Editing Samuel West (section)

==Performances and works==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Reunion (1989 film)|Reunion]]''
| Count Konradin von Lohenburg
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]''
| Leonard Bast
| Nominated for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Pierre Granier-Deferre|Archipel]]''
| Alan Stewart
| In French
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Open Fire (British film)|Open Fire]]''
| [[Steven Waldorf]]
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1995
| ''[[A Feast at Midnight]]''
| Chef
|
|-
| ''[[The Vacillations of Poppy Carew]]''
| Victor
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]''
| [[Gerald Brenan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Persuasion (1995 film)|Persuasion]]''
| Mr. Elliot
|
|-
| ''[[Zoya (novel)|Zoya]]''
| Nicolai
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Heavy Weather (film)|Heavy Weather]]''
| 'Monty' Bodkin
| TV film
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]''
| St. John Rivers
|
|-
| 1997
| ''The Ripper''
| [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Prince Albert Victor Edward]]
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| ''[[Stiff Upper Lips]]''
| Edward
|
|-
| ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]''
| Rupert McKay
| Nominated for [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|Genie Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| ''The Dance of Shiva''
| Lt. Davis
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]''
| Anna's Co-Star
| 
|-
| ''Runt''
| Pork
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2000
| ''[[Bread and Roses (2000 film)|Bread and Roses]]''
| as himself (cameo)
|
|-
| ''[[Complicity (film)|Complicity]]''
| Neil
|
|-
| ''[[Bring Me Your Love (short story)|Bring Me Your Love]]''
| Doctor Jensen
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Pandaemonium (film)|Pandaemonium]]''
| [[Robert Southey]]
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]''
| Young Maurice
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''Shrink''
| George
| Short film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]''
| Pongo
| Voice only
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]''
| [[Victor Frankenstein|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
| ''{{Ill|Albert Schweitzer (2009 film)|de|3=Albert Schweitzer – Ein Leben für Afrika|lt=Albert Schweitzer}}''
| Phil Figgis
|
|-
| 2010
|''[[Dark Relic]]''
| Friar George
| TV film
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]''
| [[King George VI]]
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Riot Club]]''
| Tutor
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| ''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]''
| Benedict
|
|-
| ''[[The Eichmann Show]]''
| Narrator
| TV film
|-
| 2017
| ''[[On Chesil Beach (film)|On Chesil Beach]]''
| Geoffrey Ponting
|
|-
| 2017
| [[Darkest Hour (film)|''Darkest Hour'']]
| [[Sir Anthony Eden]]
|
|-
| 2019
| [[The Gentlemen (2019 film)|''The Gentlemen'']]
| Lord Pressfield
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Edward the Seventh (television)|Edward the Seventh]]''
| [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale|Albert Victor 'Eddy' – Aged 5]]
| Episode 6: "The Invisible Queen"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Nanny (TV series)|Nanny]]''
| James Lamerton
| Series 1, Episode 6: "Goats and Tigers"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Johnnie Mallett
| Series 2, Episode 4: "Frankie and Johnnie"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial)|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''
| King Caspian
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Stanley and the Women]]''
| Stephen Duke
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 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 (British TV series)|Performance]]''
| Jack Maitland
| Series 3, Episode 2: "The Maitlands"
|-
| ''[[Dimensions in Time|Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time]]''
| [[Cyrian (Doctor Who)|Cyrian]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|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]]"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| ''Strangers''
| Simon
| Series 1, Episode 10: "Costumes"
|-
| ''[[Over Here (miniseries)|Over Here]]''
| Archie Bunting
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Nazis: A Warning from History]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1999
| ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]''
| Major Edrington
| Series 1, Episode 4: "The Frogs and the Lobsters"
|-
| ''[[The Planets (1999 TV series)|The Planets]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| ''[[Living Britain]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
|''[[War of the Century|War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Longitude (TV series)|Longitude]]''
| Nevil Maskelyne
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Horror in the East]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| 2001–2002
| ''[[Timewatch]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
| Thomas Rice
| Series 1, Episodes 1–2: "Life Sentence"
|-
| 2002–2006
| ''[[The Private Life of a Masterpiece]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| ''[[Cambridge Spies]]''
| [[Anthony Blunt]]
|
|-
| ''[[Imagine (TV series)|Imagine]]''
| Wightwick
| Series 2, Episode 3: "Entertaining Mr. Soane"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Foyle's War]]''
| Lt. Col. James Wintringham
| Series 3, Episode 1: "The French Drop"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''[[Nova (American TV series)|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
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| David Fleeting
| Series 6, Episode 3: "Fresh Starts"
|-
| ''[[Desperate Romantics]]''
| Lord Rosterley
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| ''[[Garrow's Law]]''
| Thomas Erskine
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|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 publisher [[Frank Harris]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| ''[[Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond]]''
| [[John Henry Godfrey|Admiral John Godfrey]]
| Character was [[Ian Fleming]]'s model for [[M (James Bond)|"M"]]
|-
| ''[[The Crimson Field]]''
| Elliot Vincent
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| ''[[W1A (TV series)|W1A]]''
| Richard Cartwright
| Series 2, Episode 1
|-
| ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (miniseries)|Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''
| Sir Walter Pole
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2016
| ''[[The Hollow Crown (TV series)|The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses]]''
| [[Henry Beaufort|Bishop of Winchester]]
| Henry VI Part 1
|-
|2017
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
|James Oswood
|Episode: "Death by Persuasion"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''
| [[Anthony Blunt]]
| [[The Crown (season 3)|Season 3]], episode 1 "Olding"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''
| Donald McCormack
| Series 9, Episode 1
|-
| 2020–
| ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''
| [[Siegfried Farnon]]
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Slow Horses]]''
| Peter Judd
| Recurring cast
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Midwich Cuckoos (TV series)|The Midwich Cuckoos]]''
| Bernard Westcott
| Series 1, Episodes 2, 4-7
|}

