Dominic West
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1969-10-15 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West
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
TV Shows (22)
The Crown
2016
as Prince Charles
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The Agency
2024
as CIA Director
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Wire
2002
as Jimmy McNulty
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
The Affair
2014
as Noah Solloway
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Himself - Presenter
Brassic
2019
as Dr. Chris Coxley
SAS Rogue Heroes
2022
as Dudley Wrangel Clarke
Les Misérables
2018
as Jean Valjean
Stateless
2020
as Gordon Masters
The Hour
2011
as Hector Madden
This Morning
1988
as Self
The Devil's Whore
2008
as Oliver Cromwell
Secret History
1991
as Self (Voice)
The Pursuit of Love
2021
as Uncle Matthew
Revolting Rhymes
2016
as Wolf
WAR
as Morgan Henderson
Appropriate Adult
2011
as Fred West
Movies (70)
Finding Dory
2016
as Rudder (voice)
300
2007
as Theron
John Carter
2012
as Sab Than
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Palace Guard
Johnny English Reborn
2011
as Ambrose
Tomb Raider
2018
as Richard Croft
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Lead Elf (voice)
Pride
2014
as Jonathan
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Guy Dexter
The Awakening
2011
as Robert Mallory
Colette
2018
as Willy
Punisher: War Zone
2008
as Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
Genius
2016
as Ernest Hemingway
Testament of Youth
2015
as Mr. Brittain
Centurion
2010
as General Titus Flavius Virilus
Chicago
2002
as Fred Casely
After 82
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Guy Dexter
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
as Bill Dunbar
Rock Star
2001
as Kirk Cuddy
The Forgotten
2004
as Ash Correll
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
2019
as Voice of Paul Gauguin
Money Monster
2016
as Walt Camby
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Fiske (voice)
The Square
2017
as Julian
28 Days
2000
as Jasper
Burton and Taylor
2013
as Richard Burton
Revolting Rhymes
2017
as Wolf (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Lysander
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Paulo Picasso
Pride: The True Story
2015
as Himself
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Fred
From Time to Time
2009
as Caxton
& Sons
2026
as Rainer
Marine Life Interviews
2016
as Rudder (voice)
Spice World
1997
as Photographer
The Gambler
1997
as Alexei
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
Richard III
1995
as The Earl of Richmond
Five Star Fouad
2017
as Gary
The Finish Line
2017
as Paul
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
2017
as Ted
The Man Who Stole Portugal
Hannibal Rising
2007
as Inspector Popil
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
as Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
The Custom of the Country
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
3 Joes
1991
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
2019
as Narrator
What You Will
2012
Call Me Queen
2026
Children of the Tsunami
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Mould
2009
as Howard Florey
Diana & Me
1997
as Rob Naylor
Offshore Incorporated
2015
as Narrator
Wind of Change
as Doc McGhee
E=MC²
1996
as Spike
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
as Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Beyond the Silk Road
2026
as Self
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
as Self - Actor
True Blue
1996
as Donald MacDonald
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016
as Le Vicomte de Valmont
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
2016
as Ernest Shackleton
Monstrous Beauty
as King Charles II
Stingray
2006
as Luther
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
2015
as Narrator (Voice)
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
2013
as Inventor
About Dominic West
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 Glob… With 92 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Dominic West has appeared in 70 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Finding Dory (2016) — as Rudder (voice)
- 300 (2007) — as Theron
- John Carter (2012) — as Sab Than
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — as Palace Guard
- Johnny English Reborn (2011) — as Ambrose
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