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Dominic West

Dominic West

Actor · Born October 15, 1969 (57) · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

BAFTA Award winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

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.

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Born
October 15, 1969 (57)
From
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
51 on MovieCove · 80 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 22% in 30 days

What are Dominic West's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Self
21%
Morality
19%
Power
11%
Survival
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 9 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 12 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 9 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

22 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 22 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 22
Hero
4 of 22
Shapeshifter
3 of 22
Mentor
3 of 22
Ally
2 of 22
Herald
2 of 22
Threshold guardian
2 of 22
Trickster
1 of 22
Show the 22 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
23
Contemplative
11
Thrilling
8
Hopeful
7
Other
41

How their films linger

Thought-provoking15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dominic West's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 51 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dominic West's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

80 credits, 51 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Call Me Queen(2026)

    as Warren

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • War(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Morgan Henderson

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • & Sons(2025)

    as Rainer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale(2025)

    as Guy Dexter

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Agency(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · as CIA Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Rogue Heroes(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dudley Wrangel Clarke

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Downton Abbey: A New Era(2022)

    as Guy Dexter

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Pursuit of Love(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Uncle Matthew

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Stateless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gordon Masters

  • Gauguin: A Dangerous Life(2019)

    as Voice of Paul Gauguin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gauguin from the National Gallery, London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator

  • Brassic(2019)

    Show 49 episodes · as Dr. Chris Coxley

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Les Misérables(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Jean Valjean

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • After 82 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Colette(2018)

    as Willy

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Tomb Raider(2018)

    as Richard Croft

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Five Star Fouad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Gary

  • The Finish Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Paul

  • Un conte peut en cacher un autre(2016)

    as Wolf (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Square(2017)

    as Julian

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • A Funny Thing Happened to Kelly and Ted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Ted

  • Revolting Rhymes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Wolf

  • Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews(2016)

    as Rudder (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Prince Charles

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Tale of Thomas Burberry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Ernest Shackleton

  • Finding Dory(2016)

    as Rudder (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Genius(2016)

    as Ernest Hemingway

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Money Monster(2016)

    as Walt Camby

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Le Vicomte de Valmont

  • The Day They Dropped The Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator (Voice)

  • Offshore Incorporated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator

  • Testament of Youth(2014)

    as Mr. Brittain

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Affair(2014)

    Show 53 episodes · as Noah Solloway

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Pride(2014)

    as Jonathan

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Inventor

  • Burton and Taylor(2013)

    as Richard Burton

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • What You Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Shakespeare's Sonnets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Children of the Tsunami(2012)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • John Carter(2012)

    as Sab Than

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Arthur Christmas(2011)

    as Lead Elf (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Johnny English Reborn(2011)

    as Ambrose

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Appropriate Adult(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Fred West

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Awakening(2011)

    as Robert Mallory

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Hour(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Hector Madden

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Jackboots on Whitehall(2010)

    as Fiske (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Centurion(2010)

    as General Titus Flavius Virilus

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • From Time to Time(2009)

    as Caxton

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Breaking the Mould (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Howard Florey

  • Punisher: War Zone(2008)

    as Billy "The Beaut" Russoti / Jigsaw

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Mistress(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Oliver Cromwell

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • 2000: Bunk and McNulty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty

  • 300(2006)

    as Theron

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Hannibal Rising(2007)

    as Inspector Popil

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Stingray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Luther

  • The Forgotten(2004)

    as Ash Correll

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Mona Lisa Smile(2003)

    as Bill Dunbar

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Chicago(2002)

    as Fred Casely

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Ten Minutes Older: The Cello(2002)

    as Young Man (segment "About Time 2")

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Wire(2002)

    Show 60 episodes · Director · as Jimmy McNulty

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Rock Star(2001)

    as Kirk Cuddy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sir Mulberry Hawk

  • 28 Days(2000)

    as Jasper

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Christmas Carol(1999)

    as Fred

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1999)

    as Lysander

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace(1999)

    as Palace Guard

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Out of Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 6 episodes · as Dr. Paul Featherstone

  • Spice World(1997)

    as Photographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Diana & Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Rob Naylor

  • The Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Alexei

  • True Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Donald MacDonald

  • Surviving Picasso(1996)

    as Paulo Picasso

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • E=MC² (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Spike

  • Richard III(1995)

    as The Earl of Richmond

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • 3 Joes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Joe Smoke

  • Monstrous Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as King Charles II

  • The Custom of the Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Man Who Stole Portugal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Untitled Roald Dahl Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Wind of Change (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Doc McGhee

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 80 titles, 75 of them dated from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Finding Dory (2016)

$1B worldwide

Highest rated

The Wire (2002)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Crown (2016)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19912026

Peak 2017 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 20 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 3 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting80 of 80: 78 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting1 of 80: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 80: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s12 · acting2000s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew2010s38 · 38 acting · 1 crew2020s9 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 6% of 34 roles
95000515

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 1 other major award from 11 major nominations, 2003–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  2. 2023
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2015
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
  4. 2014
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
  5. 2012
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actor
  6. 2003
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Acting Ensemble

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Dominic West's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 39; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 51 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 51 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser31
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Children of the Tsunami (2012)

97th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director

The Wire (2002)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dominic West's work okay for kids?

Across up to 27 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore26 titles9–92 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity27 titles11–67 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity27 titles24–84 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs24 titles14–59 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense23 titles10–78 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dominic West work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dominic West's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Imelda Staunton shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles