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