Samuel West
Biography
Samuel West was born on June 19, 1966 in Hammersmith, London, England as Samuel Alexander Joseph West. He is known for his work on Howards End (1992), Van Helsing (2004) and Notting Hill (1999).
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Return to Narnia as Self
2025Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius as Self
2024Merchant Ivory as Self
2022The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour (Live At The Royal Festival Hall) as Master of Ceremonies
2022The Midwich Cuckoos as Bernard Westcott
2022Slow Horses as Peter Judd
2020Small Axe as Mr. Hill
2020Gatecrash as Policeman
2020All Creatures Great & Small as Siegfried Farnon
2020The Gentlemen as Lord Pressfield
2018Trust as Professor Talbot
2018On Chesil Beach as Geoffrey Ponting
2017Darkest Hour as Sir Anthony Eden
2017Spying on the Royals as Narrator (voice)
2017Edouard VIII, espionnage et liaisons dangereuses as Narrator
2016The Crown as Anthony Blunt
2016Westworld as Security Guard
2016All the world's a stage as Narrator (voice)
2015The Frankenstein Chronicles as Sir William Chester
2015Suffragette as Benedict Haughton
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell as Sir Walter Pole
2015Inside the Court of Henry VIII as Narrator
2015The Eichmann Show as Narrator
2014The Riot Club as Tutor
2014Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath as Narrator
2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day as Norman Skinner
2014Secrets of Underground London as Narrator
2014Secrets of Britain as Himself - Narrator
2014Faberge: A Life of Its Own as Narrator
2014W1A as Richard Cartwright
2014Great Canal Journeys as Self
2014Fleming as Rear Admiral John Godfrey
2014Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath as Host
2013Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy as Narrator
2013Secrets of the Tower of London as Narrator
2013Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court as Narrator (voice)
2013Winterwatch as Self
2013Mr Selfridge as Frank Edwards
2012Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson as Narrator (voice)
2012Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies as Narrator (voice)
2012Hyde Park on Hudson as Bertie
2012The Hollow Crown as Bishop of Winchester
2012Secrets of the Manor House as Narrator
2012Secrets of the Manor House as Self - Narrator
2012Eternal Law as Zak Gist
2012King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy as Narrator (Voice)
2012First Man on the Moon as Narrator (Voice UK)
2011Hitler's Children as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2011Death in Paradise as Donald McCormack
2011Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters as Narrator
2011Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel as Self - Narrator
2010Any Human Heart as Peter Scabius
2010Dark Relic as Friar George
2010BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong? as Self - Narrator
2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
2009Albert Schweitzer as Phil Figgis
2009The Blood of the Rose as Narrator
2009Garrow's Law as Thomas Erskine
2009Desperate Romantics
2009English Heritage as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India as Narrator - (Voice)
2008World War Two: Behind Closed Doors as narrator
2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Ted Heath
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2006Random Quest as Colin
2006The First Emperor as Himself - Narrator
2005Einstein's Big Idea as Humphry Davy
2005After the War: Conquering Germany as Narrator
2005Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich as Narrator (voice)
2005Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution as Narrator
2004Ring of the Nibelungs as Gunther
2004Ring of the Nibelungs as Gunther
2004Van Helsing as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
2003Cambridge Spies as Anthony Blunt
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Pongo (voice)
2002Foyle's War as Lt. Col. James Wintringham
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Tony Wainwright
2001Iris as Young Maurice
2001The Private Life of a Masterpiece as Narrator
2001Pandaemonium as Robert Southey
2001Waking the Dead as Thomas Rice
2001Nero's Golden House as Narrator
2000Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000Complicity as Neil
2000Longitude as Nevil Maskelyne
2000Longitude as Nevil Maskelyne
1999War of the Century as Self - Narrator
1999Runt as Pork
1999In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence as Narrator (voice)
1999Battle of the Sexes - In the Animal World as Narrator
1999Notting Hill as Anna's Co-Star
1999The Planets as Himself - Narrator
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Major Edrington
1999War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin as Narrator
1998The Dance of Shiva as Lieutenant Davies
1998Hornblower as Major Edrington
1998Rupert's Land as Rupert McKay
1998Stiff Upper Lips as Edward
1997I Hate Christmas Too as Soldier
1997The Ripper as Prince Albert Victor Edward
1997The Nazis: A Warning from History as Self - Narrator
1997Danielle Steel's Zoya as Nicolai
1997Midsomer Murders as Jeremy Thacker
1997Midsomer Murders as James Oswood
1996Over Here as Archie Bunting
1996Jane Eyre as St John Rivers
1995Heavy Weather as 'Monty' Bodkin
1995Carrington as Gerald Brenan
1995Persuasion as Mr. Elliot
1995The Vacillations of Poppy Carew as Victor
1994Open Fire as Stephen Waldorf
1994A Feast at Midnight as Chef
1994A Breed of Heroes as Lt. Charles Thoroughgood
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as Cyrian
1993The Maitlands as Jack Maitland
1993Archipel as Alan Stewart
1993Voices in the Garden as Mark
1992Howards End as Leonard Bast
1992As Time Goes By as Terry
1991Stanley and the Women as Stephen Duke
1991Performance as Jack Maitland
1989The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as King Caspian
1989Reunion as Count Konradin von Lohenburg
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr Constantine
1988The Chronicles of Narnia as King Caspian
1986Frankie and Johnnie as Johnnie Mallett
1974NOVA as Humphry Davy
—The Book of Water as Narrator/Geiser
—Time & Tide - A Trilogy