West narrated the [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] documentary ''The SS in Britain'' for director Julian Hendy in 1999,<ref>{{YouTube |id=GvfITCz3UU8|title=The SS in Ukraine Part 4 of 4.}}</ref> and considering his role in the ITV drama series ''Mr Selfridge'', he was the voiceover for ''Secrets of Selfridges'' (PBS) in 2014.

=== Audio drama ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
! colspan="2" |Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2008
|[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures#Series 2 (2008)|Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
|The Vengeance of Morbius
|[[The Brain of Morbius|Morbius]]
|Re-released in 2024 as part of ''"The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller Series 2"''
|-
|2014
|[[Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures#2014|Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures]]
|Mask of Tragedy
|Aristophanes
|
|-
|2015
|[[River Song (audio drama series)#Series 1 (2015)|The Diary of River Song Series 01]]
|''"I Went to a Marvellous Party"  & "Signs"''
|Mr Song
|
|-
|2018
|[[Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures#2018|Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures]]
|Serpent in the Silver Mask
|The Mazzini Family
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|[[List of The Worlds of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish#Series 1: Morbius (2024)|Dark Gallifrey]]
|Morbius
| rowspan="2" |Morbius
|
|-
|[[The War Doctor (audio drama series)#Series 1: Morbius The Mighty (2024)|Doctor Who: The War Doctor Rises]]
|Morbius the Mighty
|
|}

