Dominic West
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-10-15
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Dominic 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominic West, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Hannibal Rising
Feb 06, 2007
300
Mar 07, 2007
The Forgotten
Sep 24, 2004
Chicago
Dec 10, 2002
A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 20, 1999
28 Days
Apr 06, 2000
Richard III
Dec 29, 1995
Mona Lisa Smile
Dec 19, 2003
Centurion
Feb 15, 2010
Punisher: War Zone
Dec 05, 2008
Rock Star
Sep 04, 2001
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
Nov 01, 2016
Monstrous Beauty
A Christmas Carol
Dec 05, 1999
True Blue
Nov 15, 1996
From Time to Time
Oct 15, 2009
John Carter
Mar 07, 2012
Johnny English Reborn
Sep 15, 2011
The Awakening
Aug 17, 2011
The Gambler
Oct 30, 1997
Burton and Taylor
Jul 22, 2013
Diana & Me
Dec 04, 1997
Pride
Sep 12, 2014
Offshore Incorporated
Jun 27, 2015
Breaking the Mould
Jul 29, 2009
The Wire: The Last Word
Dec 27, 2007
The Wire Odyssey
Dec 20, 2007
What You Will
Dec 12, 2012
E=MC²
Jan 05, 1996
Testament of Youth
Jan 16, 2015
Genius
Jun 10, 2016
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
Oct 03, 2013
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Sep 03, 2002
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999
Money Monster
May 12, 2016
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Oct 15, 2019
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Jan 28, 2016
Finding Dory
Jun 16, 2016
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Sep 10, 2025
Marine Life Interviews
Nov 15, 2016
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
Revolting Rhymes
Oct 11, 2017
Tomb Raider
Mar 05, 2018
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Jackboots on Whitehall
Oct 08, 2010
Spice World
Dec 18, 1997
The Square
Aug 25, 2017
Colette
Sep 21, 2018
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
Aug 11, 2017
The Finish Line
Nov 04, 2017
Five Star Fouad
Nov 04, 2017
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
Jul 29, 2015
Surviving Picasso
Sep 04, 1996
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Dec 13, 2017
After 82
Nov 24, 2018
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Dec 01, 2019
3 Joes
Jan 01, 1991
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Jul 18, 2012
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Apr 27, 2022
Tapping the Wire
Jul 01, 2007
& Sons
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Dec 05, 2007
Children of the Tsunami
Mar 13, 2012
Call Me Queen
Wind of Change
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
The Wire
Jun 02, 2002
The Pursuit of Love
May 09, 2021
The Devil's Whore
Nov 19, 2008
Secret History
Nov 14, 1991
Appropriate Adult
Sep 04, 2011
The Hour
Jul 19, 2011
The Affair
Oct 12, 2014
The Crown
Nov 04, 2016
SAS Rogue Heroes
Oct 30, 2022
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Les Misérables
Dec 30, 2018
Brassic
Aug 22, 2019
Stateless
Mar 01, 2020
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sep 04, 2022
Revolting Rhymes
Dec 26, 2016
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Dec 01, 2024
