| Full Name | Dominic West |
| Net Worth | $6 million |
| Date Of Birth | October 15, 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Height | 1.83 m |
| Occupation | Actor, musician, director |
| Profession | Voice Actor, Television Director |
| Work Position | Awards for Dominic West |
| Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity College, Dublin, Eton College |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Catherine Fitzgerald |
| Children | Martha West, Dora West, Senan West, Francis West |
| Parents | Moya West, George West |
| Nicknames | Dominic West, West, Dominic |
| Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/dominicwest |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0922035 |
| Awards | Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, Critics' Choice Television Award for Bes... |
| Movies | Finding Dory, Money Monster, 300, The Awakening, Johnny English Reborn, John Carter, Punisher: War Zone, Centurion, Pride, Mona Lisa Smile, Testament of Youth, Rock Star, 28 Days, The Forgotten, Burton & Taylor, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Hannibal Rising, Appropriate Adult, Chicago... |
| TV Shows | The Hour, The Devil's Whore, The Wire, The Affair, Out of Hours |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | I think I've got a funny face. |
| 2 | I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people. |
| 3 | I'm a rather crude cook. |
| 4 | I've always wanted to play more comic parts. |
| 5 | I mean, I think women should be more indulgent of affairs. I really do. It's daft to kick someone out over a fling. Isn't it? Everyone should turn a blind eye to men's behavior between the ages of 40 and 50. Let it all blow over. |
| 6 | My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish. |
| 7 | I like to believe there are ghosts all over the place! |
| 8 | Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon. |
| 9 | Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world. |
| 10 | No, I don't think The Wire (2002) screwed up my career at all. |
| 11 | I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire (2002). Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it. |
| 12 | If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life. |
| 13 | I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat. |
| 14 | Since I got married my wife doesn't really let me wear anything that I used to because she says I have no taste at all. |
| 15 | It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose. |
| 16 | For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men! |
| 17 | The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction. |
| 18 | People seem to think I'm Satan. |
| 19 | I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground. |
| 20 | You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up. |
| 21 | If you turn on American TV, there's a huge choice of nothing you want to see and, unfortunately, I think that's the case here now as well. I love costume drama, no-one does it like the BBC - no-one has the money to do it, first of all and, secondly, Americans don't have the history to do it. So we do it brilliantly but if you talk to any BBC producers, they abhor the fact... they're dying to do The Wire (2002) and hate doing Cranford (2007) . I thought Cranford (2007) was incredible but we don't seem to be able to do contemporary stuff. |
| 22 | [on Mona Lisa Smile (2003)] The movie didn't make much sense. We would be given new scenes to film out of the blue which, it transpired, had been written by Julia's agent, who was doubling as a producer. I don't know what anyone was doing there. No one seemed to enjoy it. Especially not Julia. She had just got married and just wanted to be off having sex with her husband. Trouble was, she had married the cameraman on the movie. You can't really relax in a sex scene when the husband is staring right at you. |
| 23 | [on The Wire (2002)] The show provokes a kind of obsessive following. Those who love it kind of cherish the fact that it's not quite as world-renowned as The Sopranos (1999). It's like being in a secret club. |
| 24 | I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people. It's interesting that I've been cast as a working-class cop [The Wire (2002)] because I doubt that would happen at home. The films I most enjoy in England are by Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but it's very unlikely I would be cast in them; I've tried a few times, but I'm perceived as posh. |
| 25 | I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Dominic West portrayed late author George MacDonald Fraser's Victorian anti-hero Harry Flashman, the main character of Fraser's "Flashman" novels, at a 2014 auction of Fraser's library. West also stated at the time that he would like to see a new Flashman movie made for the new generation. The only previous movie, Royal Flash (1975) was not a success and was so disliked by Fraser that he would not allow another one to be made in his lifetime. |
| 2 | He is a first cousin, once removed, of American politician Thomas Eagleton, who was briefly the 1972 Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States. Dominic's paternal great-grandparents, Thomas Francis Eagleton and Mary Theresa Hennelly (who had moved to Missouri from Ireland), were also the paternal grandparents of politician Eagleton. |
| 3 | Appearing as 'Jan' in the play "Rock & Roll" at the Duke of York Theatre in London. [February 2007] |
| 4 | Has played ancient world warriors twice with Michael Fassbender: 300 (2006) and Centurion (2010). |
| 5 | He has two daughters; his eldest, Martha West and Dora; and two sons, Senan and Francis with his wife Catherine Fitzgerald. |
| 6 | Dominic West's maternal grandparents were Irish and his paternal grandparents were English.and Irish. |
| 7 | Attended Eton College, Berkshire. Also schooled there, though two years behind, was Band of Brothers (2001) and Life (2007) star Damian Lewis. |
| 8 | Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1995. |
| 9 | Once spent four months as a cattle herder in Argentina in 1988 trying to be "different." Afterwards he enrolled at Dublin's Trinity College, graduating in 1993 with a B.A. in English literature. |
| 10 | Began appearing in community theatre at age 9. |
| 11 | Was one of seven children - five girls, two boys - born to George and Moya West - his parents divorced in 1996. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Tomb Raider | 2018 | filming | Lord Richard Croft |
| The Square | 2017 | filming | Julian |
| I Feel Fine | | pre-production | |
| The Affair | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Noah Solloway |
| Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews | 2016 | Video short | Rudder (voice) |
| The Tale of Thomas Burberry | 2016 | Short | Ernest Shackleton |
| Finding Dory | 2016 | | Rudder (voice) |
| Money Monster | 2016 | | Walt Camby |
| The Complete Walk: Coriolanus | 2016 | Short | Coriolanus |
| Genius | 2016 | | Ernest Hemingway |
| National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses | 2016 | | Vicomte de Valmont |
| Testament of Youth | 2014 | | Mr. Brittain |
| Pride | 2014/I | | Jonathan |
| Burton and Taylor | 2013 | TV Movie | Richard Burton |
| Boy Cried Wolf | 2013 | Short | Hughie |
| The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden | 2013 | Short | Inventor |
| The Hour | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Hector Madden |
| John Carter | 2012 | | Sab Than |
| Arthur Christmas | 2011 | | Lead Elf (voice) |
| The Awakening | 2011/I | | Robert Mallory |
| Johnny English Reborn | 2011 | | Simon Ambrose |
| Appropriate Adult | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Fred West |
| Words of the Blitz | 2010 | | Sir John Colville |
| Jackboots on Whitehall | 2010 | | Fiske (voice) |
| Centurion | 2010 | | General Titus Flavius Virilus |
| From Time to Time | 2009 | | Caxton |
| Breaking the Mould | 2009 | TV Movie | Howard Florey |
| The Devil's Whore | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Oliver Cromwell |
| Punisher: War Zone | 2008 | | Billy Jigsaw |
| Hold On | 2008/I | Short | Delivery Man |
| The Wire: The Chronicles | 2007 | TV Series | Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty |
| Hannibal Rising | 2007 | | Inspector Popil |
| 300 | 2006 | | Theron |
| Stingray | 2006 | Short | Luther |
| The Forgotten | 2004 | | Ash |
| Mona Lisa Smile | 2003 | | Bill Dunbar |
| Chicago | 2002 | | Fred Casely |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | 2002 | | Young Man (segment "About Time 2") |
| Rock Star | 2001 | | Kirk Cuddy, Steel Dragon Guitarist |
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | 2001 | TV Movie | Sir Mulberry Hawk |
| 28 Days | 2000 | | Jasper |
| A Christmas Carol | 1999 | TV Movie | Fred (Scrooge's nephew) |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999 | | Palace Guard |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1999 | | Lysander |
| Out of Hours | 1998 | TV Mini-Series | Dr. Paul Featherstone |
| Spice World | 1997 | | Photographer |
| Diana & Me | 1997 | | Rob Naylor |
| The Gambler | 1997 | | Alexei |
| True Blue | 1996 | | Donald MacDonald |
| Surviving Picasso | 1996 | | Paulo Picasso |
| E=mc2 | 1996 | | Spike |
| Richard III | 1995 | | Earl of Richmond |
| 3 Joes | 1991 | Short | Joe Smoker |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Revolting Rhymes Part Two | 2016 | TV Special | Wolf, Magic Fairy, Giant (voice) |
| Revolting Rhymes Part One | 2016 | TV Special | Wolf (voice) |
| A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Extra | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Offshore Incorporated | 2015 | Documentary | Narration (voice) |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Pride / The Affair |
| Today | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Secret History | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Muse of Fire | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| What You Will | 2012 | | Himself |
| The Last Leg | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Daybreak | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Awakening: A Time for Ghosts | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself / Robert Mallory |
| The Awakening: Behind the Scenes | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself / Robert Mallory |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie |
| The Ground Zero Mosque | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Concrete Circus | 2011 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The South Bank Show | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Presenter |
| The Noughties... Was That It? | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Xposé | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Making of 'Punisher: War Zone' | 2009 | Video short | Himself |
| The Wire: The Last Word | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Wire Odyssey | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Tapping the Wire | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| HBO First Look | 2000-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Jasper |
| The Catherine Tate Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Wire: It's All Connected | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| On the Set: The Making of 'The Forgotten' | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Remembering 'The Forgotten' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Jools's Hootenanny | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2015 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Series, Drama | The Affair (2014) |
| 2012 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Leading Actor | Appropriate Adult (2011) |
| 2012 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Actor | The Hour (2011) |
| 2012 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Actor (Male) | Appropriate Adult (2011) |
| 2009 | Dagger | Crime Thriller Awards, UK | Best Leading Actor | The Wire (2002) |
| 2003 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Chicago (2002) |
| 2003 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | Chicago (2002) |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 2015 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | The Affair (2014) |
| 2014 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Leading Actor | Burton and Taylor (2013) |
| 2013 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | The Hour (2011) |
| 2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Burton and Taylor (2013) |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | The Hour (2011) |
| 2012 | Dagger | Crime Thriller Awards, UK | Best Leading Actor | Appropriate Adult (2011) |
| 2012 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | The Hour (2011) |
| 2012 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Outstanding Actor in a Mini-Series | Appropriate Adult (2011) |
| 2012 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Hour (2011) |
| 2008 | Dagger | Crime Thriller Awards, UK | Best Leading Actor | The Wire (2002) |
| 2003 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | Chicago (2002) |
| 2003 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Chicago (2002) |
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