===Theatre===
==== Acting ====
* ''[[The Browning Version (play)|The Browning Version]]'': Taplow (1985) – directed by [[Clive Perry]] ([[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]])
* ''[[Les Parents terribles]]'': Michael (February 1989) – directed by [[Derek Goldby]] ([[Orange Tree Theatre]])
* ''[[The Bread-Winner (play)|The Bread-Winner]]'' (1989) – directed by [[Kevin Billington]], ([[Theatre Royal, Windsor]] and touring)
* ''[[A Life in the Theatre]]'' (October 1989 – February 1990) – directed by [[Bill Bryden]], ([[Theatre Royal Haymarket]], transferred to [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]])
* ''[[Simon Gray|Hidden Laughter]]'': Nigel (June 1990) – directed by [[Simon Gray]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre]])
* ''[[The Sea (play)|The Sea]]'': Willy Carson (1991) – directed by [[Sam Mendes]] ([[Royal National Theatre]])
* ''[[Cain (play)|Cain]]'' (1992) – directed by [[Edward Hall (director)|Edward Hall]] ([[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]])
* ''[[Mr. Cinders]]'' A Musical Comedy: Jim Lancaster (December 1992 – February 1993) – directed by [[Martin Connor (director)|Martin Connor]] ([[King's Head Theatre]])
* ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'': Valentine (April–November 1993) – directed by [[Trevor Nunn]] ([[Royal National Theatre]])
* ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'': Algernon – directed by [[James Maxwell (actor)|James Maxwell]] ([[Royal Exchange Theatre]])
* ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV Part 1]]'' and [[Henry IV, Part 2|Part 2]]: Hal (1996–1997) – directed by [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]] ([[English Touring Theatre]])
* ''[[Journey's End]]'': Captain Stanhope (January–February 1998) – directed by David Evans-Rees ([[King's Head Theatre]])
* ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'': Octavius Caesar (1998) – directed by [[Sean Mathias]] ([[Royal National Theatre]])
* ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'': Richard II (2000) – directed by [[Steven Pimlott]], ([[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]])
* ''[[Hamlet]]'': Hamlet (2001) – directed by [[Steven Pimlott]], ([[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]])
* ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'': The Master (2004) – directed by [[Steven Pimlott]] ([[Chichester Festival Theatre]])
* ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|Doctor Faustus]]'': Faustus (2004) – directed by [[Steven Pimlott]], [[Martin Duncan]] and [[Edward Kemp (playwright)|Edward Kemp]], ([[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]])
* ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'': Benedick (2005) – directed by [[Josie Rourke]] ([[Crucible Theatre]])
* ''[[The Exonerated (play)|The Exonerated]]'': Kerry Max Cook (2006) – directed by [[Bob Balaban]] ([[Riverside Studios]])
* ''[[A Number]]'': B1/B2/Michael Black (2006) – directed by Jonathan Munby, ([[Studio Theatre (Sheffield)]] and [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]])
* ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'': Robert (2007) – directed by [[Roger Michell]] ([[Donmar Warehouse]])
* ''[[Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?]]'': Guy (2008) – directed by James McDonald, ([[The Public Theater|Public Theater, New York]])
* ''[[The Family Reunion]]'': Harry (2008) – directed by [[Jeremy Herrin]] ([[Donmar Warehouse]])
* ''[[ENRON (play)|ENRON]]'': Jeffrey Skilling (2009) – directed by [[Rupert Goold]], ([[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]], [[Royal Court Theatre]], [[Noël Coward Theatre]])
* ''[[A Number]]'' (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2010) – directed by Jonathan Munby, ([[Menier Chocolate Factory]])
* ''Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer'': Man (2010) – directed by Sarah Giles, ([[Australian Chamber Orchestra]] – on tour and at the [[Sydney Opera House]])
* ''[[A Number]]'' (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2011) – directed by Jonathan Munby, ([[Fugard Theatre]], [[Cape Town]])
* ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'': Astrov (2012) – directed by [[Lindsay Posner]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre]])
* ''Young Chekhov'': Ivanov in [[Ivanov (play)|Ivanov]] and Trigorin in [[The Seagull]] (2015) – directed by [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]] ([[Chichester Festival Theatre]])
* ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'': Brutus (2017) – directed by Robert Hastie, ([[Crucible Theatre]])
* ''[[Ella Hickson|The Writer]]'', directed by Blanche McIntyre, at the [[Almeida Theatre]], London (April 2018)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Paul|title=The Writer, review: Unflaggingly provocative|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-writer-almeida-review-romola-garai-ella-hickson-metoo-gender-power-a8321321.html|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=20 May 2018|date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
* ''It’s Headed Straight Towards Us:'' Hugh Delavois (2023), directed by Rachel Kavanaugh ([[Park Theatre, London|Park Theatre]])
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]'': Malvolio (December 2024 – January 2025), directed by [[Prasanna Puwanarajah]], ([[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]])

==== Directing ====
*''[[The Lady's Not for Burning]]'' (2002), [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]]
*''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'' (2003), [[Bristol Old Vic]]
*''[[Così fan tutte|Cosi Fan Tutte]]'' (2003), [[English National Opera]] at [[Barbican Arts Centre|Barbican Theatre]]
*''Three Women and a Piano Tuner'' (2004), [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester|Minerva Theatre]] and [[Hampstead Theatre]] (2005)
*''[[Insignificance (play)|Insignificance]]'' (2005), [[Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|title=Insignificance Lyceum, Sheffield|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/mar/02/theatre|access-date=1 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|date=2 March 2005}}</ref>
*''[[The Romans in Britain]]'' (2006), [[Crucible Theatre]]
*''[[The Clean House]]'' (2006), [[Studio Theatre (Sheffield)]]
*''[[As You Like It]]'' (2007), [[Crucible Theatre]] and [[Swan Theatre (Stratford)]]
*''[[Dealer's Choice (play)|Dealer's Choice]]'' (2007), [[Menier Chocolate Factory]] and [[Trafalgar Studios]]
*''[[Waste (play)|Waste]]'' (2008), [[Almeida Theatre]]
*''[[Close the Coalhouse Door]]'' (2012), [[Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne|Northern Stage]]
*''[[April De Angelis|After Electra]]'' (2015), [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]] and [[Tricycle Theatre]]
*''[[The Watsons]]'' (2018 Minerva Theatre, Chichester)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Billington (critic) |title=The Watsons review – Austen heroine brought stunningly back to life |journal=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 November 2018 |page=21 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/08/the-watsons-review-minerva-chichester-jane-austen-laura-wade}}</ref>

