StatsBirth Name: Dominic Gerard Fe West Age: 43, born 3 September 1969 Country of origin:  United Kingdom Height: 6' 0" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Catherine FitzGerald
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West made his debut in 1991 in a short called 3 Joes.His other screen appearances include True Blue, Chicago and Mona Lisa Smile. His most notable television role has been Baltimore police detective Jimmy McNulty on the HBO television police drama The Wire. West was praised for the accuracy of his character's American accent.
During his stint on The Wire, West directed the season 5 episode, "Took".
In film, he portrayed the he
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West made his debut in 1991 in a short called 3 Joes.His other screen appearances include True Blue, Chicago and Mona Lisa Smile. His most notable television role has been Baltimore police detective Jimmy McNulty on the HBO television police drama The Wire. West was praised for the accuracy of his character's American accent.
During his stint on The Wire, West directed the season 5 episode, "Took".
In film, he portrayed the heavy metal guitarist Kirk Cuddy in the 2001 film Rock Star. In 2006 West made a guest appearance as an actor in a sketch in The Catherine Tate Show, alongside "Frankie Howerd impressionist". In 2007, he played the Spartan politician Theron in 300 and a detective in Hannibal Rising and then in 2010 a Roman General in Centurion. West also starred in the 1999 film version of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander.
West appeared in the role of Oliver Cromwell in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore. West played the villain, Jigsaw, in the 2008 film Punisher: War Zone. He also features in "Dr. West", the opening track on Eminem's 2009 album Relapse, as a doctor discharging Eminem from a rehab facility. West played the part over the phone in January 2009 while Eminem was recording it in a Miami studio.
In December 2009, he 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, and ended the year alongside Joan Rivers and Sarah Jessica Parker with an appearance on Graham Norton's New Year's Eve Show.West portrayed General Virilus in Neil Marshall's adventure thriller Centurion and stars in the UK Ghost film The Awakening.
In 2011, West appeared as a news presenter on the BBC-TV period drama series The Hour. He also played serial killer Fred West in the ITV series Appropriate Adult, giving a performance that the serial killer's daughter described as capturing the "evil essence of [Fred West] - his character, his mannerisms, even his gait."
In 2012, West was offered a part in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, but turned it down.
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As a theatre actor, West has appeared as Konstantin in the Peter Hall-directed The Seagull (1996) at the Old Vic.[citation needed] In 2005, he returned to the stage to play Orlando in David Lan's As You Like It at the Wyndham's Theatre in London.He played Edward in Harley Granville Barker's The Voysey Inheritance directed by Peter Gill at the Royal National Theatre in 2006.[10] In late 2006 and early 2007, he played the lead role of Jan in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll in London's West End.
Continuing his theatre work, he starred at London's Donmar Warehouse as the protagonist in Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s existential drama Life is a Dream, for which he received glowing reviews.
In February 2011, it was announced that he would take on the title role in Simon Gray's classic comedy, Butley, playing at the Duchess Theatre in London from 1 June 2011[12] and in the September he returned to his native Sheffield to play Iago to his former Wire co-star Clarke Peters's Othello at the Crucible Theatre.
From mid December 2012 to January 2013 West starred as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
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 My Husband Says That I Must Be A Serial Killer (132 person items)"Fred West
Appropriate Adult
(2011)
FRED WEST
(Serial Killer)
Born: 29 September 1941 - Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Died: 1 January 1995 - HM Prison Birmingham
Cause of death: Hanging (suicide)
Accomplice: Rosemary West
Number of victims: 13+
Span of killings: 1971-1987
Sentence: Committed suicide before trial
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 TV Show Characters (56 person items)"as Det. Jimmy Mcnulty
in The Wire
and Wendell Pierce
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland"
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 Super Sleuths (36 person items)"As Detective James 'Jimmy' McNulty in The Wire"
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 Character In depth Analysis: The Wire (5 person items)"Name: Jimmy McNulty
Affiliation: Baltimore Police Department
Motivation: Being the smartest guy in the room, being the biggest asshole in the room, loose women, getting hammered, resolving the issues with his wife
Memorable Line/Quote:"What the fuck did I do?"
Many times when you watch The Wire, you will witness Jimmy McNulty getting hammered. Now there is nothing special about a hard drinking Irish police, but for some reason it feels almost, I don't know, stereotypical. While the stress of th"
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 Born in 1969 (50 person items)"Born October 15
Notable films:
Richard III
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago"
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