Samuel West
Samuel West | |
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Born | Samuel Alexander Joseph West 19 June 1966 |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1975–present |
Partner | Laura Wade |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Timothy West Prunella Scales |
Relatives | Lockwood West (grandfather) |
Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor, theatre director and narrator. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor in theatre, film, television, and radio.
He currently stars as
Early life and education
Samuel Alexander Joseph West[4] was born on 19 June 1966[5] in Hammersmith, London, the elder son of the actress Prunella Scales and the actor Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West.[6][7] He has one brother, Joe.
He was educated at Alleyn's School[8] and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he studied English literature[9][7] and was president of the Experimental Theatre Club.[10] West originally intended to attend Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, but chose instead to focus on his career after he was cast as King Caspian in the BBC's 1989 series The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.[11]
Career
Stage
West made his London stage debut in February 1989 at the Orange Tree Theatre, playing Michael in Cocteau's Les Parents Terribles,[12] of which critic John Thaxter wrote: "He invests the role with a warmth and validity that silences sniggers that could so easily greet a lesser performance of this difficult role, and he lets us share the tumbling emotions of a juvenile torn between romantic first love and filial duty."[13] Since then, West has appeared frequently on stage; he played Valentine in the first production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the National Theatre in 1993,[14] and later spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles in Richard II and Hamlet, both directed by Steven Pimlott.[15][16]
In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut with
In 2008, he played Harry in the Donmar revival of
Film
West appeared in the film
In voice-over, he provided the voice of Pongo in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, replacing Rod Taylor.
His film career has continued with roles in films such as
Television
West has appeared in many long-running series:
In 2006, West took the lead role in a
He played Frank Edwards in the ITV drama
He stars in the Channel Five series (broadcast in September 2020) All Creatures Great and Small as Siegfried Farnon. A second six-episode series and Christmas special was broadcast in 2021, followed by a third season airing in late 2022.[citation needed]
Radio
West is regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas, including Otherkin by Laura Wade, Present Laughter by Noël Coward,[32] Len Deighton's Bomber, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, Michael Frayn's Here, The Meaning of Zong by Giles Terera and The Homecoming as Lenny to Harold Pinter's Max.[33]
In 2011, he made his radio directing debut with a production of
Personal life
West has appeared alongside his actor parents on several occasions: with his mother
In Edward the Seventh (1975), he and his brother Joseph played young sons of the title character, who was played by their father.[35] In 2002, all three family members performed in Stravinsky's The Soldiers Tale at the St Magnus Festival on Orkney,[36] and in 2006 they gave a rehearsed reading of the Harold Pinter play Family Voices as part of the Sheffield Theatres Pinter season.[37]
West became the patron of Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus in February 2008, having been the narrator for a concert of theirs in February 2002.[38] He is also a patron of London children's charity Scene & Heard,[39] Eastside Educational Trust and Mousetrap Theatre Projects.
While at university, West was a member of the Socialist Workers Party,[7] and later briefly the Socialist Alliance.[4] West was an outspoken critic of the New Labour government of Tony Blair and their involvement in the Iraq War.[40] On 26 March 2011, he spoke at the TUC March for the Alternative.[41]
West has written essays on Richard II for the Cambridge University Press series Players of Shakespeare,[42] on Hamlet for Michael Dobson's CUP study Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today[43] and on Shakespeare and Love[44] and Voice and Radio[45] for BBC Radio 3.