===Radio===
====Directing====
* ''[[Money (play)|Money]]'' (2011), BBC Radio 3
* ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n0sch/ Close the Coalhouse Door]'' (2012), BBC Radio 4

===Audiobooks, reciting and work with musicians===
West has recorded over one hundred [[audiobook]]s, among which are the [[Shakespeare]] plays ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'', ''[[Coriolanus]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]],'' ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]'' (directed by [[Steven Berkoff]]), the complete ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' novels by [[Colin Dexter]], the ''[[Wind on Fire]]'' trilogy by [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]] (''[[The Wind Singer]]'', ''[[Slaves of the Mastery]]'' and ''[[Firesong]]''), the Arthur trilogy by [[Kevin Crossley-Holland]] (''[[The Seeing Stone]]'', ''At the Crossing Places'' and'' King of the Middle March''), five books by [[Sebastian Faulks]] (''[[Charlotte Gray (novel)|Charlotte Gray]]'', ''[[Birdsong (novel)|Birdsong]]'', ''[[The Girl at the Lion d'Or]]'', ''[[Human Traces]]'' and ''A Possible Life''), four by [[Michael Ridpath]] (''Trading Reality'', ''Final Venture'', ''Free to Trade'', and ''The Marketmaker''), two by [[George Orwell]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' and ''[[Homage to Catalonia]]''), two by [[Mary Wesley]] (''An Imaginative Experience'' and ''Part of the Furniture''), two by [[Robert Goddard (novelist)|Robert Goddard]] (''Closed Circle'' and ''In Pale Battalions'') and several compilations of poetry ''(Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of [[John Keats]]'', ''Bright Star'', ''The Collected Works of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]'', ''Seven Ages'', ''Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic Age'' and ''[[A Shropshire Lad]])''. Also ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', ''[[Bomber (novel)|Bomber]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]: The Vengeance of Morbius'', ''[[Empire of the Sun (novel)|Empire of the Sun]]'',  ''[[Brighton Rock (novel)|Brighton Rock]]'', ''[[Fair Stood the Wind for France]]'',  ''[[Fluke (novel)|Fluke]]'', ''Great Speeches in History'', ''How Proust Can Change Your Life'',  ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'', ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[The Alchemist (novel)|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 Heights]]'' and [[Philip Pullman]]'s ''Grimm Tales for Young and Old''.

In June 2012, West recorded an English narration of ''[[The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My]]'' by [[Tove Jansson]] for an interactive audiobook developed by Spinfy and published by [[Sort of Books]].

In May 2015, West's reading of ''[[Brighton Rock (novel)|Brighton Rock]]'' was chosen as one of "The 20 best audiobooks of all time" by Carole Mansur of the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mansur |first=Carole |date=8 May 2015 |title=20 best audiobooks of all time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11591983/20-best-audiobooks-of-all-time.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11591983/20-best-audiobooks-of-all-time.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=UK |access-date=1 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

As a reciter West has worked with all the major British orchestras, as well as the [[Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra]], [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[National Symphony Orchestra]] in Washington, D.C. Works include Stravinsky's ''Oedipus Rex'' and ''[[The Soldier's Tale]]'', Prokofiev's ''Eugene Onegin'', Beethoven's ''[[Egmont (Beethoven)|Egmont]]'', Schoenburg's ''Ode To Napoleon'', Strauss' ''[[Enoch Arden (Strauss)|Enoch Arden]]'', Saint-Saëns' ''[[Carnival of the Animals]]'', Bernstein's ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Bernstein)|Kaddish]]'', Walton's ''[[Façade (poems)|Façade]]'' and ''Henry V'', ''[[Night Mail]]'' and ''[[The Way to the Sea]]'' by Britten and Auden, the world premieres of ''Concrete'' by [[Judith Weir]] at the Barbican and [[Howard Goodall]]'s ''Jason and the Argonauts'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] and the UK premiere of [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]]'s final piece ''Weltethos'' at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Tommasini|date=22 June 2012 |title=Jonathan Harvey's 'Weltethos' in England |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/arts/music/jonathan-harveys-weltethos-in-england.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> In 2007 West made his New York recital debut in the first performance of ''Little Red Violin'' by [[Anne Dudley]] and [[Steven Isserlis]]. In November 2010, West performed a new English translation of [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg's]] complete incidental music to [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen's]] play ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' with the [[Southampton Philharmonic Choir]] at Southampton Guildhall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southamptonphil.org/web/?q=node/107 |title=Grieg – Peer Gynt, with Narrator, Samuel West |date=24 November 2009 |publisher=[[Southampton Philharmonic Choir]] |access-date=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702045128/http://www.southamptonphil.org/web/?q=node%2F107 |archive-date=2 July 2015  }}</ref> He has performed at the Proms six times,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/3737/performances |title=BBC Proms – Performances – Samuel West|publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> including the suite version of ''Henry V'' at the 2002 [[Last Night of the Proms]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/2000s/2002/september-14/12161 |title=Prom 73 – Last Night of the Proms 2002|date=2002|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

