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Dominic West

Acting 56 years old Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK ★ 3.0
Born: October 15, 1969

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).

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Known For

Finding Dory
Finding Dory Rudder (voice) 2016
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Guy Dexter 2025
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider Richard Croft 2018
300
300 Theron 2007
Spice World
Spice World Photographer 1997

Filmography

Acting Credits (89)

& Sons
& Sons Rainer 2026
Beyond the Silk Road
Beyond the Silk Road Self 2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Guy Dexter 2025
The Agency: Central Intelligence
The Agency: Central Intelligence CIA Director 2024
SAS Rogue Heroes
SAS Rogue Heroes Dudley Wrangel Clarke 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era Guy Dexter 2022
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love Uncle Matthew 2021
Stateless
Stateless Gordon Masters 2020
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life Voice of Paul Gauguin 2019
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London Narrator 2019
Brassic
Brassic Dr. Chris Coxley 2019
Les Misérables
Les Misérables Jean Valjean 2018
After 82
After 82 Narrator (voice) 2018
Colette
Colette Willy 2018
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider Richard Croft 2018
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street Self - Actor 2017
The Finish Line
The Finish Line Paul 2017
Five Star Fouad
Five Star Fouad Gary 2017
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes Wolf (voice) 2017
The Square
The Square Julian 2017
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted Ted 2017
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes Wolf 2016
Marine Life Interviews
Marine Life Interviews Rudder (voice) 2016
The Crown
The Crown Prince Charles 2016
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
The Tale of Thomas Burberry Ernest Shackleton 2016
Finding Dory
Finding Dory Rudder (voice) 2016
Genius
Genius Ernest Hemingway 2016
Money Monster
Money Monster Walt Camby 2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Le Vicomte de Valmont 2016
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
The Day They Dropped The Bomb Narrator (Voice) 2015
Offshore Incorporated
Offshore Incorporated Narrator 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth Mr. Brittain 2015
The Affair
The Affair Noah Solloway 2014
Pride
Pride Jonathan 2014
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden Inventor 2013
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire Self 2013
Burton and Taylor
Burton and Taylor Richard Burton 2013
What You Will
What You Will 2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 2012
Children of the Tsunami
Children of the Tsunami Narrator (voice) 2012
John Carter
John Carter Sab Than 2012
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas Lead Elf (voice) 2011
Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn Ambrose 2011
Appropriate Adult
Appropriate Adult Fred West 2011
The Awakening
The Awakening Robert Mallory 2011
The Hour
The Hour Hector Madden 2011
Jackboots on Whitehall
Jackboots on Whitehall Fiske (voice) 2010
Centurion
Centurion General Titus Flavius Virilus 2010
From Time to Time
From Time to Time Caxton 2009
Breaking the Mould
Breaking the Mould Howard Florey 2009
Punisher: War Zone
Punisher: War Zone Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw 2008
The Devil's Whore
The Devil's Whore Oliver Cromwell 2008
The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire: The Last Word Self 2007
The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey Self 2007
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2000: Bunk and McNulty Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty 2007
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire Self 2007
300
300 Theron 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Hannibal Rising
Hannibal Rising Inspector Popil 2007
Stingray
Stingray Luther 2006
The Forgotten
The Forgotten Ash Correll 2004
Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile Bill Dunbar 2003
Chicago
Chicago Fred Casely 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Young Man (segment "About Time 2") 2002
The Wire
The Wire Jimmy McNulty 2002
Rock Star
Rock Star Kirk Cuddy 2001
28 Days
28 Days Jasper 2000
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol Fred 1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander 1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Palace Guard 1999
Spice World
Spice World Photographer 1997
Diana & Me
Diana & Me Rob Naylor 1997
The Gambler
The Gambler Alexei 1997
True Blue
True Blue Donald MacDonald 1996
Surviving Picasso
Surviving Picasso Paulo Picasso 1996
E=MC²
E=MC² Spike 1996
Richard III
Richard III The Earl of Richmond 1995
Secret History
Secret History Self (Voice) 1991
3 Joes
3 Joes 1991
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self - Host 1990
This Morning
This Morning Self 1988
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty King Charles II
Call Me Queen
Call Me Queen
Wind of Change
Wind of Change Doc McGhee
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Himself - Presenter
WAR
WAR Morgan Henderson

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