Dominic West

Class of 1995

Dominic’s first screen appearances include Richard III in 1995, True Blue in 1996, and The Gambler, Diana & Me and Spice World in 1997.

In 1999, Dominic starred as Lysander in the film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That same year, he appeared as Fred in A Christmas Carol. Dominic portrayed the heavy metal guitarist Kirk Cuddy in the 2001 film Rock Star, and played Fred Casely in the 2002 film Chicago.

Dominic’s most notable television role saw him star in The Wire as the American police detective Jimmy McNulty. Dominic appeared in 56 episodes between 2002 and 2008, and made his debut as a director on the episode Took in 2008.

Alongside The Wire, Dominic featured in Mona Lisa Smile in 2003 and starred in The Forgotten in 2004. Dominic played Edward in Harley Granville Barker's The Voysey Inheritance at the Royal National Theatre in 2006. Also in 2006, Dominic played the Spartan politician Theron in 300 and in 2007, he played Detective Poppil in Hannibal Rising. Dominic played the supervillain Jigsaw in the 2008 film Marvel's Punisher: War Zone and appeared in the role of Oliver Cromwell in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore in 2008.

In 2009, Dominic starred as Hank in a radio adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's expressionist play The Hairy Ape for BBC Radio 3 was a guest presenter on the BBC show Have I Got News for You. In 2010, Dominic featured as General Virilus in Centurion and starred in the Awakening in 2010.

Dominic starred in Simon Gray's comedy, Butley, at the Duchess Theatre in London in 2011, and later that year he returned to his hometown of Sheffield to appear in Othello at the Crucible Theatre. Also in In 2011, Dominic appeared as a news presenter on the BBC period drama series The Hour and played serial killer Fred West in the ITV series Appropriate Adult.

In 2012, Dominic starred as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Dominic played activist Jonathan Blake in the 2014 film Pride, and starred as Noah Solloway on Showtime's series The Affair from 2014 to 2019. Dominic was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2015 for his role as Noah.

In 2015, he starred alongside Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

In 2019, Dominic played the role of Jean Valjean in the BBC's adaptation of Les Misérables. Also in 2019, Dominic appeared in Sky One's series Brassic, and in 2020, it was announced that Dominic would play Charles, Prince of Wales in the final two seasons of The Crown. Dominic has also joined the cast of the upcoming film sequel Downton Abbey 2, which is to be released in 2022.