British Actors You Should Know: Dominic West

You may have noticed that Dominic West has a few projects coming to our screens this year if you've been keeping up with Telly Visions lately. In the spring, the Yorkshire-born actor is guest-starring in the new Downton Abbey movie, Downton Abbey: A New Era and, based on the trailer, appears to be a more aristocratic type. And in November 2022, we’ll see him as the new incarnation of Prince Charles in the award-winning Netflix drama, The Crown.

So it seemed a good time to look back on some of Dominic’s past roles from his three decades on the big and small screens.

The Wire

Probably the defining role of West's early career (and certainly the one that introduced him to American audiences) is as homicide detective Jimmy McNulty from The Wire. He starred on the critically acclaimed HBO crime drama from 2002-2008 as a hard-drinking, rebellious Baltimore cop with a superiority complex.