Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 15, 1969
Place of Birth:
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Dominic West
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Guy Dexter |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Guy Dexter |
| 2019 | Gauguin from the National Gallery, London | Narrator |
| 2019 | Gauguin: A Dangerous Life | Voice of Paul Gauguin |
| 2018 | Tomb Raider | Richard Croft |
| 2018 | Colette | Willy |
| 2018 | After 82 | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Revolting Rhymes | Wolf (voice) |
| 2017 | The Square | Julian |
| 2017 | A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted | Ted |
| 2017 | The Finish Line | Paul |
| 2017 | Five Star Fouad | Gary |
| 2017 | Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street | Self - Actor |
| 2016 | The Tale of Thomas Burberry | Ernest Shackleton |
| 2016 | Genius | Ernest Hemingway |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Walt Camby |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Rudder (voice) |
| 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | Rudder (voice) |
| 2015 | Offshore Incorporated | Narrator |
| 2015 | Testament of Youth | Mr. Brittain |
| 2015 | The Day They Dropped The Bomb | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2014 | Pride | Jonathan |
| 2013 | Burton and Taylor | Richard Burton |
| 2013 | The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden | Inventor |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self |
| 2012 | John Carter | Sab Than |
| 2012 | What You Will | |
| 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | |
| 2012 | Children of the Tsunami | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Ambrose |
| 2011 | The Awakening | Robert Mallory |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Lead Elf (voice) |
| 2010 | Centurion | General Titus Flavius Virilus |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Fiske (voice) |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Caxton |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Howard Florey |
| 2008 | Punisher: War Zone | Billy / Jigsaw |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Inspector Popil |
| 2007 | 300 | Theron |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self |
| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Self |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self |
| 2007 | 2000: Bunk and McNulty | Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty |
| 2004 | The Forgotten | Ash Correll |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | Bill Dunbar |
| 2002 | Chicago | Fred Casely |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Young Man (segment "About Time 2") |
| 2001 | Rock Star | Kirk Cuddy |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Jasper |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | Fred (Scrooge's nephew) |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Palace Guard |
| 1997 | The Gambler | Alexei |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Rob Naylor |
| 1997 | Spice World | Photographer |
| 1996 | True Blue | Donald MacDonald |
| 1996 | E=MC² | Spike |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso | Paulo Picasso |
| 1995 | Richard III | The Earl of Richmond |
| 1991 | 3 Joes | |
| Monstrous Beauty | King Charles II | |
| & Sons | ||
| Call Me Queen | ||
| Wind of Change | Doc McGhee |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Agency: Central Intelligence | CIA Director |
| 2022 | SAS Rogue Heroes | Dudley Wrangel Clarke |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self |
| 2021 | The Pursuit of Love | Uncle Matthew |
| 2020 | Stateless | Gordon Masters |
| 2019 | Brassic | Dr. Chris Coxley |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean |
| 2016 | The Crown | Prince Charles |
| 2016 | Revolting Rhymes | Wolf |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | The Affair | Noah Solloway |
| 2011 | Appropriate Adult | Fred West |
| 2011 | The Hour | Hector Madden |
| 2008 | The Devil's Whore | Oliver Cromwell |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2002 | The Wire | Jimmy McNulty |
| 1991 | Secret History | Self (Voice) |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Host |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Presenter |