Editing Samuel West

{{short description|British actor, theatre director, and narrator}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
|name          = Samuel West
|image         = Samuel West at "No Glory" protest, London, 4th August 2014.jpg
|caption       = West in 2014
|birth_name    = Samuel Alexander Joseph West
|birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|19|df=yes}}
|birth_place   = [[Hammersmith]], [[London]], England
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|occupation    = {{hlist|Actor|theatre director|narrator}}
|years_active  = 1975–present
|partner       = [[Laura Wade]]
|parents       = [[Timothy West]]<br />[[Prunella Scales]]
|children      = 2
|relatives     = [[Lockwood West]] (grandfather)
}}
'''Samuel Alexander Joseph West''' (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor, theatre director, and narrator. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor in theatre, film, television, and radio. 

West was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] for his portrayal of Leonard Bast in the [[Merchant Ivory]] [[Howards End (film)|film adaptation]] of [[E. M. Forster]]'s novel ''[[Howards End]]'' (1992), and was later nominated for the [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]] for his portrayal of the title role in ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' (1998). In 2010, he was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]] for his portrayal of [[Jeffrey Skilling]] in [[Lucy Prebble]]'s ''[[Enron (play)|Enron]]''. He has appeared as reciter with orchestras and performed at the [[Last Night of the Proms]]. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about the [[Second World War]].

West currently stars as [[Siegfried Farnon]] in the [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]  remake of the veterinary drama series ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''.

==Early life and education==
West was born on 19 June 1966<ref name="2005 Guardian profile">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/sep/16/arts.artsnews1|title=The Guardian profile: Sam West|last=Billington|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|first=Michael|date=16 September 2005|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK|access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2001/20-questions-withsamuel-west_28227.html |title=20 Questions With...Samuel West |date=10 December 2001 |publisher=What's On Stage |access-date=17 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701111110/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2001/20-questions-withsamuel-west_28227.html |archive-date=1 July 2015  }}</ref>  in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]],<ref name="Rachel Cooke interview">{{Cite news|first=Rachel|last=Cooke|author-link=Rachel Cooke|title=Best of the West: Rachel Cooke interviews actor Sam West|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/nov/25/rsc.theatre|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|location=UK|date=25 November 2007|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> the elder son of the actress [[Prunella Scales]] and the late actor [[Timothy West]], and the grandson of the actor [[Lockwood West]].<ref name="Paton"/>{{r|taylor20170303}} 

