Cast & creator
Dominic West
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Golden Globe Awards
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 as: Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (97)
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Crown
Prince Charles
2016
The Wire
Jimmy McNulty
2002The Wire
Director
2002
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Presenter
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
WAR
Morgan Henderson
2026
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
The Agency
CIA Director
2024
The Affair
Noah Solloway
2014
Brassic
Dr. Chris Coxley
2019
Tomb Raider
Richard Croft
2018
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Palace Guard
1999
Finding Dory
Rudder (voice)
2016
SAS Rogue Heroes
Dudley Wrangel Clarke
2022
300
Theron
2007
John Carter
Sab Than
2012
Punisher: War Zone
Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
2008
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
2018Les Misérables
Executive Producer
2018
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Guy Dexter
2025
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
2011
Johnny English Reborn
Ambrose
2011
Money Monster
Walt Camby
2016
Mona Lisa Smile
Bill Dunbar
2003
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Guy Dexter
2022
Stateless
Gordon Masters
2020
The Awakening
Robert Mallory
2011
Centurion
General Titus Flavius Virilus
2010
The Hour
Hector Madden
2011
Chicago
Fred Casely
2002
The Forgotten
Ash Correll
2004
This Morning
Self
1988
The Devil's Whore
Oliver Cromwell
2008
Secret History
Self (Voice)
1991
The Pursuit of Love
Uncle Matthew
2021
28 Days
Jasper
2000
Rock Star
Kirk Cuddy
2001
The Square
Julian
2017
Colette
Willy
2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
1999
Pride
Jonathan
2014
Testament of Youth
Mr. Brittain
2015
Spice World
Photographer
1997
A Christmas Carol
Fred
1999
Appropriate Adult
Fred West
2011
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf (voice)
2017
Genius
Ernest Hemingway
2016
Richard III
The Earl of Richmond
1995
Revolting Rhymes
Wolf
2016
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Sir Mulberry Hawk
2001
Surviving Picasso
Paulo Picasso
1996
From Time to Time
Caxton
2009Untitled Roald Dahl Series
& Sons
Rainer
2026
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
The Wire Odyssey
Self
2007The Custom of the Country
Burton and Taylor
Richard Burton
2013
Call Me Queen
Warren
2026
The Wire: The Last Word
Self
2007
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
2002
After 82
Narrator (voice)
2018Pride: The True Story
Himself
2015
Hannibal Rising
Inspector Popil
2007
A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted
Ted
2017
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Voice of Paul Gauguin
2019
The Tale of Thomas Burberry
Ernest Shackleton
2016
True Blue
Donald MacDonald
1996The Man Who Stole Portugal
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Le Vicomte de Valmont
2016
3 Joes
Joe Smoke
1991
Jackboots on Whitehall
Fiske (voice)
2010
Marine Life Interviews
Rudder (voice)
2016
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Actor
2017
The Gambler
Alexei
1997
2000: Bunk and McNulty
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
2007Out of Hours
Dr. Paul Featherstone
1998
Beyond the Silk Road
Self
2026
Monstrous Beauty
King Charles II
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Narrator
2019
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden
Inventor
2013Wind of Change
Doc McGhee
Five Star Fouad
Gary
2017
Breaking the Mould
Howard Florey
2009
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
The Day They Dropped The Bomb
Narrator (Voice)
2015
Children of the Tsunami
Narrator (voice)
2012
Tapping the Wire
Self
2007
The Finish Line
Paul
2017Stingray
Luther
2006What You Will
2012
E=MC²
Spike
1996
Diana & Me
Rob Naylor
1997
Offshore Incorporated
Narrator
2015