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.

Filmography

• 2026& Sons — Rainer
• 2026Call Me Queen — Warren
• WAR — Morgan Henderson
• 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — Guy Dexter
• The Agency — CIA Director
• 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era — Guy Dexter
• SAS Rogue Heroes — Dudley Wrangel Clarke
• The Pursuit of Love — Uncle Matthew
• Stateless — Gordon Masters
• Brassic — Dr. Chris Coxley
• 2019Gauguin from the National Gallery, London — Narrator
• 2019Gauguin: A Dangerous Life — Voice of Paul Gauguin
• 2018After 82 — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Colette — Willy
• Les Misérables — Jean Valjean, Executive Producer
• 2018Tomb Raider — Richard Croft
• 2017A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted — Ted
• 2017Five Star Fouad — Gary
• 2017Revolting Rhymes — Wolf (voice)
• 2017The Finish Line — Paul
• 2017The Square — Julian
• 2016Finding Dory — Rudder (voice)
• 2016Genius — Ernest Hemingway
• 2016Marine Life Interviews — Rudder (voice)
• 2016Money Monster — Walt Camby
• 2016National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Le Vicomte de Valmont
• Revolting Rhymes — Wolf
• The Crown — Prince Charles
• 2016The Tale of Thomas Burberry — Ernest Shackleton
• 2015Offshore Incorporated — Narrator
• 2015Testament of Youth — Mr. Brittain
• 2015The Day They Dropped The Bomb — Narrator (Voice)
• 2014Pride — Jonathan
• The Affair — Noah Solloway
• 2013Burton and Taylor — Richard Burton
• 2013The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden — Inventor
• 2012Children of the Tsunami — Narrator (voice)
• 2012John Carter — Sab Than
• 2012Shakespeare's Sonnets
• 2012What You Will
• Appropriate Adult — Fred West
• 2011Arthur Christmas — Lead Elf (voice)
• 2011Johnny English Reborn — Ambrose
• 2011The Awakening — Robert Mallory
• The Hour — Hector Madden
• 2010Centurion — General Titus Flavius Virilus
• 2010Jackboots on Whitehall — Fiske (voice)
• 2009Breaking the Mould — Howard Florey
• 2009From Time to Time — Caxton
• 2008Punisher: War Zone — Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw
• The Devil's Whore — Oliver Cromwell
• 20072000: Bunk and McNulty — Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
• 2007300 — Theron
• 2007Hannibal Rising — Inspector Popil
• 2006Stingray — Luther
• 2004The Forgotten — Ash Correll
• 2003Mona Lisa Smile — Bill Dunbar
• 2002Chicago — Fred Casely
• 2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello — Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
• The Wire — Jimmy McNulty, Director
• 2001Rock Star — Kirk Cuddy
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby — Sir Mulberry Hawk
• 200028 Days — Jasper
• 1999A Christmas Carol — Fred
• 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream — Lysander
• 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace — Palace Guard
• Out of Hours — Dr. Paul Featherstone
• 1997Diana & Me — Rob Naylor
• 1997Spice World — Photographer
• 1997The Gambler — Alexei
• 1996E=MC² — Spike
• 1996Surviving Picasso — Paulo Picasso
• 1996True Blue — Donald MacDonald
• 1995Richard III — The Earl of Richmond
• 19913 Joes — Joe Smoke
• Monstrous Beauty — King Charles II
• The Custom of the Country
• The Man Who Stole Portugal
• Untitled Roald Dahl Series
• Wind of Change — Doc McGhee

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2026Beyond the Silk Road — Self
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• 2017Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street — Self - Actor
• 2015Pride: The True Story — Himself
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• 2013Muse of Fire — Self
• 2007Tapping the Wire — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007The Wire Odyssey — Self
• 2007The Wire: The Last Word — Self
• Secret History — Self (Voice)
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• This Morning — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Himself - Presenter