Dominic West
Acting
Born: October 15, 1969 (age 57) · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominic West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
300
2007
Finding Dory
2016
Tomb Raider
2018
John Carter
2012
Johnny English Reborn
2011
Money Monster
2016
Chicago
2002
The Wire
2002
Hannibal Rising
2007
The Crown
2016
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
Photos (6)
Movies (57)
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Palace Guard
Tomb Raider
Richard Croft
Finding Dory
Rudder (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Guy Dexter
Johnny English Reborn
Ambrose
The Forgotten
Ash Correll
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Guy Dexter
Chicago
Fred Casely
Mona Lisa Smile
Bill Dunbar
Money Monster
Walt Camby
John Carter
Sab Than
300
Theron
The Square
Julian
Testament of Youth
Mr. Brittain
Richard III
The Earl of Richmond
A Christmas Carol
Fred
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
The Awakening
Robert Mallory
Punisher: War Zone
Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
Colette
Willy
Spice World
Photographer
From Time to Time
Caxton
Centurion
General Titus Flavius Virilus
Genius
Ernest Hemingway
Rock Star
Kirk Cuddy
Pride
Jonathan
28 Days
Jasper
& Sons
Rainer
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf (voice)
Surviving Picasso
Paulo Picasso
Hannibal Rising
Inspector Popil
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Le Vicomte de Valmont
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
Inventor
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
Ted
Marine Life Interviews
Rudder (voice)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
Jackboots on Whitehall
Fiske (voice)
Call Me Queen
Warren
Burton and Taylor
Richard Burton
The Gambler
Alexei
True Blue
Donald MacDonald
E=MC²
Spike
Breaking the Mould
Howard Florey
Five Star Fouad
Gary
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Narrator
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
Narrator (Voice)
Children of the Tsunami
Narrator (voice)
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
Ernest Shackleton
3 Joes
Joe Smoke
Diana & Me
Rob Naylor
The Finish Line
Paul
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Voice of Paul Gauguin
After 82
Narrator (voice)
Offshore Incorporated
Narrator
TV Shows (15)
The Crown
Prince Charles · 20 eps
The Wire
Jimmy McNulty · 60 eps
WAR
Morgan Henderson · 8 eps
The Affair
Noah Solloway · 53 eps
The Agency
CIA Director · 7 eps
Brassic
Dr. Chris Coxley · 49 eps
SAS Rogue Heroes
Dudley Wrangel Clarke · 8 eps
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean · 6 eps
The Hour
Hector Madden · 12 eps
The Devil's Whore
Oliver Cromwell · 4 eps
Stateless
Gordon Masters · 6 eps
The Pursuit of Love
Uncle Matthew · 3 eps
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf · 2 eps
Appropriate Adult
Fred West · 2 eps
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Sir Mulberry Hawk · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
Muse of Fire
Self
Secret History
Self (Voice) · 1 eps
The Wire Odyssey
Self
Tapping the Wire
Self
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Actor
Beyond the Silk Road
Self