He has also appeared with the [[Nash Ensemble]], the [[Raphael Ensemble]], The Hebrides Ensemble, [[Ensemble 360]] and the [[Lindsay String Quartet|Lindsay]], Dante and [[Endellion Quartet]]s at the [[Wigmore Hall]], London. Recordings include Prokofief's ''Eugene Onegin'' with Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Andrew-Rutt/Performer/165997-2 |title=Prokofiev: Eugene Onegin / Downes, West, Sinfonia 21 |date=25 August 2009 |publisher=[[ArkivMusic]] |access-date=1 July 2015 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702043304/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Andrew-Rutt/Performer/165997-2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]'' and Walton's ''Henry V'' with the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Leonard Slatkin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/william-walton-henry-v-mw0001415136 |title=William Walton: Henry V – Leonard Slatkin, Samuel West |date=2002 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

As a choral singer, West has participated in three Choir of London tours to [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]: in May 2006, when he also gave poetry readings as part of the concert programme; in April 2007 when he directed ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.choiroflondon.org/Choir_of_London/Choir_of_London_-_PMF_-_Magic_Flute.html |title=Choir of London – PMF – Magic Flute |date=2007 |publisher=Choir of London |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> and in September 2013 (see below).

In 2013, the centenary year of [[Benjamin Britten]], West narrated the Britten/[[W. H. Auden|Auden]] film score ''[[Night Mail]]'' with the [[Nash Ensemble]] at the Wigmore Hall and later added ''Coal Face, God's Chillun, The Peace of Britain, [[The Way to the Sea]]'' and ''[[The King's Stamp]]'' with the [[Aurora Orchestra]] at the Queen Elizabeth and Fairfield Halls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insidecroydon.com/2013/11/07/west-takes-on-impossible-job-without-pausing-for-breath/ |title=West takes on impossible job without pausing for breath |date=7 November 2013 |website=Inside Croydon |access-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref> In June he played God in Britten's ''[[Noye's Fludde]]'' in Harrogate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2013/06/10/harrogate-grammar-school-present-benjamin-brittens-opera-noyes-fludde/ |title=Harrogate Grammar School present Benjamin Britten's opera, Noye's Fludde|date=10 June 2013|newspaper=Harrogate Informer |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> 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's ''[[Hymn to St Cecilia]]'' and sang in Britten's ''[[Saint Nicolas (Britten)|St Nicolas]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinfinimusic.com/uk/features/other-features/samuel-west-blog |title=Samuel West London choir on West Bank |last=West |first=Samuel |date=3 October 2013 |publisher=[[Sinfini Music]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> In October, he narrated the concert world premiere of ''Britten in America'' for the [[Hallé]] orchestra, which was released on CD<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.halle.co.uk/news.aspx?News_ID=10494 |title=Samuel West Narrates World Premiere |publisher=[[The Hallé]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> together with West's recordings of speeches to Britten's incidental music for Auden and [[Christopher Isherwood|Isherwood]]'s play ''[[The Ascent of F6]]'' (the disc, ''Britten to America'', was later nominated for a 2014 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Classical Compendium).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=5 |title=57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees |publisher=[[Grammy Award|Grammy]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He also toured a program of Britten cabaret songs and Auden poems across the UK with Ruthie Culver and the UtterJazz Quartet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruthieculver.com/look-stranger/ |title=Britten/Look Stranger|publisher=Ruthie Culver |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

In June 2013 he appeared in the video for ''Handyman Blues'' by [[Billy Bragg]], directed by [[Johnny Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YmHtISRcz0  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/2YmHtISRcz0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Billy Bragg – Handyman Blues |date=3 June 2013|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 14 July 2017, one month after the [[Grenfell Tower fire]], BBC's ''[[Newshour]]'' programme 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 album ''From The Ground Up'': an ensemble led by [[Hugo Ticciati]] improvised over [[Henry Purcell]] [[chaconne]] bass lines while West read [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and rapper [[Soul Inscribed|Baba Israel]] improvised. The album won the 2020 [[Gramophone Classical Music Awards|Gramophone Award]] for Best Concept Album.