Samuel West

Actor Jun 19 (age 59) Hammersmith, London, England, UK 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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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).

Known For

Film

The Gentlemen

Lord Pressfield

Film

Notting Hill

Anna's Co-Star

Film

Darkest Hour

Sir Anthony Eden

Film

Van Helsing

Dr. Victor Frankenstein

Film

Suffragette

Benedict Haughton

Film

Howards End

Leonard Bast

Film

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Pongo (voice)

Film

All Creatures Great & Small

Siegfried Farnon

Filmography

Acting (134)

Movies (79)

Return to Narnia

2025

as Self

8.0

Samuel West Remembers... Prunella Scales

2025

Merchant Ivory

2024

as Self

7.7

The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour (Live At The Royal Festival Hall)

2022

as Master of Ceremonies

The Gentlemen

as Lord Pressfield

Gatecrash

as Policeman

On Chesil Beach

as Geoffrey Ponting

Darkest Hour

as Sir Anthony Eden

All the world's a stage

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Suffragette

2015

as Benedict Haughton

7.2

Inside the Court of Henry VIII

as Narrator

The Eichmann Show

as Narrator

The Riot Club

as Tutor

Faberge: A Life of Its Own

2014

as Narrator

7.8

Secrets of Underground London

2014

as Narrator

Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

2014

as Host

6.0

If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

2014

as Norman Skinner

Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy

2013

as Narrator

8.0

Secrets of the Tower of London

2013

as Narrator

Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

First Man on the Moon

2012

as Narrator (Voice UK)

8.0

Secrets of the Manor House

as Narrator

Hyde Park on Hudson

as Bertie

Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

2012

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies

2012

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Hitler's Children

2011

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters

2011

as Narrator

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

2011

as Self - Narrator

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010

as Self

BBC Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?

2010

as Self - Narrator

Dark Relic

2010

as Friar George

3.5

Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

2010

as Dr Constantine

The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India

2009

as Narrator - (Voice)

Albert Schweitzer

2009

as Phil Figgis

6.0

The Blood of the Rose

2009

as Narrator

8.0

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

as Ted Heath

Random Quest

as Colin

The First Emperor

as Himself - Narrator

6.3

Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich

2005

as Narrator (voice)

After the War: Conquering Germany

2005

as Narrator

Einstein's Big Idea

2005

as Humphry Davy

7.2

Van Helsing

2004

as Dr. Victor Frankenstein

6.4

Ring of the Nibelungs

2004

as Gunther

6.2

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

as Pongo (voice)

Iris

as Young Maurice

Pandaemonium

as Robert Southey

Nero's Golden House

as Narrator

Longitude

as Nevil Maskelyne

Complicity

as Neil

Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.3

War of the Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin

as Narrator

Notting Hill

as Anna's Co-Star

In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence

1999

as Narrator (voice)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Major Edrington

7.2

Runt

1999

as Pork

Rupert's Land

1998

as Rupert McKay

Stiff Upper Lips

1998

as Edward

5.2

The Dance of Shiva

1998

as Lieutenant Davies

Danielle Steel's Zoya

as Nicolai

I Hate Christmas Too

as Soldier

The Ripper

as Prince Albert Victor Edward

Jane Eyre

as St John Rivers

Persuasion

as Mr. Elliot

Carrington

as Gerald Brenan

Heavy Weather

as 'Monty' Bodkin

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

as Victor

A Feast at Midnight

as Chef

Open Fire

as Stephen Waldorf

A Breed of Heroes

as Lt. Charles Thoroughgood

1.0

Voices in the Garden

1993

as Mark

The Maitlands

1993

as Jack Maitland

Archipel

1993

as Alan Stewart

2.0

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as Cyrian

Howards End

as Leonard Bast

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

1989

as King Caspian

5.7

Reunion

1989

as Count Konradin von Lohenburg

6.5

Frankie and Johnnie

1986

as Johnnie Mallett

The Book of Water

as Narrator/Geiser

Time & Tide - A Trilogy

Television (55)

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

as Self

Slow Horses

as Peter Judd

The Midwich Cuckoos

as Bernard Westcott

Remembers…

All Creatures Great & Small

as Siegfried Farnon

Small Axe

as Mr. Hill

Trust

as Professor Talbot

Spying on the Royals

as Narrator (voice)

Edouard VIII, espionnage et liaisons dangereuses

as Narrator

The Crown

as Anthony Blunt

Westworld

as Security Guard

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

2015

as Sir Walter Pole

7.4

The Frankenstein Chronicles

2015

as Sir William Chester

The Crimson Field

as Elliot Vincent

Fleming

as Rear Admiral John Godfrey

Great Canal Journeys

as Self

W1A

as Richard Cartwright

7.8

Secrets of Britain

2014

as Himself - Narrator

4.7

Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

as Narrator

Mr Selfridge

as Frank Edwards

Winterwatch

as Self

The Hollow Crown

as Bishop of Winchester

7.4

Secrets of the Manor House

2012

as Self - Narrator

King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy

2012

as Narrator (Voice)

Eternal Law

as Zak Gist

Death in Paradise

as Donald McCormack

Any Human Heart

as Peter Scabius

Desperate Romantics

Garrow's Law

as Thomas Erskine

English Heritage

as Self - Narrator (voice)

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

2008

as narrator

5.7

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

as Self

3.7

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

2005

as Narrator

7.5

Ring of the Nibelungs

as Gunther

Cambridge Spies

as Anthony Blunt

Foyle's War

as Lt. Col. James Wintringham

7.8

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Tony Wainwright

Waking the Dead

as Thomas Rice

The Private Life of a Masterpiece

as Narrator

Longitude

as Nevil Maskelyne

The Planets

as Himself - Narrator

8.0

War of the Century

1999

as Self - Narrator

7.7

Battle of the Sexes - In the Animal World

1999

as Narrator

Hornblower

as Major Edrington

Midsomer Murders

as Jeremy Thacker

The Nazis: A Warning from History

as Self - Narrator

Over Here

as Archie Bunting

As Time Goes By

as Terry

Performance

as Jack Maitland

Stanley and the Women

1991

as Stephen Duke

6.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Dr Constantine

8.2

The Chronicles of Narnia

as King Caspian

Timewatch

as Narrator (Voice)

NOVA

as Humphry Davy

Doctor Who

as Cyrian