Dominic West
ActingDominic 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.
Known For
300
Theron
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Palace Guard
John Carter
Sab Than
Tomb Raider
Richard Croft
Finding Dory
Rudder (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Guy Dexter
Chicago
Fred Casely
Johnny English Reborn
Ambrose
Pride
Jonathan
Centurion
General Titus Flavius Virilus
Filmography — Acting
300
Theron
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Palace Guard
John Carter
Sab Than
Tomb Raider
Richard Croft
Finding Dory
Rudder (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Guy Dexter
Chicago
Fred Casely
Johnny English Reborn
Ambrose
Pride
Jonathan
Centurion
General Titus Flavius Virilus
The Square
Julian
Genius
Ernest Hemingway
Colette
Willy
The Awakening
Robert Mallory
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Guy Dexter
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
Mona Lisa Smile
Bill Dunbar
Punisher: War Zone
Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
Money Monster
Walt Camby
The Forgotten
Ash Correll
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
28 Days
Jasper
Rock Star
Kirk Cuddy
Testament of Youth
Mr. Brittain
Spice World
Photographer
Diana & Me
Rob Naylor
& Sons
Rainer
A Christmas Carol
Fred
Richard III
The Earl of Richmond
From Time to Time
Caxton
Muse of Fire
Self
Surviving Picasso
Paulo Picasso
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Le Vicomte de Valmont
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf (voice)
True Blue
Donald MacDonald
Hannibal Rising
Inspector Popil
The Gambler
Alexei
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
Burton and Taylor
Richard Burton
E=MC²
Spike
Marine Life Interviews
Rudder (voice)
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
Ernest Shackleton
Custom of the Country
Jackboots on Whitehall
Fiske (voice)
Breaking the Mould
Howard Florey
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
Narrator (Voice)
The Wire Odyssey
Self
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Tapping the Wire
Self
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Actor
Call Me Queen
Monstrous Beauty
King Charles II
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Voice of Paul Gauguin
Children of the Tsunami
Narrator (voice)
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
Inventor
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Narrator
Stingray
Luther
3 Joes
Offshore Incorporated
Narrator
Wind of Change
Doc McGhee
Beyond the Silk Road
Self
Five Star Fouad
Gary
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
Ted
What You Will
After 82
Narrator (voice)
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
The Finish Line
Paul