Dominic West
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 15, 1969 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 95
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
Filmography
Call Me Queen
2026Movie
Warren
WAR
2026TV
Morgan Henderson
& Sons
2026Movie
Rainer
Beyond the Silk Road
2026Movie
Self
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025Movie
Guy Dexter
The Agency
2024TV
CIA Director
SAS Rogue Heroes
2022TV
Dudley Wrangel Clarke
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022TV
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022Movie
Guy Dexter
The Pursuit of Love
2021TV
Uncle Matthew
Stateless
2020TV
Gordon Masters
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
2019Movie
Voice of Paul Gauguin
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
2019Movie
Narrator
Brassic
2019TV
Dr. Chris Coxley
Les Misérables
2018TV
Jean Valjean
After 82
2018Movie
Narrator (voice)
Colette
2018Movie
Willy
Tomb Raider
2018Movie
Richard Croft
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017Movie
Self - Actor
The Finish Line
2017Movie
Paul
Five Star Fouad
2017Movie
Gary
Revolting Rhymes
2017Movie
Wolf (voice)
The Square
2017Movie
Julian
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
2017Movie
Ted
Revolting Rhymes
2016TV
Wolf
Marine Life Interviews
2016Movie
Rudder (voice)
The Crown
2016TV
Prince Charles
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
2016Movie
Ernest Shackleton
Finding Dory
2016Movie
Rudder (voice)
Genius
2016Movie
Ernest Hemingway
Money Monster
2016Movie
Walt Camby
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016Movie
Le Vicomte de Valmont
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
2015Movie
Narrator (Voice)
Offshore Incorporated
2015Movie
Narrator
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Pride: The True Story
2015Movie
Himself
Testament of Youth
2015Movie
Mr. Brittain
The Affair
2014TV
Noah Solloway
Pride
2014Movie
Jonathan
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
2013Movie
Inventor
Muse of Fire
2013Movie
Self
Burton and Taylor
2013Movie
Richard Burton
What You Will
2012Movie
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012Movie
Children of the Tsunami
2012Movie
Narrator (voice)
John Carter
2012Movie
Sab Than
Arthur Christmas
2011Movie
Lead Elf (voice)
Johnny English Reborn
2011Movie
Ambrose
Appropriate Adult
2011TV
Fred West
The Awakening
2011Movie
Robert Mallory
The Hour
2011TV
Hector Madden
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010Movie
Fiske (voice)
Centurion
2010Movie
General Titus Flavius Virilus
From Time to Time
2009Movie
Caxton
Breaking the Mould
2009Movie
Howard Florey
Punisher: War Zone
2008Movie
Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
The Devil's Whore
2008TV
Oliver Cromwell
The Wire: The Last Word
2007Movie
Self
The Wire Odyssey
2007Movie
Self
2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007Movie
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Tapping the Wire
2007Movie
Self
300
2007Movie
Theron
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Hannibal Rising
2007Movie
Inspector Popil
Stingray
2006Movie
Luther
The Forgotten
2004Movie
Ash Correll
Mona Lisa Smile
2003Movie
Bill Dunbar
Chicago
2002Movie
Fred Casely
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002Movie
Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
The Wire
2002TV
Jimmy McNulty
Rock Star
2001Movie
Kirk Cuddy
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001TV
Sir Mulberry Hawk
28 Days
2000Movie
Jasper
A Christmas Carol
1999Movie
Fred
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999Movie
Lysander
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Palace Guard
Out of Hours
1998TV
Dr. Paul Featherstone
Spice World
1997Movie
Photographer
Diana & Me
1997Movie
Rob Naylor
The Gambler
1997Movie
Alexei
True Blue
1996Movie
Donald MacDonald
Surviving Picasso
1996Movie
Paulo Picasso
E=MC²
1996Movie
Spike
Richard III
1995Movie
The Earl of Richmond
Secret History
1991TV
Self (Voice)
3 Joes
1991Movie
Joe Smoke
Have I Got News for You
1990TV
Self - Host
This Morning
1988TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Himself - Presenter
Untitled Roald Dahl Series
TV
The Custom of the Country
Movie
The Man Who Stole Portugal
Movie
Wind of Change
Movie
Doc McGhee
Monstrous Beauty
Movie
King Charles II