Samuel West

Actor/Director

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Biography

In 2016 Sam performed “Upon the King” from Shakespeare’s Henry V, part of The Guardian Shakespeare Solos marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. You can watch the video here.

Nominated for 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for ENRON

Nominated for 2009 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for ENRON.

Credits

Stage

Production Character Director Company
TWELFTH NIGHT Malvolio Prasanna Puwanarajah RSC/Barbican
IT'S HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARDS US Hugh Rachel Kavanaugh Park Theatre
THE BOOK OF WATER Narrator Michel van der Aa Eastbound Films
SHOSTAKOVICH: LIFE, LETTERS & FRIENDSHIP Narrator The Barbican
THE WRITER Actor/Boyfriend Blanche McIntyre The Almeida
JULIUS CAESAR Brutus Rob Hastie Sheffield Crucible Productions LTD
WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT As Cast Hull Truck Theatre
PRESENT LAUGHTER Gary Essendine Stephen Unwin Theatre Royal Bath Productions
AN OAK TREE Performer Karl James and Andy Smith The National Theatre
YOUNG CHEKHOV SEASON Ivanov/Trigor Jonathan Kent Chichester Festival Theatre
UNCLE VANYA Astrov Lindsay Posner Stanhope Prods Ltd
A NUMBER Bernard 1/Bernard 2/Michael Black Jonathan Munby Fugard Theatre, Cape Town
BOOK OF DISQUIET Michel van der Aa Sinfonietta Productions
A NUMBER Bernard 1/Bernard 2/ Michael Black Jonathan Munby Menier Chocolate Factory
ENRON Jeffrey Skilling Rupert Goold Chichester Festival Theatre/Royal Court Theatre/Noël Coward Theatre
THE FAMILY REUNION Harry Jeremy Herrin Donmar Warehouse Theatre
DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU Jack James MacDonald Public Theater, New York
BETRAYAL Robert Roger Michell Donmar Warehouse Theatre
A NUMBER Bernard Jonathan Munby Sheffield Studio Theatre
THE EXONERATED Kerry Max Cook Bob Balaban Riverside Studios
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Benedick Josie Rourke Sheffield Theatre
DOCTOR FAUSTUS Faustus Steven Pimlott/ Martin Duncan/ Edward Kemp Minerva Theatre
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA The Master Steven Pimlott Chichester Festival Theatre
HAMLET Hamlet Steven Pimlott RSC
RICHARD II Richard II Steven Pimlott RSC
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA Octavius Caesar Sean Mathias National
JOURNEY'S END Kings Head
HENRY IV Parts I and II Hal Steven Unwin English Touring Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Algernon James Maxwell Royal Exchange Theatre
ARCADIA Valentine Trevor Nunn National Theatre
MR CINDERS Mr Cinders Kings Head
CAIN Edward Hall Chichester Festival Theatre
THE SEA Sam Mendes National
HIDDEN LAUGHTER Ron Eyre Vaudeville Theatre
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE Bill Bryden Theatre Royal, Haymarket
THE BREAD-WINNER Kevin Billington Theatre Royal, Windsor
THE WRITER Actor/Boyfriend Blanche McIntyre The Almeida
LES PARENTS TERRIBLES Derek Goldby Orange Tree
THE BROWNING VERSION Clive Perry Birmingham Rep
A CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS Reader David Beavan Harborough Singers

