Dominic West
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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
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as Palace Guard
Finding Dory (2016)
as Rudder (voice)
300 (2007)
as Theron
John Carter (2012)
as Sab Than
Tomb Raider (2018)
as Richard Croft
Johnny English Reborn (2011)
as Ambrose
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as Lead Elf (voice)
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
as Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
Chicago (2002)
as Fred Casely
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
as Guy Dexter
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
as Bill Dunbar
Centurion (2010)
as General Titus Flavius Virilus
The Awakening (2011)
as Robert Mallory
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Guy Dexter
Colette (2018)
as Willy
Pride (2014)
as Jonathan
Rock Star (2001)
as Kirk Cuddy
The Forgotten (2004)
as Ash Correll
28 Days (2000)
as Jasper
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
as Lysander
Genius (2016)
as Ernest Hemingway
After 82 (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Pride: The True Story (2015)
as Himself
The Square (2017)
as Julian
Money Monster (2016)
as Walt Camby
Testament of Youth (2015)
as Mr. Brittain
Spice World (1997)
as Photographer
A Christmas Carol (1999)
as Fred
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Fiske (voice)
Richard III (1995)
as The Earl of Richmond
Burton and Taylor (2013)
as Richard Burton
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life (2019)
as Voice of Paul Gauguin
Revolting Rhymes (2017)
as Wolf (voice)
From Time to Time (2009)
as Caxton
Surviving Picasso (1996)
as Paulo Picasso
Call Me Queen (2026)
Actor
& Sons (2026)
as Rainer
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Hannibal Rising (2007)
as Inspector Popil
The Wire: The Last Word (2007)
as Self
The Wire Odyssey (2007)
as Self
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted (2017)
as Ted
Marine Life Interviews (2016)
as Rudder (voice)
The Custom of the Country (—)
Actor
3 Joes (1991)
Actor
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
as Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
Tapping the Wire (2007)
as Self
Shakespeare's Sonnets (2012)
Actor
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London (2019)
as Narrator
2000: Bunk and McNulty (2007)
as Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Children of the Tsunami (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
The Gambler (1997)
as Alexei
Beyond the Silk Road (2026)
as Self
The Finish Line (2017)
as Paul
Five Star Fouad (2017)
as Gary
True Blue (1996)
as Donald MacDonald
What You Will (2012)
Actor
The Man Who Stole Portugal (—)
Actor
Offshore Incorporated (2015)
as Narrator
Wind of Change (—)
as Doc McGhee
Stingray (2006)
as Luther
Diana & Me (1997)
as Rob Naylor
Breaking the Mould (2009)
as Howard Florey
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017)
as Self - Actor
Monstrous Beauty (—)
as King Charles II
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)
as Le Vicomte de Valmont
E=MC² (1996)
as Spike
The Tale of Thomas Burberry (2016)
as Ernest Shackleton
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden (2013)
as Inventor
The Day They Dropped The Bomb (2015)
as Narrator (Voice)