Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West was born on 15 October 1969 and 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 (2022–2023).
West made his television debut in the 1998 BBC medical drama Out of Hours before appearing in the television films A Christmas Carol (1999), and Nicholas Nickleby (2001).
His breakthrough came with the role of Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO series The Wire (2002–2008). 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 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).
What is Dominic West best known for?
Possibly Dominic West’s greatest role but certainly his breakthrough, West features in the critically acclaimed and highly regarded award-winning TV Show The Wire. West plays the role of Jimmy McNulty, a Baltimore police detective aiming to bring down the local drug gangs.
What ethnicity is Dominic West?
He is the sixth of seven siblings (five girls and two boys) born into a family of Irish descent; his maternal grandparents were born in Ireland, while his paternal grandmother was Irish-American.