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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 15, 1969
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Доминик Уэст
- 도미닉 웨스트
- دومینیک وست
Dominic West
2.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Guy Dexter
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
5.8
Rainer
& Sons
2025
7.2
CIA Director
The Agency: Central Intelligence
2024
7.7
Dudley Wrangel Clarke
SAS Rogue Heroes
2022
2.7
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
7.2
Guy Dexter
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
6.6
Uncle Matthew
The Pursuit of Love
2021
6.5
Gordon Masters
Stateless
2020
0.0
Voice of Paul Gauguin
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
2019
2.0
Narrator
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
2019
Credits
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Guy Dexter
2025
7.2
& Sons
as Rainer
2025
5.8
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as CIA Director
2024
7.2
SAS Rogue Heroes
as Dudley Wrangel Clarke
2022
7.7
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
2022
2.7
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Guy Dexter
2022
7.2
The Pursuit of Love
as Uncle Matthew
2021
6.6
Stateless
as Gordon Masters
2020
6.5
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
as Voice of Paul Gauguin
2019
0.0
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
as Narrator
2019
2.0
Brassic
as Dr. Chris Coxley
2019
8.4
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
2018
7.3
After 82
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.0
Colette
as Willy
2018
6.9
Tomb Raider
as Richard Croft
2018
6.4
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
as Self - Actor
2017
0.0
Five Star Fouad
as Gary
2017
0.0
The Finish Line
as Paul
2017
0.0
Revolting Rhymes
as Wolf (voice)
2017
6.7
The Square
as Julian
2017
6.7
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
as Ted
2017
0.0
Revolting Rhymes
as Wolf
2016
9.0
Marine Life Interviews
as Rudder (voice)
2016
6.2
The Crown
as Prince Charles
2016
8.2
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
as Ernest Shackleton
2016
6.0
Finding Dory
as Rudder (voice)
2016
7.0
Genius
as Ernest Hemingway
2016
6.5
Money Monster
as Walt Camby
2016
6.4
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Le Vicomte de Valmont
2016
6.0
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
as Narrator (Voice)
2015
6.0
Offshore Incorporated
as Narrator
2015
6.0
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Testament of Youth
as Mr. Brittain
2015
7.3
The Affair
as Noah Solloway
2014
6.7
Pride
as Jonathan
2014
7.7
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
as Inventor
2013
7.0
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
6.5
Burton and Taylor
as Richard Burton
2013
6.2
🎬
What You Will
2012
1.0
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
0.0
Children of the Tsunami
as Narrator (voice)
2012
5.5
John Carter
as Sab Than
2012
6.4
Arthur Christmas
as Lead Elf (voice)
2011
6.8
Johnny English Reborn
as Ambrose
2011
6.2
Appropriate Adult
as Fred West
2011
6.7
The Awakening
as Robert Mallory
2011
6.4
The Hour
as Hector Madden
2011
7.5
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Fiske (voice)
2010
4.9
Centurion
as General Titus Flavius Virilus
2010
6.2
From Time to Time
as Caxton
2009
6.3
Breaking the Mould
as Howard Florey
2009
5.5
Punisher: War Zone
as Billy / Jigsaw
2008
5.8
The Devil's Whore
as Oliver Cromwell
2008
6.8
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
2007
1.5
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2007
6.6
2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
2007
0.0
Tapping the Wire
as Self
2007
7.3
300
as Theron
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Hannibal Rising
as Inspector Popil
2007
6.3
🎬
Stingray
as Luther
2006
0.0
The Forgotten
as Ash Correll
2004
5.9
Mona Lisa Smile
as Bill Dunbar
2003
6.9
Chicago
as Fred Casely
2002
7.1
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
2002
6.6
The Wire
as Jimmy McNulty
2002
8.6
Rock Star
as Kirk Cuddy
2001
6.7
28 Days
as Jasper
2000
6.2
A Christmas Carol
as Fred
1999
6.9
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
1999
6.4
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Palace Guard
1999
6.6
Spice World
as Photographer
1997
4.9
Diana & Me
as Rob Naylor
1997
5.3
The Gambler
as Alexei
1997
4.5
True Blue
as Donald MacDonald
1996
5.7
Surviving Picasso
as Paulo Picasso
1996
5.7
E=MC²
as Spike
1996
1.0
Richard III
as The Earl of Richmond
1995
6.7
Secret History
as Self (Voice)
1991
8.5
3 Joes
1991
0.0
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
1990
7.1
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Himself - Presenter
N/A
7.0
Call Me Queen
N/A
0.0
🎬
WAR
as Morgan Henderson
N/A
0.0
Monstrous Beauty
as King Charles II
N/A
0.0
🎬
Wind of Change
as Doc McGhee
N/A
0.0