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.
Movie | Downton Abbey 3 | Guy Dexter | 2025-09-10 |
Movie | Monstrous Beauty | King Charles II | 2025 |
Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Presenter | 2025 |
Movie | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Guy Dexter | 2022-04-27 |
Series | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | 2022-09-04 |
Series | SAS Rogue Heroes | Dudley Wrangel Clarke | 2022-10-30 |
Series | The Pursuit of Love | Uncle Matthew | 2021-05-09 |
Series | Stateless | Gordon Masters | 2020-03-01 |
Series | Brassic | Dr. Chris Coxley | 2019-08-22 |
Movie | Gauguin: A Dangerous Life | Voice of Paul Gauguin | 2019-12-01 |
Movie | Gauguin From the National Gallery | Narrator | 2019-10-15 |
Movie | Tomb Raider | Richard Croft | 2018-03-05 |
Movie | Colette | Willy | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | After 82 | Narrator (voice) | 2018-11-24 |
Series | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 2018-12-30 |
Movie | A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted | Ted | 2017-08-11 |
Movie | Revolting Rhymes | Wolf (voice) | 2017-10-11 |
Movie | The Square | Julian | 2017-08-25 |
Movie | Five Star Fouad | Gary | 2017-11-04 |
Movie | The Finish Line | Paul | 2017-11-04 |
Movie | Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street | Self - Actor | 2017-12-13 |
Movie | Genius | Ernest Hemingway | 2016-06-10 |
Movie | Money Monster | Walt Camby | 2016-05-12 |
Movie | Finding Dory | Rudder (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | 2016-01-28 |
Movie | The Tale of Thomas Burberry | Ernest Shackleton | 2016-11-01 |
Series | Revolting Rhymes | Wolf | 2016-12-26 |
Movie | Marine Life Interviews | Rudder (voice) | 2016-11-15 |
Series | The Crown | Prince Charles | 2016-11-04 |
Movie | The UK Gold | Narrator | 2015-06-27 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | The Day They Dropped The Bomb | Narrator (Voice) | 2015-07-29 |
Series | The Affair | Noah Solloway | 2014-10-12 |
Movie | Pride | Jonathan | 2014-09-12 |
Movie | Testament of Youth | Mr. Brittain | 2014-10-14 |
Movie | Burton and Taylor | Richard Burton | 2013-07-22 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden | Inventor | 2013-10-03 |
Movie | John Carter | Sab Than | 2012-03-07 |
Movie | What You Will | Unknown | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Unknown | 2012-07-18 |
Series | The Hour | Hector Madden | 2011-07-19 |
Series | Appropriate Adult | Fred West | 2011-09-04 |
Movie | The Awakening | Robert Mallory | 2011-08-17 |
Movie | Arthur Christmas | Lead Elf (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | Johnny English Reborn | Simon Ambrose | 2011-09-15 |
Movie | Centurion | General Titus Flavius Virilus | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | Jackboots on Whitehall | Fiske (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | Breaking the Mould | Howard Florey | 2009-07-29 |
Movie | From Time to Time | Caxton | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | Punisher: War Zone | Billy Russoti / Jigsaw | 2008-12-05 |
Series | The Devil's Whore | Oliver Cromwell | 2008-11-19 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Hannibal Rising | Inspector Popil | 2007-02-06 |
Movie | 300 | Theron | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | The Wire Odyssey | Self | 2007-12-20 |
Movie | The Wire: The Last Word | 2007-12-27 | |
Movie | Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
Movie | The Forgotten | Ash Correll | 2004-09-24 |
Movie | Mona Lisa Smile | Bill Dunbar | 2003-12-19 |
Series | The Wire | Jimmy McNulty | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | Chicago | Fred Casely | 2002-12-10 |
Movie | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Young Man (segment "About Time 2") | 2002-09-03 |
Movie | Rock Star | Kirk Cuddy | 2001-09-04 |
Movie | 28 Days | Jasper | 2000-04-06 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Palace Guard | 1999-05-19 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | 1999-05-20 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Fred (Scrooge's nephew) | 1999-12-05 |
Movie | The Gambler | Alexei | 1997-10-30 |
Movie | Spice World | Photographer | 1997-12-18 |
Movie | Diana & Me | Rob Naylor | 1997-12-04 |
Movie | Surviving Picasso | Paulo Picasso | 1996-09-04 |
Movie | E=MC² | Spike | 1996-01-05 |
Movie | True Blue | Donald MacDonald | 1996-11-15 |
Movie | Richard III | The Earl of Richmond | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | 3 Joes | 1991-01-01 | |
Series | Secret History | Self (Voice) | 1991-11-14 |
Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |