Dominic West

Acting

Born October 15, 1969 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

Movies(68)

Call Me Queen

2026

& Sons

Rainer

2026

Beyond the Silk Road

Self

2026

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Guy Dexter

2025

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Guy Dexter

2022

Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

Voice of Paul Gauguin

2019

Gauguin from the National Gallery, London

Narrator

2019

After 82

Narrator (voice)

2018

Colette

Willy

2018

Tomb Raider

Richard Croft

2018

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Self - Actor

2017

The Finish Line

Paul

2017

Five Star Fouad

Gary

2017

Revolting Rhymes

Wolf (voice)

2017

The Square

Julian

2017

A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted

Ted

2017

Marine Life Interviews

Rudder (voice)

2016

The Tale of Thomas Burberry

Ernest Shackleton

2016

Finding Dory

Rudder (voice)

2016

Genius

Ernest Hemingway

2016

Money Monster

Walt Camby

2016

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Le Vicomte de Valmont

2016

The Day They Dropped The Bomb

Narrator (Voice)

2015

Offshore Incorporated

Narrator

2015

Testament of Youth

Mr. Brittain

2015

Pride

Jonathan

2014

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden

Inventor

2013

Muse of Fire

Self

2013

Burton and Taylor

Richard Burton

2013

What You Will

2012

Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012

Children of the Tsunami

Narrator (voice)

2012

John Carter

Sab Than

2012

Arthur Christmas

Lead Elf (voice)

2011

Johnny English Reborn

Ambrose

2011

The Awakening

Robert Mallory

2011

Jackboots on Whitehall

Fiske (voice)

2010

Centurion

General Titus Flavius Virilus

2010

From Time to Time

Caxton

2009

Breaking the Mould

Howard Florey

2009

Punisher: War Zone

Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw

2008

The Wire: The Last Word

Self

2007

The Wire Odyssey

Self

2007

2000: Bunk and McNulty

Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty

2007

Tapping the Wire

Self

2007

300

Theron

2007

Hannibal Rising

Inspector Popil

2007

Stingray

Luther

2006

The Forgotten

Ash Correll

2004

Mona Lisa Smile

Bill Dunbar

2003

Chicago

Fred Casely

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Young Man (segment "About Time 2")

2002

Rock Star

Kirk Cuddy

2001

28 Days

Jasper

2000

A Christmas Carol

Fred

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lysander

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Palace Guard

1999

Spice World

Photographer

1997

Diana & Me

Rob Naylor

1997

The Gambler

Alexei

1997

True Blue

Donald MacDonald

1996

Surviving Picasso

Paulo Picasso

1996

E=MC²

Spike

1996

Richard III

The Earl of Richmond

1995

3 Joes

1991

Monstrous Beauty

King Charles II

Wind of Change

Doc McGhee

Custom of the Country

Dominic West

TV Shows(22)

Movies(68)