Television

Production Character Director Company
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL S1 - S6 Siegfried Farnon Brian Percival Playground Entertainment
SLOW HORSES S1 - S3 Peter Judd Various See-Saw Films
THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS Bernard Westcott Various Snowed-In Productions
SMALL AXE: MANGROVE Mr Hill Steve McQueen BBC
DEATH IN PARADISE Donald Various Red Planet
THE CROWN S3 Anthony Blunt Various Netflix
KIERLER STREET Richard Various ANAGRAM NORGE AS
TRUST Professor Talbot Danny Boyle Cloud Eight Films / FX Network
BEYOND THE SCORE: SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO.4 Edward Elgar Mark Elder Halle Concert Society
MIDSOMER MURDERS Series 19 James Oswood Bentley Productions
MR SELFRIDGE SERIES 3 Frank Edwards Various ITV
MR SELFRIDGE SERIES 4 Frank Edwards Various ITV
THE FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES Sir William Chester Benjamin Ross Frankenstein TV Productions LTD
THE HOLLOW CROWN 2 Bishop of Winchester Various Shakespeare Productions Ltd.
W1A Series 2 Richard Cartright John Morton BBC 2
JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL Sir Walter Pole Toby Haynes Feel Films/Cuba Pictures for BBC1
D DAY: LAST LETTERS HOME Norman Skinner Various ITV Studios
THE ARK Eliot Vincent Various BBC Drama
MR SELFRIDGE SERIES 2 Frank Edwards Various ITV
FLEMING Admiral Godfrey Mat Whitecross Ecosse Films for Sky
MR SELFRIDGE Frank Edwards Various ITV 1
GREAT BRITISH STORY Samuel Pepys Jenny Ash Film Afrika
ETERNAL LAW Zak Gist Adrian Shergold Kudos (Eternal ) Ltd
LAW AND ORDER Warren Lloyd Julian Holmes Kudos for ITV
GARROW'S LAW Thomas Erskine Ashley Pearce Shed Productions Ltd
ANY HUMAN HEART Peter Scabius Michael Samuels Carnival Film and TV Ltd
POIROT / MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Dr Constantine Philip Martin Agatha Christie Ltd / ITV Studios Ltd
DESPERATE ROMANTICS Lord Ranelagh Paul Gay BBC
NEW TRICKS F David Fleeting Robin Sheppard Wall to Wall (New Tricks Ltd)
MARGARET THATCHER - THE LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY Ted Heath Niall MacCormick Great Meadow Ltd
RANDOM QUEST Colin Trafford Luke Watson BBC
MIDSOMER MURDERS Jeremy Thacker Bentley Productions
INSPECTOR LYNLEY Tony Wainwright Bob Bierman BBC
E=MC2 Humphrey Davy Gary Johnstone Darlow Smithsons Production
FOYLE'S WAR Wintringham Gavin Millar Greenlit Productions
IMAGINE: JOHN SOAMES George Wightwick Sarah Aspinall BBC
CAMBRIDGE SPIES Anthony Blunt Tim Fywell BBC
WAKING THE DEAD Thomas BBC
LONGITUDE Maskelyne Charles Sturridge Granada
HORNBLOWER Adrian Grieve United Broadcasting
EDWARD VII Prince Edward John Gorrie ATV
NANNY James Lamerton Julian Amyes BBC
PRINCE CASPIAN AND THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER King Caspian Alex Kirby BBC
STANLEY AND THE WOMEN David Tucker Central Films
VOICES IN THE GARDEN Pierre Butron
INSPECTOR ALLEYN John Wood BBC
THE MAITLANDS Lyndsey Posner BBC
AS TIME GOES BY Sidney Lotterby BBC
STAGESTRUCK David Jeffcock
YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY Paul Greengrass LWT
A BREED OF HEROES Diarmud Laurence BBC
THE VACILLATIONS OF POPPY CAREW James Cellen Jones
PERSUASION Roger Michell BBC
HEAVY WEATHER Jack Gold Cinema Verity
OVER HERE Archie Tony Dow BBC
I HATE CHRISTMAS TOO Nick Stillwell BBC
THE COMPLETE WALK - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Benedick Shakespeare Globe

