2015 | The Day They Dropped The Bomb · as Narrator (voice) |
2015 | Offshore Incorporated · as Narrator |
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 | Jackboots on Whitehall · as Fiske (voice) |
2010 | Centurion · as General Titus Flavius Virilus |
2009 | From Time to Time · as Caxton |
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 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · as Sir Mulberry Hawk |
2000 | 28 Days · as Jasper |
1999 | A Christmas Carol · as Fred (scrooge's Nephew) |
1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · as Palace Guard |
1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Lysander |
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 |