Dominic West

Acting

Born Oct 15, 1969

From Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominic West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dominic West

Known For

300

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

John Carter

Tomb Raider

Finding Dory

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Chicago

Johnny English Reborn

Pride

Centurion

Filmography — Acting

300

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

John Carter

Tomb Raider

Finding Dory

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Chicago

Johnny English Reborn

Pride

Centurion

The Square

Genius

Colette

The Awakening

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Arthur Christmas

Mona Lisa Smile

Punisher: War Zone

Money Monster

The Forgotten

A Midsummer Night's Dream

28 Days

Rock Star

Testament of Youth

Spice World

Diana & Me

& Sons

A Christmas Carol

Richard III

From Time to Time

Muse of Fire

Surviving Picasso

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Revolting Rhymes

True Blue

Hannibal Rising

The Gambler

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

The Wire: The Last Word

Burton and Taylor

E=MC²

Marine Life Interviews

The Tale of Thomas Burberry

Custom of the Country

Jackboots on Whitehall

Breaking the Mould

The Day They Dropped The Bomb

The Wire Odyssey

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Tapping the Wire

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Call Me Queen

Monstrous Beauty

Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

Children of the Tsunami

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden

Gauguin from the National Gallery, London

Stingray

3 Joes

Offshore Incorporated

Wind of Change

Beyond the Silk Road

Five Star Fouad

A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted

What You Will

After 82

2000: Bunk and McNulty