West was educated at [[Alleyn's School]]<ref>{{Cite news|first=Nick|last=Morrison|title=My best teacher – Sam West| url=https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6016064| newspaper=[[TES (magazine)|TES]]| location=UK|date=26 June 2009|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> and [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]], where he studied English literature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Alumni/Prominent-alumni.aspx|title=Prominent LMH Alumni| date=2015| access-date=10 June 2015| publisher=[[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]}}</ref>{{r|taylor20170303}} and was president of the [[Experimental Theatre Club]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who 2013|publisher=A & C Black Publishers Ltd|page=2420|isbn=978-14081-549-1-5|edition=165th|title-link=Who's Who (UK)|date=1 February 2013}}</ref> West originally intended to attend [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]], but chose instead to focus on his career after he was cast as [[Prince Caspian (character)|King Caspian]] in the BBC's 1989 series ''[[Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial)|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Talking Beasts: The Narnia Podcast |url=https://www.narniaweb.com/2021/10/ben-barnes-meets-samuel-west-two-caspians-talking-beasts/ |version = Two Caspians|publisher=Narnia Web |language=English |date=16 October 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
===Stage===
West made his London stage debut in February 1989 at the [[Orange Tree Theatre]], playing Michael in Cocteau's ''[[Les Parents terribles|Les Parents Terribles]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/about/history |title=History, Orange Tree Theatre |work=Orange Tree Theatre |publisher=[[Orange Tree Theatre]] |access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> of which critic [[John Thaxter]] wrote: "He invests the role with a warmth and validity that silences sniggers that could so easily greet a lesser performance of this difficult role, and he lets us share the tumbling emotions of a juvenile torn between romantic first love and filial duty."<ref>{{cite news |last=Thaxter |first=John |author-link=John Thaxter|title=????|date=10 February 1989 |newspaper=[[Richmond & Twickenham Times]]}}</ref> Since then, West has appeared frequently on stage; he played Valentine in the first production of [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1993,<ref>{{cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Coveney |date=18 April 1993 |title=Arcadia: Michael Coveney's review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1993/apr/18/features.review7 |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |location=UK |access-date=3 July 2015 }}</ref> and later spent two seasons with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] playing the title roles in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]'', both directed by [[Steven Pimlott]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/16/guardianobituaries.obituaries | title=Obituary: Steven Pimlott| last1=Coveney |author-link1=Michael Coveney| first1=Michael | last2=Hytner | first2=Nicholas |author-link2=Nicholas Hytner| date=16 February 2007 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | location=UK | access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=4 May 2001 |title=Review: Hamlet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/may/04/theatre.artsfeatures |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut with ''[[The Lady's Not for Burning]]'' at the [[Minerva Theatre, Chichester]].<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2006/samuel-west-resigns-as-sheffield-artistic-director_21646.html |title=Samuel West Resigns as Sheffield Artistic Director |date=21 December 2006 |publisher=What's on Stage |access-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810212147/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2006/samuel-west-resigns-as-sheffield-artistic-director_21646.html |archive-date=10 August 2015  }}</ref> He succeeded [[Michael Grandage]] as artistic director of [[Sheffield Theatres]] from 2005 to 2007.<ref name="Sheffield" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/about/about-sheffield-theatres/our-history/the-crucible-theatre/ |title=The Crucible Theatre at Sheffield Theatres |publisher=[[Sheffield Theatres]] |access-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610180802/http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/about/about-sheffield-theatres/our-history/the-crucible-theatre/ |archive-date=10 June 2015  }}</ref> During his time as artistic director, West revived the controversial ''[[The Romans in Britain]],''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/the-romans-in-britain-a-controversial-revival-524615.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402214442/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/the-romans-in-britain-a-controversial-revival-524615.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015| title='The Romans in Britain': a controversial revival| last=Walker |first=Lynne |author-link=Lynne Walker (critic)|date=26 January 2006| newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=UK| access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> and also directed ''[[As You Like It]]'' as part of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC's]] [[Complete Works (RSC festival)|Complete Works Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Spencer (journalist) |date=9 February 2007 |title=As Shakespeare wouldn't like it |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3663035/As-Shakespeare-wouldnt-like-it.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3663035/As-Shakespeare-wouldnt-like-it.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=UK |access-date=3 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/04-2007/rsc-hails-success-of-year-long-complete-works_21237.html |title=RSC Hails Success of Year-long Complete Works |date=5 April 2007 |publisher=What's on Stage |access-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810212153/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/04-2007/rsc-hails-success-of-year-long-complete-works_21237.html |archive-date=10 August 2015  }}</ref> West left [[Sheffield]] when the theatre closed for refurbishment in 2007, and made his [[West End theatre|West End]] directorial debut with the first major revival of ''[[Dealer's Choice (play)|Dealer's Choice]]'' following its transferral to the [[Trafalgar Studios]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/arts/08iht-lon10.1.7799477.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Two directors, Howard Davies and Samuel West, show a deft and delicate touch| last=Wolf |first=Matt |date=9 October 2007|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He also continued his acting career: in 2007 he appeared alongside [[Toby Stephens]] and [[Dervla Kirwan]] in ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/jun/06/theatre2| title=Theatre review: Betrayal / Donmar Warehouse, London| last=Billington | first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=6 June 2007|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

