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Dominic West

1969 - Today

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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), 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominic West is the 3,634th most popular actor (down from 3,101st in 2019), the 3,203rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,615th in 2019) and the 441st most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dominic West ranks 3,634 out of 13,578. Before him are Antonio Moreno, Bob Crane, David Zayas, Minoru Chiaki, Jennifer Carpenter, and Ann Rutherford. After him are Stanley Baker, Jacques Lecoq, Henry Travers, Sylvia Chang, Jarl Kulle, and Renée Jeanne Falconetti.

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Among people born in 1969, Dominic West ranks 153. Before him are Snow, Dulce Pontes, Richard Hammond, Achinoam Nini, Amy Ryan, and Thomas Jane. After him are Ibn al-Khattab, Jason Priestley, Dean Phillips, Terrence Howard, Manu Bennett, and Vladimir Jugović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dominic West ranks 3,204 out of 8,785. Before him are John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), Gary Neville (1975), William Withering (1741), Edward Braddock (1695), and Austin Osman Spare (1886). After him are Stanley Baker (1928), Harry Styles (1994), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Henry Travers (1874), Ronald Neame (1911), and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Dominic West ranks 441. Before him are Sam Claflin (1986), Ian Richardson (1934), Anthony Andrews (1948), Gary Lewis (1957), David Mitchell (1974), and Teresa Ann Savoy (1955). After him are Stanley Baker (1928), Henry Travers (1874), Simon McBurney (1957), Reginald Owen (1887), Mark Sheppard (1964), and Donald Sumpter (1943).

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