He has also published articles on Harold Pinter,[46][47] Caryl Churchill[48] and the Shipping Forecast.[49] He frequently writes and speaks in public about arts funding.[50] West has collected stamps since childhood and owns more than 200 Two Shilling Blues.[7]
In 2013, he was one of the judges for the Forward Prizes for Poetry. In December 2014, he appeared on two programmes for Christmas University Challenge,[51] as part of a team of alumni from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
West is an Associate Artist of the
In 2007, West began living with playwright Laura Wade,[1] but in 2011 the couple temporarily split up.[6][55] In 2013, West was cast in a minor role in The Riot Club, the film version of Wade's successful play, Posh, and in 2014 the couple had a daughter.[56][7] In August 2017, the couple had a second daughter.[57]
West is a supporter of AFC Wimbledon.[58]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Reunion | Count Konradin von Lohenburg | |
1992 | Howards End | Leonard Bast | Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor |
1993 | Archipel | Alan Stewart | In French |
1994 | Open Fire
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Steven Waldorf
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1995 | A Feast at Midnight | Chef | |
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew | Victor | TV movie | |
Carrington | Gerald Brenan | ||
Persuasion | Mr. Elliot | ||
Zoya | Nicolai | TV movie, as Sam West | |
Heavy Weather | 'Monty' Bodkin | TV movie | |
1996 | Jane Eyre | St. John Rivers | |
1997 | The Ripper | Prince Albert Victor Edward | TV movie |
1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Edward | |
Rupert's Land | Rupert McKay | Nominated for Genie Award for Best Actor
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The Dance of Shiva | Lt. Davis | Short film | |
1999 | Notting Hill | Anna's Co-Star | As Sam West |
Runt | Pork | Short film | |
2000 | Bread and Roses | as himself (cameo) | |
Complicity | Neil | ||
Bring Me Your Love | Doctor Jensen | Short film | |
Pandaemonium | Robert Southey | ||
2001 | Iris | Young Maurice | As Sam West |
2002 | Shrink | George | Short film |
2003 | 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | Pongo | Voice only |
2004 | Van Helsing | Dr. Victor Frankenstein | |
Curse of the Ring
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King Gunther | TV movie | |
2006 | Random Quest | Colin Trafford | TV movie |
2008 | The Long Walk to Finchley | Ted Heath
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TV movie |
2009 | Albert Schweitzer | Phil Figgis | |
2010 | Dark Relic | Friar George | TV movie |
2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | King George VI
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2014 | The Riot Club | Tutor | |
2015 | Suffragette | Benedict | |
The Eichmann Show | Narrator | TV movie | |
2017 | On Chesil Beach | Geoffrey Ponting | |
2017 | Darkest Hour | Sir Anthony Eden
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2019 | The Gentlemen | Lord Pressfield |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Edward the Seventh
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Albert Victor 'Eddy' – Aged 5 | Episode 6: "The Invisible Queen" |
1981 | Nanny | James Lamerton | Series 1, Episode 6: "Goats and Tigers" |
1985 | Screen Two | Johnnie Mallett | Series 2, Episode 4: "Frankie and Johnnie" |
1989 | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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King Caspian | |
1991 | Stanley and the Women | Stephen Duke | |
1993 | Screen Two | Mark | Series 9, Episode 8: "Voices in the Garden" |
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | Donald Potter | Series 1, Episode 5: "Death in a White Tie" | |
Performance | Jack Maitland | Series 3, Episode 2: "The Maitlands" | |
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time | Cyrian
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As Sam West | |
1994 | As Time Goes By | Terry | Series 3, Episode 1: "We'll Always Have Paris", as Sam West |
Screen One | Lt. Charles Thoroughgood | Series 6, Episode 2: "A Breed of Heroes" | |
1996 | Strangers | Simon | Series 1, Episode 10: "Costumes" |
Over Here
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Archie Bunting | ||
1997 | The Nazis: A Warning from History | Narrator | |
1999 | Hornblower | Major Edrington | Series 1, Episode 4: "The Frogs and the Lobsters" |
The Planets | Narrator | ||
Living Britain | Narrator | ||
War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin | Narrator | ||
2000 | Longitude | Nevil Maskelyne | |
2001 | Horror in the East | Narrator | |
2001–2002 | Timewatch | Narrator | |