In 2008, West played Harry in the Donmar revival of [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[Family Reunion]],''<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/nov/27/family-reunion-theatre-review | title=Theatre review: The Family Reunion / Donmar, London |last=Costa |first=Maddy |date=27 November 2008|access-date=10 June 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK}}</ref> and in 2009 he starred as Jeffrey Skilling in ''[[Enron (play)|Enron]]'' by [[Lucy Prebble]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/charles-spencer/5893217/Enron-at-Minerva-Theatre-in-Chichester-review.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029212836/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/charles-spencer/5893217/Enron-at-Minerva-Theatre-in-Chichester-review.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=29 October 2014| title=Enron, at Minerva Theatre in Chichester – review |last=Spencer |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Spencer (journalist)|date=23 July 2009|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=UK|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> His 2008 production of ''[[Waste (play)|Waste]]'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]] was chosen by ''[[The Times]]'' as one of its "Productions of the Decade".<ref>{{cite news |date=13 December 2009 |title=The best theatre of the decade |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/theatre/article192445.ece#page-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704172642/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/theatre/article192445.ece#page-1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 July 2015 |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]] |location=UK |access-date=3 July 2015 }}</ref> From November 2012 to January 2013, he appeared as Astrov in a production of ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/theatre/uncle-vanya-vaudeville-wc2--review-8281608.html| title=Uncle Vanya, Vaudeville, WC2 – review |last=Hitchings |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Hitchings|date=5 November 2012 |newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]] |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He played Ivanov and Trigorin in the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]'s Young Chekhov Season from September 2015, alongside [[Nina Sosanya]], [[Anna Chancellor]], and [[James McArdle]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Snow |first=Georgia |date=2 July 2015 |title=Nina Sosanya and Olivia Vinall to join cast of Chekhov trilogy at Chichester |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/nina-sosanya-olivia-vinall-join-cast-chekhov-trilogy-chichester/ |newspaper=[[The Stage]] |location=UK |access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/young-chekhov-the-birth-of-a-genius-chichester-festival-theatre-review-a-12-hour-triumph-a6699821.html|title=Young Chekhov: The Birth of a Genius, Chichester Festival Theatre review: A 12-hour triumph|last=Taylor|first=Paul|date=19 October 2015|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

In 2023, West played Hugh Delavois in [[Adrian Edmundson]] and [[Nigel Planer]]'s comedy play ''It’s Headed Straight Towards Us'' at the [[Park Theatre, London]]<nowiki/>opposite [[Rufus Hound]]. In late 2024, West returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play [[Malvolio]] in [[Prasanna Puwanarajah]]'s production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' opposite [[Gwyneth Keyworth]], [[Freema Agyeman]] and [[Bally Gill]].

===Film===
[[File:Samuel_West_at_the_London_Film_Festival_screening_of_Hyde_Park_on_Hudson,_October_2012.jpg|thumb|right|West at the [[London Film Festival]] screening of ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]'' in 2012]]
West appeared in the film ''[[Reunion (1989 film)|Reunion]]'' (1989) with [[Jason Robards]] and [[Christien Anholt]] as an aristocratic boy who befriends the son of a Jewish doctor in 1930s Germany. West played the lower-middle-class clerk Leonard Bast in the [[Merchant Ivory]] [[Howards End (film)|film adaptation]] of [[E. M. Forster]]'s novel ''[[Howards End]]'' (1992), featuring [[Emma Thompson]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]], and [[Anthony Hopkins]]. For this role, he was nominated for best supporting actor at the 1993 [[BAFTA]] Film Awards.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film/actor-in-a-supporting-role |title=1993 Film Actor in a Supporting Role |publisher=[[BAFTA]]|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> West appeared with Thompson again in the film ''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]'' (1995).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |title=Carrington |url=https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/carrington |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Reelviews Movie Reviews |language=en}}</ref>

In [[voice-over]], West provided the voice of Pongo in ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'', replacing [[Rod Taylor]].

West's film career has continued with roles in films such as [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]'', ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'', ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'', ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]'' and ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''.  In 2004, he appeared in the year's highest rated mini-series on German television, ''Die Nibelungen'', which was released in the United States in 2006 as ''[[Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King]]''. In 2012, he played [[King George VI]] in ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]''.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

===Television===
West has appeared in many long-running series: ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' and ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]],'' as well as one-off dramas. He played [[Anthony Blunt]] in ''[[Cambridge Spies]]'', a [[BBC]] production about the four British spies, starring alongside [[Toby Stephens]] ([[Kim Philby|Philby]]), [[Tom Hollander]] ([[Guy Burgess|Burgess]]) and [[Rupert Penry-Jones]] ([[Donald Duart Maclean|Maclean]]). He reprised his role as Blunt in "Olding", the premiere episode of the third season of ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' released in 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Julie |date=17 November 2019 |title=The Crown: Queen Elizabeth's Real-Life Betrayal Inside Buckingham Palace |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/the-crown-season-3-true-story |magazine=Vanity Fair |location=web |access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>

