Samuel West Actor/Director
Please see Sam's acting showreel here.
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.
Agents
Ruth Young Associate Agent Phoebe Trousdell [email protected] +44 (0)20 3214 0800
Assistant Lauren Morgan [email protected] +44 (0)20 3214 0800
Assistant Alex Campbell [email protected] +44 (0)20 3214 0800
Roles
Film
Production Character Director Company TOFF GUYS 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.
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company ARCHIPEL Pierre Granier Deferre
CARRINGTON Christopher Dora Productions Hampton
COMPLICITY Gavin Millar
COSTUMES Aline Lesserman
CRUSADES Friar George Lorenzo Battle, LLC Sentatore
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 Solstice Films Tammuz
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 Stephen Universal Frankenstein Sommers
PAUL AND HUW WATKINS - FIRST Reciter Kings Place Music WORLD WAR: CHANNEL Foundation CROSSINGS
Television
Production Character Director Company DEATH IN PARADISE Donald Various Red Planet
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND Siegfried Farnon Brian Percival Playground SMALL S1 & 2 Entertainment
THE CROWN S3 Anthony Blunt Various Netflix
KIERLER STREET Richard Various ANAGRAM NORGE AS
TRUST Professor Talbot Danny Boyle Cloud Eight Films / FX Network
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company BEYOND THE SCORE: Edward Elgar Mark Elder Halle Concert Society SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO.4
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 Sir William Chester Benjamin Ross Frankenstein TV CHRONICLES Productions LTD
THE HOLLOW CROWN 2 Bishop of Various Shakespeare Winchester Productions Ltd.
W1A Series 2 Richard Cartright John Morton BBC 2
JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR Sir Walter Pole Toby Haynes Feel Films/Cuba NORRELL 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 Dr Constantine Philip Martin Agatha Christie Ltd / ORIENT EXPRESS 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 Ted Heath Niall MacCormick Great Meadow Ltd LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY
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
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company 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 King Caspian Alex Kirby BBC VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
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 BBC Laurence
THE VACILLATIONS OF POPPY James Cellen CAREW 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 Benedick Shakespeare Globe ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Stage
Production Character Director Company THE WRITER Actor/Boyfriend Blanche McIntyre The Almeida
JULIUS CAESAR Brutus Rob Hastie Sheffield Crucible Productions LTD
WHITE RABBIT RED As Cast Hull Truck Theatre RABBIT
PRESENT LAUGHTER Gary Essendine Stephen Unwin Theatre Royal Bath Productions
AN OAK TREE Performer Karl James and The National Theatre Andy Smith
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company YOUNG CHEKHOV Ivanov/Trigor Jonathan Kent Chichester Festival Theatre SEASON
UNCLE VANYA Astrov Lindsay Posner Stanhope Prods Ltd
A NUMBER Bernard 1/Bernard Jonathan Munby Fugard Theatre, Cape Town 2/Michael Black
BOOK OF DISQUIET Michel van der Aa Sinfonietta Productions
A NUMBER Bernard 1/Bernard 2/ Jonathan Munby Menier Chocolate Factory Michael Black
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 Jack James MacDonald Public Theater, New York SAY I LOVE YOU
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 Benedick Josie Rourke Sheffield Theatre NOTHING
DOCTOR FAUSTUS Faustus Steven Pimlott/ Minerva Theatre Martin Duncan/ Edward Kemp
THE MASTER AND The Master Steven Pimlott Chichester Festival Theatre MARGARITA
HAMLET Hamlet Steven Pimlott RSC
RICHARD II Richard II Steven Pimlott RSC
ANTHONY AND Octavius Caesar Sean Mathias National CLEOPATRA
JOURNEY'S END Kings Head
HENRY IV Parts I and Hal Steven Unwin English Touring Theatre II
THE IMPORTANCE OF Algernon James Maxwell Royal Exchange Theatre BEING EARNEST
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
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company A LIFE IN THE Bill Bryden Theatre Royal, Haymarket THEATRE
THE BREAD-WINNER Kevin Billington Theatre Royal, Windsor
THE WRITER Actor/Boyfriend Blanche McIntyre The Almeida
LES PARENTS Derek Goldby Orange Tree TERRIBLES
THE BROWNING Clive Perry Birmingham Rep VERSION
A CELEBRATION OF Reader David Beavan Harborough Singers CHRISTMAS
Radio
Production Character Director Company THE PRICE OF JOY/ THE Peter Nichols BBC RADIO 4 / STRIDING PLACE 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 BBC Radio Fleming
IN TUNE Reader BBC Radio 3
NORTH Antoine de Saint Marion BBC Radio 4 Exupery Nancarrow
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 BBC Radio 3 Nancarrow
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company 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 BBC Radio Fermor
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 Goldhawk Essential for Barnfather BBc Radio 4
MAHMOUD DARWISH Rebecca BBC Radio 3 Stratford
NARRATIVE HISTORY OF MATHS Anna Buckley BBC Radio 4
SUMMER LIGHTNING BBC Radio 4
THE ASPERN PAPERS - BOOK AT Christine Hall BBC Radio 4 BEDTIME
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
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company 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 Narrator Dorchester Choral AND WALTON'S FACADE Society
EXSULTATE, JUBILATE Reader Aurora Orchestra
CALAIS 2037 - Podcast Performer New Time Productions
A POEM FOR EVERY DAY OF Performer National Theatre THE YEAR
BEYOND THE SCORE: Reciter Hallé Concerts Society SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO 4
Kreutzer Vs Kreutzer The Man Tamara Harvey Aurora Orchestra
BLISS MORNING HEROES Ann McKay BBC Symphony (Producer) Orchestra & Chandos Records Limited
HENRY V Walton Suite M. Wigglesworth Minnesota Orchestra (Conductor)
WHY BIRDS SING CONCERT Aurora Orchestra NARRATION
ALL IN THE GENES Documentary voiceover
BATTLE OF THE SEXES Documentary BBC voiceover
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS Audio Book
CHARLOTTE GREY - TALKIE Audio Book WINNER
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS Audio Book
EMPIRE OF THE SUN Audio Book
EQUINOX - AGAINST NATURE Documentary BBC voiceover
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 Audio Book YOUR LIFE
IN EXCESS Documentary Channel 4 voiceover
IN PALE BATTALIONS Audio Book
JUDE THE OBSCURE Audio Book
MAKING A KILLING - NAZI Documentary BBC ART voiceover
NEIGHBOURS AT WAR Documentary BBC voiceover
PART OF THE FURNITURE Audio Book
PROKOFIEV'SÂ EUGENE Reciter ONEGIN
SCHOENBERG'S ODE TO Reciter Royal Scottish National NAPOLEON Orchestra
THE ALCHEMIST Audio Book
THE GUCCIS Documentary voiceover
THE NAZIS: AÂ WARNING Documentary BBC FROM HISTORY - BAFTA voiceover WINNER
THE PLANETS Documentary BBC voiceover
THE REAL JOHN BETJAMEN Documentary 3BM/BBC voiceover
THE SOLDIERS TALE Reciter
THE WOODLANDERS Audio Book
TIMEWATCH - EIFFEL TOWER Documentary Lion TV voiceover
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Character Director Company TIMEWATCH - OKLAHOMA Documentary Lion TV LAND RUN voiceover
WALTON'S FACADE Reciter
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Audio Book
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]