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Dominic West

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Known For

55 Years Old

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.

Born

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK on 15th October 1969

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The Late Late Show with James Corden Image
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show Image
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Have I Got News for You Image
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Image
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
The Wire Image
The Wire
Jimmy McNulty
The Crown Image
The Crown
Prince Charles
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Image
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Presenter
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Brassic
Dr. Chris Coxley
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The Affair
Noah Solloway
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SAS Rogue Heroes
Dudley Wrangel Clarke
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Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
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The Agency: Central Intelligence
CIA Director
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The Devil's Whore
Oliver Cromwell
Stateless Image
Stateless
Gordon Masters
The Hour Image
The Hour
Hector Madden
Secret History Image
Secret History
Self (Voice)
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Revolting Rhymes
Wolf
300 Image
300
Theron
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Tomb Raider
Richard Croft
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Palace Guard
Finding Dory Image
Finding Dory
Rudder (voice)
John Carter Image
John Carter
Sab Than
The Pursuit of Love Image
The Pursuit of Love
Uncle Matthew
Johnny English Reborn Image
Johnny English Reborn
Ambrose
Chicago Image
Chicago
Fred Casely
28 Days Image
28 Days
Jasper
Downton Abbey: A New Era Image
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Guy Dexter
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Mona Lisa Smile
Bill Dunbar
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Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
Money Monster Image
Money Monster
Walt Camby
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The Forgotten
Ash Correll
Punisher: War Zone Image
Punisher: War Zone
Billy / Jigsaw
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Guy Dexter
Pride Image
Pride
Jonathan
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The Awakening
Robert Mallory
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Rock Star
Kirk Cuddy
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Testament of Youth
Mr. Brittain
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Colette
Willy
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Centurion
General Titus Flavius Virilus
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
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Genius
Ernest Hemingway
This Morning Image
This Morning
Self
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Spice World
Photographer
The Square Image
The Square
Julian
Appropriate Adult Image
Appropriate Adult
Fred West
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Richard III
The Earl of Richmond
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A Christmas Carol
Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
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Hannibal Rising
Inspector Popil
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Surviving Picasso
Paulo Picasso
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From Time to Time
Caxton
Revolting Rhymes Image
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf (voice)
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Muse of Fire
Self
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Jackboots on Whitehall
Fiske (voice)
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Marine Life Interviews
Rudder (voice)
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The Wire Odyssey
Self
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Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
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Diana & Me
Rob Naylor
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True Blue
Donald MacDonald
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Breaking the Mould
Howard Florey
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Tapping the Wire
Self
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The Gambler
Alexei
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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Le Vicomte de Valmont
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Burton and Taylor
Richard Burton
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Monstrous Beauty
King Charles II
No Image
& Sons
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The Wire: The Last Word
Self
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Call Me Queen
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Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Voice of Paul Gauguin
No Image
Wind of Change
Doc McGhee
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The Day They Dropped The Bomb
Narrator (Voice)
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E=MC²
Spike
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
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The Tale of Thomas Burberry
Ernest Shackleton
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Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Actor
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After 82
Narrator (voice)
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Children of the Tsunami
Narrator (voice)
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Offshore Incorporated
Narrator
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden Image
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
Inventor
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Five Star Fouad
Gary
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted Image
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
Ted
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3 Joes
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Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Narrator
No Image
What You Will
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The Finish Line
Paul
2000: Bunk and McNulty Image
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty