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Samuel West

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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.[2]He was nominated for theBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Rolefor his portrayal of Leonard Bast in theMerchant Ivoryfilm adaptationofE. M. Forster's novelHowards End(1992), and was later nominated for theGenie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Rolefor his portrayal of the title role inRupert's Land(1998). In 2010, he was nominated for theLaurence Olivier Award for Best Actorfor his portrayal ofJeffrey SkillinginLucy Prebble'sEnron.He has appeared as reciter with orchestras and performed at theLast Night of the Promsin 2002.[3]He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about theSecond World War.

Samuel West
West in 2014
Born
Samuel Alexander Joseph West

(1966-06-19)19 June 1966(age 58)
Hammersmith,London,England[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • theatre director
  • narrator
Years active1975–present
PartnerLaura Wade
Children2
Parent(s)Timothy West
Prunella Scales
RelativesLockwood West(grandfather)

He currently stars asSiegfried Farnonin theChannel 5remake of the veterinary drama seriesAll Creatures Great and Small.

Early life and education

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West was born on 19 June 1966[4][5]inHammersmith,London,the elder son of the actressPrunella Scalesand the actorTimothy West,and the grandson of the actorLockwood West.[6][7]He has one brother, Joe.

He was educated atAlleyn's School[8]andLady Margaret Hall, Oxford,where he studied English literature[9][7]and was president of theExperimental Theatre Club.[10]West originally intended to attendWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art,but chose instead to focus on his career after he was cast asKing Caspianin the BBC's 1989 seriesThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader.[11]

Career

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Stage

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West made his London stage debut in February 1989 at theOrange Tree Theatre,playing Michael in Cocteau'sLes Parents Terribles,[12]of which criticJohn Thaxterwrote: "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 ofTom Stoppard'sArcadiaat theNational Theatrein 1993,[14]and later spent two seasons with theRoyal Shakespeare Companyplaying the title roles inRichard IIandHamlet,both directed bySteven Pimlott.[15][16]

In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut withThe Lady's Not for Burningat theMinerva Theatre, Chichester.[17]He succeededMichael Grandageas artistic director ofSheffield Theatresfrom 2005 to 2007.[17][18]During his time as artistic director, West revived the controversialThe Romans in Britain,[19]and also directedAs You Like Itas part of theRSC'sComplete Works Festival.[20][21]West leftSheffieldwhen the theatre closed for refurbishment in 2007, and made hisWest Enddirectorial debut with the first major revival ofDealer's Choicefollowing its transferral to theTrafalgar Studios.[22]He also continued his acting career: in 2007 he appeared alongsideToby StephensandDervla KirwaninBetrayalat theDonmar Warehouse.[23]

In 2008, he played Harry in the Donmar revival ofT. S. Eliot'sFamily Reunion,[24]and in 2009 he starred as Jeffrey Skilling inEnronbyLucy Prebble.[25]His 2008 production ofWasteat theAlmeida Theatrewas chosen byThe Timesas one of its "Productions of the Decade".[26]From November 2012 to January 2013, he appeared as Astrov in a production ofUncle Vanyaat theVaudeville Theatre.[27]He played Ivanov and Trigorin in theChichester Festival Theatre's Young Chekhov Season from September 2015, alongsideNina Sosanya,Anna Chancellor,andJames McArdle.[28][29]

Film

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West at theLondon Film Festivalscreening ofHyde Park on Hudsonin 2012

West appeared in the filmReunion(1989) withJason RobardsandChristien Anholtas an aristocratic boy who befriends the son of a Jewish doctor in 1930s Germany. West played the lower-middle-class clerk Leonard Bast in theMerchant Ivoryfilm adaptationofE. M. Forster's novelHowards End(1992), featuringEmma Thompson,Helena Bonham Carter,andAnthony Hopkins.For this role, he was nominated for best supporting actor at the 1993BAFTAFilm Awards.[30]West appeared with Thompson again in the filmCarrington(1995).[citation needed]

Invoice-over,he provided the voice of Pongo in101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure,replacingRod Taylor.

His film career has continued with roles in films such asFranco Zeffirelli'sJane Eyre,Notting Hill,Iris,Van HelsingandDarkest Hour.In 2004, he appeared in the year's highest rated mini-series on German television,Die Nibelungen,which was released in the United States in 2006 asDark Kingdom: The Dragon King.In 2012, he playedKing George VIinHyde Park on Hudson.[citation needed]

Television

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West has appeared in many long-running series:Midsomer Murders,Waking the DeadandPoirot,as well as one-off dramas. He playedAnthony BluntinCambridge Spies,aBBCproduction about the four British spies, starring alongsideToby Stephens(Philby),Tom Hollander(Burgess) andRupert Penry-Jones(Maclean). He reprised his role as Blunt in "Olding", the premiere episode of the third season ofThe Crownreleased in 2019.[31]

In 2006, West took the lead role in aBBCproduction ofRandom Questadapted from the short story byJohn Wyndhamand the next year playedEdward HeathinMargaret Thatcher – The Long Walk to Finchley,also for the BBC. In 2010 he played Peter Scabius in the televised adaptation ofWilliam Boyd's novelAny Human Heart,while in 2011 he starred as Zak Gist in the ITV seriesEternal Law.In addition, he appeared in the BBC sitcomAs Time Goes By,as Terry in the episode "We'll Always Have Paris" (1994).[citation needed]

He played Frank Edwards in the ITV dramaMr Selfridge,and Sir Walter Pole in the 2015BBCadaptation ofJonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.[citation needed]

He stars in theChannel Fiveseries (broadcast in September 2020)All Creatures Great and SmallasSiegfried 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

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West is regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas, includingOtherkinbyLaura Wade,Present LaughterbyNoël Coward,[32]Len Deighton'sBomber,Life and FatebyVasily Grossman,Michael Frayn'sHere,The Meaning of ZongbyGiles TereraandThe Homecomingas Lenny toHarold Pinter's Max.[33] In 2011, he made his radio directing debut with a production ofMoney[34]byEdward Bulwer-LyttononBBC Radio 3.[citation needed]

Personal life

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West has appeared alongside his actor parents on several occasions: with his motherPrunella ScalesinHowards EndandStiff Upper Lips,and with his fatherTimothy Weston stage inA Number,Henry IV, Part 1andPart 2.In two films (Irisin 2001 and the 1996 television filmOver Here), Sam and his father played the same character at different ages.

West in 2010

InEdward 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 inStravinsky'sThe Soldiers Taleat theSt Magnus FestivalonOrkney,[36]and in 2006 they gave a rehearsed reading of theHarold PinterplayFamily Voicesas part of theSheffield TheatresPinter season.[37]

West became the patron ofSheffield Philharmonic Chorusin 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 theSocialist Workers Party,[7]and later briefly the Socialist Alliance.[4]West was an outspoken critic of theNew Labourgovernment ofTony Blairand their involvement in theIraq War.[40]On 26 March 2011, he spoke at theTUCMarch for the Alternative.[41]

West has written essays onRichard IIfor theCambridge University PressseriesPlayers of Shakespeare,[42]onHamletfor Michael Dobson's CUP studyPerforming Shakespeare's Tragedies Today[43]and on Shakespeare and Love[44]and Voice and Radio[45]forBBC Radio 3.

He has also published articles onHarold Pinter,[46][47]Caryl Churchill[48]and theShipping 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 theForward Prizes for Poetry.In December 2014, he appeared on two programmes forChristmas University Challenge,[51]as part of a team of alumni fromLady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

West is an Associate Artist of theRoyal Shakespeare Company[52]and a trustee and previous Chair of theCampaign for the Arts.[7]He was a member of the council of the British Actors' UnionEquityfrom 1996 to 2000 and 2008–2014.[53]He is a keenbirdwatcher,[54]and an Ambassador for theRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds.[55]

In 2007, West began living with playwrightLaura Wade,[1]but in 2011 the couple temporarily split up.[6][56]In 2013, West was cast in a minor role inThe Riot Club,the film version of Wade's successful play,Posh,and in 2014 the couple had a daughter.[57][7]In August 2017, the couple had a second daughter.[58]

West is a supporter ofAFC Wimbledon.[59]

West is a patron of theWilfred OwenAssociation which commemorates Wilfred's life and poetry.[60]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1989 Reunion Count Konradin von Lohenburg
1992 Howards End Leonard Bast Nominated forBAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
1993 Archipel Alan Stewart In French
1994 Open Fire Steven Waldorf
1995 A Feast at Midnight Chef
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew Victor TV film
Carrington Gerald Brenan
Persuasion Mr. Elliot
Zoya Nicolai TV film
Heavy Weather 'Monty' Bodkin TV film
1996 Jane Eyre St. John Rivers
1997 The Ripper Prince Albert Victor Edward TV film
1998 Stiff Upper Lips Edward
Rupert's Land Rupert McKay Nominated forGenie Award for Best Actor
The Dance of Shiva Lt. Davis Short film
1999 Notting Hill Anna's Co-Star
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
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 King Gunther TV film
2006 Random Quest Colin Trafford TV film
2008 The Long Walk to Finchley Ted Heath TV film
2009 Albert Schweitzer[de] Phil Figgis
2010 Dark Relic Friar George TV film
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson King George VI
2014 The Riot Club Tutor
2015 Suffragette Benedict
The Eichmann Show Narrator TV film
2017 On Chesil Beach Geoffrey Ponting
2017 Darkest Hour Sir Anthony Eden
2019 The Gentlemen Lord Pressfield

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 Edward the Seventh 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 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
1994 As Time Goes By Terry Series 3, Episode 1: "We'll Always Have Paris"
Screen One Lt. Charles Thoroughgood Series 6, Episode 2: "A Breed of Heroes"
1996 Strangers Simon Series 1, Episode 10: "Costumes"
Over Here 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 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 publisherFrank Harris
2014 Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond Admiral John Godfrey Character wasIan 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 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"
2020 Death in Paradise Donald McCormack Series 9, Episode 1
2020– All Creatures Great and Small Siegfried Farnon
2022 Slow Horses Peter Judd Recurring cast
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos Bernard Westcott Series 1, Episodes 2, 4-7

West narrated theYorkshire TelevisiondocumentaryThe SS in Britainfor director Julian Hendy in 1999,[61]and considering his role in the ITV drama seriesMr Selfridge,he was the voiceover forSecrets of Selfridges(PBS) in 2014.

Theatre

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Acting

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Directing

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Radio

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Directing

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Audiobooks, reciting and work with musicians

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West has recorded over one hundredaudiobooks,among which are theShakespeareplaysAll's Well That Ends Well,Coriolanus,Henry V,The Merchant of Venice,A Midsummer Night's Dream,Much Ado About Nothing,Richard IIandMacbeth(directed bySteven Berkoff), the completeInspector Morsenovels byColin Dexter,theWind on Firetrilogy byWilliam Nicholson(The Wind Singer,Slaves of the MasteryandFiresong), the Arthur trilogy byKevin Crossley-Holland(The Seeing Stone,At the Crossing PlacesandKing of the Middle March), five books bySebastian Faulks(Charlotte Gray,Birdsong,The Girl at the Lion d'Or,Human TracesandA Possible Life), four byMichael Ridpath(Trading Reality,Final Venture,Free to Trade,andThe Marketmaker), two byGeorge Orwell(Nineteen Eighty-FourandHomage to Catalonia), two byMary Wesley(An Imaginative ExperienceandPart of the Furniture), two byRobert Goddard(Closed CircleandIn Pale Battalions) and several compilations of poetry(Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems ofJohn Keats,Bright Star,The Collected Works ofShelley,Seven Ages,Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic AgeandA Shropshire Lad).AlsoFaust,Bomber,Doctor Who:The Vengeance of Morbius,Empire of the Sun,Brighton Rock,Fair Stood the Wind for France,Fluke,Great Speeches in History,How Proust Can Change Your Life,Lady Windermere's Fan,Peter Pan,The Alchemist,The Day of the Triffids,The Hairy Hands,The Lives of Christopher Chant,The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous,The Queen's Man,The Solitaire Mystery,The Swimming Pool Library,The Two Destinies,The Velveteen Rabbit,The Way I Found Her,The Way to Dusty Death,The Woodlanders,Under the Net,Wuthering HeightsandPhilip Pullman'sGrimm Tales for Young and Old.

In June 2012, West recorded an English narration ofThe Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little MybyTove Janssonfor an interactive audiobook developed by Spinfy and published bySort of Books.

