
Dominic West
1 FOLLOWER • 49 CREDITS • OCT 15, 1969 • 55
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

Golden Globe Awards

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The Graham Norton Show

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

The Agency: Central Intelligence

Spice World

The Wire Odyssey

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Arthur Christmas

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Brassic

Chicago

Finding Dory

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Stateless

Tapping the Wire

John Carter

Marine Life Interviews

Pride

Mona Lisa Smile

Genius

The Crown

SAS Rogue Heroes

Centurion

Testament of Youth

The Pursuit of Love

Money Monster

Hannibal Rising

A Midsummer Night's Dream

300

The Square

Johnny English Reborn

The Hour

Punisher: War Zone

Colette

Tomb Raider

Revolting Rhymes

WAR

Breaking the Mould

The Wire

Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

The Affair

Les Misérables

Burton and Taylor

Appropriate Adult
Production Credits
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