Dominic West has successfully combined a career in both the UK and the U.S., 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 successful film career soon followed with West winning leading roles in studio movies including 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock; Mona Lisa’s 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.

Dominic is a Golden Globe nominated actor for his performance on BBC America’s The Hour. In 2000, he won the role of McNulty in critically acclaimed, The Wire in the U.S. The show ran for five seasons, with West directing an episode in the final season.

Dominic starred in The Awakening, the box office hit Johnny English Reborn and the critically acclaimed mini-series Appropriate Adult for which he won a TV BAFTA.

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 Petes in Othello at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Dominic has just finished shooting the second season of The Hour in London.

Additional 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 play, 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.

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