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