Dominic West

Known for ActingBorn 1969-10-15 (age 56)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.Read more

Movies & web series

WAR

Revolting Rhymes

3 Joes

The Wire

Brassic

Secret History

The Crown

Tapping the Wire

SAS Rogue Heroes

Pride

The Hour

The Agency

Les Misérables

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Testament of Youth

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

The Graham Norton Show

300

Finding Dory

The Wire Odyssey

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden

Chicago

Colette

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Have I Got News for You

A Christmas Carol

The Devil's Whore

Revolting Rhymes

Mona Lisa Smile

The Square

Appropriate Adult

Arthur Christmas

The Affair

The Pursuit of Love

Stateless

Richard III

Rock Star

Genius

Muse of Fire

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Money Monster

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Tomb Raider

The Awakening

John Carter

Golden Globe Awards

Johnny English Reborn

A Midsummer Night's Dream