Dominic West

Dominic West has successfully combined a career in both the UK and the US, with leading roles in international film, American television and on the London stage. After graduating from Trinity College Dublin and then from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, West won the Ian Charleson award for Best Newcomer for his performance in Sir Peter Hall's production of "The Seagull."

A very successful film career soon followed with West winning leading roles in studio movies including 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock; Mona Lisa Smile, with Julia Roberts; and The Forgotten, with Julianne Moore. He also starred as Theron in Warner Bros.' 300. Further credits include Chicago, A Midsummer Night's Dream, True Blue, Hannibal Rising, Rock Star, The Phantom Menace, Surviving Picasso and Richard III.

In 2000, he won the role of McNulty in HBO's "The Wire," one of the most critically acclaimed television programs ever made in the U.S. The show ran for five seasons, with West directing an episode in the final season.

His theatre credits include Peter Gill's production of Harley Granville Barker's "The Voysey Inheritance" at the Royal National Theatre; David Lan's West End production of "As You Like It," in which he starred opposite Helen McCrory; and Trevor Nunn's West End production of Tom Stoppard's "Rock N' Roll," which opened to huge plaudits at The Royal Court Theatre in summer 2006.

In 2008, he played Oliver Cromwell in Channel 4's BAFTA-nominated television series "The Devil's Whore." He then went on to do Pedro Calderon de la Barca's "Life Is a Dream" at the Donmar Warehouse in London, followed by "Centurion" directed by Neil Marshall and also starring Micahel Fassbender.

West starred in the 2011 film The Awakening, the box office hit Johnny English Reborn, ITV's critically acclaimed miniseries "Appropriate Adult," for which he won a TV BAFTA, as well as "The Hour" by Abi Morgan, for which West was nominated for a Golden Globe. On the stage in 2011, West captivated audiences as the title role in "Butley" at the Duchess Theatre as well as sharing the stage with his "Wire" co-star Clarke Peters in "Othello" at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

2012 saw West reprise his role as Hector Madden in the second season of "The Hour" and he starred in "The River," the new Jez Butterworth play, at The Royal Court.

In 2013, West returned to Sheffield to appear in "My Fair Lady" at The Crucible. He then went on to film as Richard Burton in a BBC4 drama, starring opposite Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor. 2014 saw the release of Matthew Warchus' Pride, which opened at the Cannes Film Festival to critical and audience acclaim, and Testament of Youth alongside Alicia Vikander.

He has also appeared in the Golden Globe Winning US series "The Affair" alongside Ruth Wilson, Maura Tearney and Joshua Jackson, which he reprised this summer. The start of 2016 saw West finish his run alongside Janet McTeer in Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," directed by Josie Rourke for the Donmar Warehouse.

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