2002 | Waking the Dead | Thomas Rice | Series 1, Episodes 1–2: "Life Sentence" |
2002–2006 | The Private Life of a Masterpiece | Narrator | |
2003 | Cambridge Spies | Anthony Blunt | |
Imagine | Wightwick | Series 2, Episode 3: "Entertaining Mr. Soane" | |
2004 | Foyle's War | Lt. Col. James Wintringham | Series 3, Episode 1: "The French Drop" |
2005 | Nova
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Humphry Davy | Series 33, Episode 3: "E=mc²: Einstein's Big Idea" |
Auschwitz: The Nazis and 'The Final Solution' | Narrator | ||
2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Tony Wainwright | Series 5, Episode 3: "Chinese Walls" |
2007 | Midsomer Murders | Jeremy Thacker | Series 10, Episode 2: "The Animal Within" |
2008 | World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West | Narrator | |
2009 | New Tricks | David Fleeting | Series 6, Episode 3: "Fresh Starts" |
Desperate Romantics | Lord Rosterley | Series 1, Episode 4 | |
2010 | Garrow's Law | Thomas Erskine | Series 2, Episode 4 |
Any Human Heart | Peter Scabius | Series 1, Episodes 1–4 | |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr Constantine | Series 12, Episode 3: "Murder on the Orient Express" | |
2011 | Law & Order: UK | Lucas Boyd | Series 5, Episode 5: "Intent" |
2012 | Eternal Law | Zak Gist | |
2012–15 | Mr Selfridge | Frank Edwards | Character based on journalist and publisher Frank Harris |
2014 | Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond | Admiral John Godfrey | Character was Ian Fleming's model for "M" |
The Crimson Field | Elliot Vincent | Series 1, Episode 4 | |
2015 | W1A | Richard Cartwright | Series 2, Episode 1 |
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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Sir Walter Pole | ||
2016 | The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses | Bishop of Winchester | Henry VI Part 1 |
2017 | Midsomer Murders | James Oswood | Episode: "Death by Persuasion" |
2019 | The Crown | Anthony Blunt | Season 3 , episode 1 "Olding"
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2020 | Death in Paradise | Donald McCormack | Series 9, Episode 1 |
2020– | All Creatures Great and Small | Siegfried Farnon
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2022 | Slow Horses | Peter Judd | Recurring cast |
2022 | The Midwich Cuckoos | Bernard Westcott | Series 1, Episodes 2, 4-7 |
West narrated the Yorkshire Television documentary The SS in Britain for director Julian Hendy in 1999,[59] and considering his role in the ITV drama series Mr Selfridge, he was the voiceover for Secrets of Selfridges (PBS) in 2014.
Theatre
Acting
- The Browning Version: Taplow (1985) – directed by Clive Perry, (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
- Les Parents terribles: Michael (February 1989) – directed by Derek Goldby, (Orange Tree Theatre)
- The Bread-Winner (1989) – directed by Kevin Billington, (Theatre Royal, Windsor and touring)
- A Life in the Theatre (October 1989 – February 1990) – directed by Bill Bryden, (Theatre Royal Haymarket, transferred to Strand Theatre)
- Hidden Laughter: Nigel (June 1990) – directed by Simon Gray, (Vaudeville Theatre)
- The Sea: Willy Carson (1991) – directed by Sam Mendes, (Royal National Theatre)
- Cain (1992) – directed by Edward Hall (Minerva Theatre)
- Mr. Cinders A Musical Comedy: Jim Lancaster (December 1992 – February 1993) – directed by Martin Connor (King's Head Theatre)
- Arcadia: Valentine (April–November 1993) – directed by Trevor Nunn, (Royal National Theatre)
- Royal Exchange Theatre)
- Stephen Unwin (English Touring Theatre)
- Journey's End: Captain Stanhope (January–February 1998) – directed by David Evans-Rees (King's Head Theatre)
- Antony and Cleopatra: Octavius Caesar (1998) – directed by Sean Mathias, (Royal National Theatre)
- Richard II: Richard II (2000) – directed by Steven Pimlott, (RSC)
- Hamlet: Hamlet (2001) – directed by Steven Pimlott, (RSC)
- The Master and Margarita: The Master (2004) – directed by Steven Pimlott, (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Doctor Faustus: Faustus (2004) – directed by Steven Pimlott, Martin Duncan and Edward Kemp, (Minerva Theatre)
- Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick (2005) – directed by Josie Rourke, (Crucible Theatre)
- The Exonerated: Kerry Max Cook (2006) – directed by Bob Balaban, (Riverside Studios)
- Studio Theatre (Sheffield) and Minerva Theatre)
- Betrayal: Robert (2007) – directed by Roger Michell, (Donmar Warehouse)
- Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?: Guy (2008) – directed by James McDonald, (Public Theater, New York)
- The Family Reunion: Harry (2008) – directed by Jeremy Herrin, (Donmar Warehouse)
- ENRON: Jeffrey Skilling (2009) – directed by Rupert Goold, (Minerva Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Noël Coward Theatre)
- A Number (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2010) – directed by Jonathan Munby, (Menier Chocolate Factory)
- Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer: Man (2010) – directed by Sarah Giles, (Australian Chamber Orchestra – on tour and at the Sydney Opera House)
- A Number (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2011) – directed by Jonathan Munby, (Fugard Theatre, Cape Town)
- Uncle Vanya: Astrov (2012) – directed by Lindsay Posner, (Vaudeville Theatre)
- Young Chekhov: Ivanov in Ivanov and Trigorin in The Seagull (2015) – directed by Jonathan Kent, (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Julius Caesar: Brutus (2017) – directed by Robert Hastie, (Crucible Theatre)
- The Writer by Ella Hickson, directed by Blanche McIntyre, at the Almeida Theatre, London (April 2018)[60]
Directing
- The Lady's Not for Burning (2002), Minerva Theatre
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2003), Bristol Old Vic
- Barbican Theatre
- Three Women and a Piano Tuner (2004), Minerva Theatre and Hampstead Theatre (2005)
- Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)[61]
- The Romans in Britain (2006), Crucible Theatre
- Studio Theatre (Sheffield)
- Swan Theatre (Stratford)
- Trafalgar Studios
- Waste (2008), Almeida Theatre
- Close the Coalhouse Door (2012), Northern Stage
- Tricycle Theatre
- The Watsons (2018 Minerva Theatre, Chichester)[62]
Radio
Directing
- Money (2011), BBC Radio 3
- Close the Coalhouse Door (2012), BBC Radio 4
Audiobooks, reciting and work with musicians
West has recorded over one hundred
In June 2012, West recorded an English narration of The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My by Tove Jansson for an interactive audiobook developed by Spinfy and published by Sort of Books.
In May 2015, West's reading of
As a reciter West has worked with all the major British orchestras, as well as the
He has also appeared with the Nash Ensemble, the Raphael Ensemble, The Hebrides Ensemble, Ensemble 360 and the Lindsay, Dante and Endellion Quartets at the Wigmore Hall, London. Recordings include Prokofief's Eugene Onegin with Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes,[67] Salad Days and Walton's Henry V with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin.[68]
As a choral singer, West has participated in three Choir of London tours to Palestine: in May 2006, when he also gave poetry readings as part of the concert programme; in April 2007 when he directed The Magic Flute.[69] and in September 2013 (see below).
In 2013, the centenary year of
In June 2013 he appeared in the video for Handyman Blues by Billy Bragg, directed by Johnny Vegas.[76]
On 14 July 2017, one month after the Grenfell Tower fire, BBC's Newshour programme invited West to read out an excerpt from a letter written by an anonymous firefighter giving a personal account of the fire scene and his inner thoughts on duty that night.
In 2020, West appeared on the album From The Ground Up: an ensemble led by Hugo Ticciati improvised over Henry Purcell chaconne bass lines while West read Shakespeare and rapper Baba Israel improvised. The album won the 2020 Gramophone Award for Best Concept Album.
Awards and nominations
As actor
- 1993 – Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Howards End
- 1999 – Nominated Genie Award for Best Actor for Rupert's Land
- 2001 – Won London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for Hamlet
- 2001 – Won Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award Best Actor for Hamlet
- 2008 – Nominated Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Ensemble Performance for Betrayal
- 2009 – Nominated ENRON
- 2009 – Nominated ENRON
- 2010 – Nominated Whatsonstage ENRON
- 2010 – Nominated ENRON
As reader
- 1999 – Won Talkie award for Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
- 2000 – Won Audie award for Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats
- 2001 – Won Spoken Word award (Silver) for The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
- 2001 – Won Spoken Word award (Gold) for Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Samuel West has received nine
As director
- 2004 – Nominated Olivier Award for Best Opera Revival for Cosi Fan Tutte
- 2008 – Nominated Olivier Award for Best Revival for Dealer's Choice
- 2009 – Nominated Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Director for Waste and Dealer's Choice
References
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External links
- Samuel West at AllMovie
- Samuel West discography at Discogs
- Samuel West at IMDb
- Samuel West at the Internet Off-Broadway Database