Radio

Production Character Director Company
COLDITZ: PRISONERS OF THE CASTLE Narrator BBC Radio 4
THE PRICE OF JOY/ THE STRIDING PLACE Peter Nichols BBC RADIO 4 / Sweettalk Productions
WITH GREAT PLEASURE BBC RADIO 4
THE WILD DUCK Gregers Peter Kavanagh BBC RADIO 4
THE SEVEN AGES OF LOVE Fiona McClean BBC Radio 3
MOONRAKER Jarvis and Ayres/ BBC Radio 4
THE EFFECT Toby Abigail Le Fleming BBC Radio
IN TUNE Reader BBC Radio 3
NORTH Antoine de Saint Exupery Marion Nancarrow BBC Radio 4
BBC SINGERS Reader BBC Radio 4
THE FIRST JAZZ POET Reader BBC Radio 4 / Loftus Media LTD
WORDS AND MUSIC Reader BBC
LITERARY PURSUITS BBC Radio
RADIO 3 IN CONCERT Narrator CBSO Birmingham Symphony
LONG VIEW Mohini Patel BBC Radio 4
DINNER AT ANNAGHMAKERRING Conor Garrett BBC Radio 4
WORDS AND MUSIC Zahid Warley BBC RADIO 3
VOTES FOR WOMEN Geoffrey Stonor Marion Nancarrow BBC Radio 3
PRESENT LAUGHTER Garry Essendine Celia de Wolff BBC Radio 4
KATHLEEN AND CON Con Justine Willett BBC Radio 4
BOOK OF THE WEEK Patrick Leigh Fermor BBC Radio
NIGHT WAVES Allegra McIlroy BBC Radio 3
GEORGE W M REYNOLDS Simon Elmes BBC R3
SHAKESPEARE AND LOVE Mohini Patel BBC Radio 3
WITH GREAT PLEASURE Christine Hall BBC RAdio 4
ALL THAT I AM Di Spiers BBC Radio 4
LOST VOICES Christine Hall BBC
OPEN BOOK Sally Spurring BBC Radio 4
LIFE AND FATE Liss Alison Hindell BBC Radio 4
THE VANISHINGS Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 4
WORDS AND MUSIC Zahid Warley BBC Radio 3
WITH GREAT PLEASURE Christine Hall BBC Radio 4
FAUST Faust David Timson BBC Radio 3
SPITFIRE R J Mitchell Amber Barnfather Goldhawk Essential for BBc Radio 4
MAHMOUD DARWISH Rebecca Stratford BBC Radio 3
NARRATIVE HISTORY OF MATHS Anna Buckley BBC Radio 4
SUMMER LIGHTNING BBC Radio 4
THE ASPERN PAPERS - BOOK AT BEDTIME Christine Hall BBC Radio 4
ARMSTRONG AND MILLER
WORDS AND MUSIC Zahid Warley BBC Radio 3
BAOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
BOMBER Adrian Bean
DOMBEY AND SON BBC
ENIGMA - Book at Bedtime
FACT TO FICTION 7 Dan Steven Canny BBC Radio 4
FROM MORNING SUN TIL DINE
HERO AND LEADER
HIGH FLIGHT reading of poems Alan Hall (prod) BBC Radio 4
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES
HIGH TABLE LOW ORDERS Dawn Ellis BBC
OTHERKIN Neil Steve Canny BBC
NIGHT WAVES Dymphna Flynn BBC Radio 3
POETRY PLEASE Regular Reader
RICHARD II Richard Jenny Mortimer BBC
STEVEN BERKOFF'S MACBETH Macduff David Benedictus
SWITCH ON THE NIGHT Adam Fowler BBC
THE HOMECOMING Lenny Martin Smith BBC
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Lysander BBC
VANITY FAIR Little Rawdon David Spenser BBC
WORDS AND MUSIC Philippa Ritchie BBC Radio 3