In 2006, West took the lead role in a [[BBC Television|BBC]] production of ''[[Random Quest]]'' adapted from the short story by [[John Wyndham]] and the next year played [[Edward Heath]] in ''[[The Long Walk to Finchley|Margaret Thatcher – The Long Walk to Finchley]]'', also for the BBC. In 2010 he played Peter Scabius in the televised adaptation of [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]]'s novel ''[[Any Human Heart]]'', while in 2011 he starred as Zak Gist in the ITV series ''[[Eternal Law (TV series)|Eternal Law]]''. In addition, he appeared in the BBC sitcom ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'', as Terry in the episode "We'll Always Have Paris" (1994).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-01-02 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b50111c1fe0c4842aabcbfe6c595f7b1 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

West played Frank Edwards in the ITV drama ''[[Mr Selfridge]],'' and Sir Walter Pole in the 2015 [[BBC Television|BBC]] adaptation of ''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell]]''.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

West stars in the [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel Five]] series (broadcast in September 2020) ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' as [[Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon)|Siegfried Farnon]]. A second six-episode series and Christmas special was broadcast in 2021, followed by a third season airing in late 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Creatures Great and Small season 2 {{!}} release date, cast and plot {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/all-creatures-great-and-small-season-2-release-date/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's in Store for All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/all-creatures-great-and-small-whats-in-store-for-season-3/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Masterpiece |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Radio===
West is regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas, including ''Otherkin'' by [[Laura Wade]], ''[[Present Laughter]]'' by [[Noël Coward]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rtc8p |title=BBC Radio 4 – Saturday Drama, Present Laughter |date=2015 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> [[Len Deighton]]'s ''[[Bomber (novel)|Bomber]]'', ''[[Life and Fate]]'' by [[Vasily Grossman]], [[Michael Frayn]]'s ''[[Here (play)|Here]]'', ''[[The Meaning of Zong]]'' by [[Giles Terera]] and ''[[The Homecoming]]'' as Lenny to [[Harold Pinter]]'s Max.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13 |title=Fathers and sons |last=West |first=Samuel |author-link=Samuel West |date=17 March 2007 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
In 2011, he made his radio directing debut with a production of ''[[Money (play)|Money]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011y7xl |title=BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, Money| date=2012 |publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> by [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton|Edward Bulwer-Lytton]] on [[BBC Radio 3]].{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

==Personal life==
West has appeared alongside his actor parents on several occasions: with his mother [[Prunella Scales]] in ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' and ''[[Stiff Upper Lips]]'', and with his father [[Timothy West]] on stage in ''[[A Number]]'', ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2|Part 2]]''. In two films (''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' in 2001 and the 1996 television film ''[[Over Here (miniseries)|Over Here]]''), Sam and his father played the same character at different ages.
[[File:Sam West -London, England-15Jan2010.jpg|thumb|right|West in 2010]]
In ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975), West and his brother Joseph played young sons of the title character, who was played by their father.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1203664/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast| title="Edward the Seventh" The Invisible Queen (TV Episode 1975) – Full Cast & Crew |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> In 2002, all three family members performed in [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s ''[[L'Histoire du soldat|The Soldiers Tale]]'' at the [[St Magnus Festival]] on [[Orkney]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/stepping-out-with-st-magnus-1-610201 | title=Stepping out with St Magnus | date=25 June 2002 |last=Walton |first=Kenneth|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> and in 2006 they gave a rehearsed reading of the [[Harold Pinter]] play ''[[Family Voices]]'' as part of the [[Sheffield Theatres]] Pinter season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/05-2006/west-and-son-goodman-fiddler-harman-hit-sheffield_22525.html |title=West & Son, Goodman ''Fiddler'', Harman Hit Sheffield |date=17 May 2006 |publisher=What's on Stage |access-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610210032/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/05-2006/west-and-son-goodman-fiddler-harman-hit-sheffield_22525.html |archive-date=10 June 2015  }}</ref>

West became the patron of [[Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus]] in February 2008, having been the narrator for a concert of theirs in February 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldphil.org/patron.php |title=Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus patron: Samuel West |date=6 February 2008 |publisher=[[Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus]] |access-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901085141/http://www.sheffieldphil.org/patron.php |archive-date=1 September 2015  }}</ref> He is also a patron of London children's charity Scene & Heard,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sceneandheard.org/patrons/ |title=Patrons, Scene & Heard |publisher=Scene & Heard |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> Eastside Educational Trust and Mousetrap Theatre Projects.