In May 2015, West's reading ofBrighton Rockwas chosen as one of "The 20 best audiobooks of all time" by Carole Mansur of theDaily Telegraph.[65]

As a reciter West has worked with all the major British orchestras, as well as theStrasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra,Dallas Symphony Orchestraand theNational Symphony Orchestrain Washington, D.C. Works include Stravinsky'sOedipus RexandThe Soldier's Tale,Prokofiev'sEugene Onegin,Beethoven'sEgmont,Schoenburg'sOde To Napoleon,Strauss'Enoch Arden,Saint-Saëns'Carnival of the Animals,Bernstein'sKaddish,Walton'sFaçadeandHenry V,Night MailandThe Way to the Seaby Britten and Auden, the world premieres ofConcretebyJudith Weirat the Barbican andHoward Goodall'sJason and the Argonautsat theRoyal Albert Halland the UK premiere ofJonathan Harvey's final pieceWeltethosat the Symphony Hall, Birmingham.[66]In 2007 West made his New York recital debut in the first performance ofLittle Red ViolinbyAnne DudleyandSteven Isserlis.In November 2010, West performed a new English translation ofGrieg'scomplete incidental music toIbsen'splayPeer Gyntwith theSouthampton Philharmonic Choirat Southampton Guildhall.[67]He has performed at the Proms six times,[68]including the suite version ofHenry Vat the 2002Last Night of the Proms.

He has also appeared with theNash Ensemble,theRaphael Ensemble,The Hebrides Ensemble,Ensemble 360and theLindsay,Dante andEndellion Quartetsat theWigmore Hall,London. Recordings include Prokofief'sEugene Oneginwith Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes,[69]Salad Daysand Walton'sHenry Vwith theBBC Symphony OrchestraandLeonard Slatkin.[70]

As a choral singer, West has participated in three Choir of London tours toPalestine:in May 2006, when he also gave poetry readings as part of the concert programme; in April 2007 when he directedThe Magic Flute.[71]and in September 2013 (see below).

In 2013, the centenary year ofBenjamin Britten,West narrated the Britten/Audenfilm scoreNight Mailwith theNash Ensembleat the Wigmore Hall and later addedCoal Face, God's Chillun, The Peace of Britain,The Way to the SeaandThe King's Stampwith theAurora Orchestraat the Queen Elizabeth and Fairfield Halls.[72]In June he played God in Britten'sNoye's Fluddein Harrogate.[73]In July he appeared in a Proms Plus broadcast discussing Britten's setting of poetry. In September he toured Palestine with the Choir of London as staff director of a new opera based on Britten'sHymn to St Ceciliaand sang in Britten'sSt Nicolas.[74]In October, he narrated the concert world premiere ofBritten in Americafor theHalléorchestra, which was released on CD[75]together with West's recordings of speeches to Britten's incidental music for Auden andIsherwood's playThe Ascent of F6(the disc,Britten to America,was later nominated for a 2014Grammy Awardfor Best Classical Compendium).[76]He also toured a program of Britten cabaret songs and Auden poems across the UK with Ruthie Culver and the UtterJazz Quartet.[77]

In June 2013 he appeared in the video forHandyman BluesbyBilly Bragg,directed byJohnny Vegas.[78]

On 14 July 2017, one month after theGrenfell Tower fire,BBC'sNewshourprogramme 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 albumFrom The Ground Up:an ensemble led byHugo Ticciatiimprovised overHenry Purcellchaconnebass lines while West readShakespeareand rapperBaba Israelimprovised. The album won the 2020Gramophone Awardfor Best Concept Album.

Awards and nominations

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As reader

Samuel West has received nineAudioFileEarphones Awards for his narration:The Day of the TriffidsbyJohn Wyndham(1996),Peter PanbyJ.M.Barrie(1997),Charlotte GraybySebastian Faulks(1999),The Way I Found HerbyRose Tremain(2000),The Swimming Pool LibrarybyAlan Hollinghurst(2007),FaustbyGoethe(2011),A Shropshire LadbyA. E. Housman(2011),A Possible LifebySebastian Faulks(2012) andPhilip Pullman'sGrimm Tales for Young and Old(2013)[79]

As director

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