Other

Production Character Director Company
HONEGGER'S KING DAVID AND WALTON'S FACADE Narrator Dorchester Choral Society
EXSULTATE, JUBILATE Reader Aurora Orchestra
CALAIS 2037 - Podcast Performer New Time Productions
A POEM FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR Performer National Theatre
BEYOND THE SCORE: SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO 4 Reciter Hallé Concerts Society
Kreutzer Vs Kreutzer The Man Tamara Harvey Aurora Orchestra
BLISS MORNING HEROES Ann McKay (Producer) BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chandos Records Limited
HENRY V Walton Suite M. Wigglesworth (Conductor) Minnesota Orchestra
WHY BIRDS SING CONCERT NARRATION Aurora Orchestra
ALL IN THE GENES Documentary voiceover
BATTLE OF THE SEXES Documentary voiceover BBC
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS Audio Book
CHARLOTTE GREY - TALKIE WINNER Audio Book
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS Audio Book
EMPIRE OF THE SUN Audio Book
EQUINOX - AGAINST NATURE Documentary voiceover BBC
FLUKE Audio Book
HENRY V Reciter
HENRY V Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
HOMAGE TO CATALONIA Audio Book
HOME OF THE GENTRY Reciter Di Spears BBC Radio 4
HOW PROUST CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE Audio Book
IN EXCESS Documentary voiceover Channel 4
IN PALE BATTALIONS Audio Book
JUDE THE OBSCURE Audio Book
MAKING A KILLING - NAZI ART Documentary voiceover BBC
NEIGHBOURS AT WAR Documentary voiceover BBC
PART OF THE FURNITURE Audio Book
PROKOFIEV'S  EUGENE ONEGIN Reciter
SCHOENBERG'S ODE TO NAPOLEON Reciter Royal Scottish National Orchestra
THE ALCHEMIST Audio Book
THE GUCCIS Documentary voiceover
THE NAZIS: A  WARNING FROM HISTORY - BAFTA WINNER Documentary voiceover BBC
THE PLANETS Documentary voiceover BBC
THE REAL JOHN BETJAMEN Documentary voiceover 3BM/BBC
THE SOLDIERS TALE Reciter
THE WOODLANDERS Audio Book
TIMEWATCH - EIFFEL TOWER Documentary voiceover Lion TV
TIMEWATCH - OKLAHOMA LAND RUN Documentary voiceover Lion TV
WALTON'S FACADE Reciter
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Audio Book

Film

Production Character Director Company
THE GENTLEMEN Lord Pressfield Guy Ritchie Miramax
GATECRASH Policeman Lawrence Gough BirdBox Entertainment
DARKEST HOUR Sir Anthony Eden Joe Wright Clop Films LTD
ON CHESIL BEACH Geoffrey Ponting Dominic Cooke BBC Films
Suffragette Benedict Sarah Gavron Gillerd Production Service Ltd.
ARCHIPEL Pierre Granier Deferre
CARRINGTON Christopher Hampton Dora Productions
COMPLICITY Gavin Millar
COSTUMES Aline Lesserman
CRUSADES Friar George Lorenzo Sentatore Battle, LLC
FEAST AT MIDNIGHT Justin Hardy
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Johnny Martin Campbell BBC
HOWARDS END Leonard James Ivory Merchant Ivory
IRIS Young Maurice Richard Eyre
NOTTING HILL Roger Michell
PANDAMONIUM Julian Temple
REUNION Jerry Schatzberg
RING OF THE NIBELUNGS Gunther Uli Edel
RUPERT'S LAND Jonathon Tammuz Solstice Films
SCHWEITZER Dr Fuller Gavin Miller NFP Germany
STIFF UPPER LIPS Gary Sinyor
THE DANCE OF SHIVA Jamie Payne
THE RIPPER Jack the Ripper Janet Myers
THE SKIP James Wood
VAN HELSING Victor Frankenstein Stephen Sommers Universal
PAUL AND HUW WATKINS - FIRST WORLD WAR: CHANNEL CROSSINGS Reciter Kings Place Music Foundation

Biography

Samuel West was Artistic Director of the Sheffield Theatres between August 2005 and August 2007. His production of DEALER’S CHOICE transfered to Trafalgar Studios in early 2008.

He continues his career as an actor

Credits

Theatre

Production Company Notes
THE WATSONS
2018 		Chichester Festival Theatre/Menier Chocolate Factory

By Laura Wade
AFTER ELECTRA
2015 		Plymouth and Tricycle
CLOSE THE COAL HOUSE DOOR
2012 		Northern Stage
WASTE
2008 		Almeida Theatre

By Harley Granville-Barker
DEALER'S CHOICE
2007 		Chocolate Menier Factory/ Trafalgar Studios

By Patrick Marber
AS YOU LIKE IT
2007 		Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

The production transferred to Stratford-upon-Avon in March 2007 as part of the RSC Complete Works Festival
THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN
2006 		Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

by Howard Brenton
THREE WOMEN AND A PIANO TUNER
2005 		Hampstead Theatre

by Helen Cooper
COSI FAN TUTTE
2003 		ENO for Barbican Theatre
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSE
2003 		Bristol Old Vic

by Christopher Hampton
THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING
2002 		Minerva Studio, Chichester

by Christopher Fry
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