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Dominic West 1969 56
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008), 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, with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge), and Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama The Crown (2022–present).
West was born in Sheffield, England, in 1969. He is the sixth of seven children born to Irish parents. He studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
West began his acting career in theater, appearing in productions of "Hamlet" and "Oedipus Rex." He made his film debut in 1995 with a small role in the film "The Boxer."
West's breakthrough role came in 2002, when he was cast as Jimmy McNulty in the HBO series The Wire. The Wire is considered one of the greatest television shows of all time, and West's performance as McNulty was critically acclaimed.
West has since starred in a number of other successful films and television shows, including "300," "The Hour," "The Affair," and "The Crown." He is a versatile actor who is equally comfortable in both dramatic and comedic roles.
West is also a talented musician. He plays the guitar and piano, and he has released two albums of his own music.
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2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Guy Dexter
2025 Monstrous Beauty as King Charles II
2025 Call Me Queen
2025 & Sons
2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era as Guy Dexter
2019 Gauguin: A Dangerous Life as Voice of Paul Gauguin
2019 Gauguin from the National Gallery, London as Narrator
2018 After 82 as Narrator (voice)
2018 Colette as Willy
2018 Tomb Raider as Richard Croft
2017 Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street as Self - Actor
2017 The Finish Line as Paul
2017 Five Star Fouad as Gary
2017 Revolting Rhymes as Wolf (voice)
2017 The Square as Julian
2017 A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted as Ted
2016 Marine Life Interviews as Rudder (voice)
2016 The Crown as Prince Charles
2016 The Tale of Thomas Burberry as Ernest Shackleton
2016 Finding Dory as Rudder (voice)
2016 Genius as Ernest Hemingway
2016 Money Monster as Walt Camby
2016 National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Le Vicomte de Valmont
2015 The Day They Dropped The Bomb as Narrator (Voice)
2015 Offshore Incorporated as Narrator
2015 Testament of Youth as Mr. Brittain
2014 Pride as Jonathan
2013 The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden as Inventor
2013 Muse of Fire as Self
2013 Burton and Taylor as Richard Burton
2012 What You Will
2012 Children of the Tsunami as Narrator (voice)
2012 John Carter as Sab Than
2011 Arthur Christmas as Lead Elf (voice)
2011 Johnny English Reborn as Ambrose
2011 The Awakening as Robert Mallory
2010 Jackboots on Whitehall as Fiske (voice)
2010 Centurion as General Titus Flavius Virilus
2009 From Time to Time as Caxton
2009 Breaking the Mould as Howard Florey
2008 Punisher: War Zone as Billy / Jigsaw
2007 The Wire: The Last Word as Self
2007 The Wire Odyssey as Self
2007 2000: Bunk and McNulty as Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
2007 Tapping the Wire as Self
2007 300 as Theron
2007 Hannibal Rising as Inspector Popil
2004 The Forgotten as Ash Correll
2003 Mona Lisa Smile as Bill Dunbar
2002 Chicago as Fred Casely
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello as Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
2002 The Wire as Jimmy McNulty
2001 Rock Star as Kirk Cuddy
2000 28 Days as Jasper
1999 A Christmas Carol as Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Palace Guard
1997 Spice World as Photographer
1997 Diana & Me as Rob Naylor
1997 The Gambler as Alexei
1996 True Blue as Donald MacDonald
1996 Surviving Picasso as Paulo Picasso
1996 E=MC² as Spike
1995 Richard III as The Earl of Richmond
1991 3 Joes