While at university, West was a member of the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]],{{r|taylor20170303}} and later briefly the Socialist Alliance.<ref name="2005 Guardian profile" /> West was an outspoken critic of the [[New Labour]] government of [[Tony Blair]] and their involvement in the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnduk.org/cnd-media/item/832-cnd-protest-to-call-on-chilcot-to-find-blair-guilty-of-waging-war-of-aggression |title=CND protest to call on Chilcot to find Blair guilty of waging 'war of aggression' |date=28 January 2010 |publisher=[[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> On 26 March 2011, he spoke at the [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] [[2011 London anti-cuts protest|March for the Alternative]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/21650433 |title=Sam West speaks at the March for the Alternative on Vimeo |date=26 March 2011 |publisher=[[Trades Union Congress]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>

West has written essays on ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' for the [[Cambridge University Press]] series ''Players of Shakespeare'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/arts-theatre-culture/british-theatre/players-shakespeare-6-essays-performance-shakespeares-history-plays?format=PB |title=Players of Shakespeare 6, British Theatre, Cambridge University Press |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> on ''[[Hamlet]]'' for Michael Dobson's CUP study ''Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/arts-theatre-culture/british-theatre/performing-shakespeares-tragedies-today-actors-perspective?format=PB |title=Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today, British Theatre, Cambridge University Press |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> and on Shakespeare and Love<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g4vrb |title=BBC Radio 3 – The Essay, Shakespeare and Love, Samuel West |date=25 April 2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> and Voice and Radio<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04prn2r |title=BBC Radio 3 – The Essay, Shaping the Air – Writers and Radio, Samuel West |date=24 November 2014 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> for [[BBC Radio 3]].

West has also published articles on [[Harold Pinter]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10721 |title=Harold Pinter: 1930–2008 |last=West |first=Sam |date=February 2009 |publisher=[[Socialist Review]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13 |title=Fathers and sons, Books |last=West |first=Samuel |date=17 March 2007 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> [[Caryl Churchill]]<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=Samuel |date=23 April 2015 |title=Caryl Churchill: the David Bowie of contemporary theatre |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/11556204/Caryl-Churchill-the-David-Bowie-of-contemporary-theatre.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/11556204/Caryl-Churchill-the-David-Bowie-of-contemporary-theatre.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the [[Shipping Forecast]].<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=Samuel |date=16 February 2012 |title=Malin, Dogger, North Utsire? Bliss |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9086408/Malin-Dogger-North-Utsire-The-bliss-of-Radio-4s-Shipping-Forecast.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9086408/Malin-Dogger-North-Utsire-The-bliss-of-Radio-4s-Shipping-Forecast.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He frequently writes and speaks in public about arts funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsfunding.ning.com/profile/SamuelWest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210204142/http://artsfunding.ning.com/profile/SamuelWest |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2011 |title=Samuel West's Page |website=artsfunding.ning.com |access-date=30 June 2015 }}</ref> West has collected stamps since childhood and owns more than 200 Two Shilling Blues.<ref name="taylor20170303">{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/39a0f09c-fd44-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/39a0f09c-fd44-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=FT Masterclass: Stamp collecting with Samuel West |last=Taylor |first=Jeremy |date=3 March 2017 |work=Financial Times |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2013, West was one of the judges for the [[Forward Prizes for Poetry]]. In December 2014, he appeared on two programmes for ''[[Christmas University Challenge]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wvzxc |title=BBC Two – University Challenge, Christmas 2014, Episode 1 |date=20 December 2014 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> as part of a team of alumni from [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]].

West is an Associate Artist of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/our-work/rsc-associate-artists.aspx |title=RSC Associate Artists |publisher=[[Royal Shakespeare Company]] |access-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612035020/http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/our-work/rsc-associate-artists.aspx |archive-date=12 June 2015  }}</ref> and a trustee and previous Chair of the [[Campaign for the Arts]].{{r|taylor20170303}} He was a member of the council of the British Actors' Union [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] from 1996 to 2000 and 2008–2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.equity.org.uk/about-us/our-set-up/council/ |title=Council – Equity |publisher=[[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] |access-date=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530035732/http://www.equity.org.uk/about-us/our-set-up/council/ |archive-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> He is a keen [[birdwatching|birdwatcher]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n6sjg |title=BBC Radio 4 – Ramblings, Series 22, Samuel West at Rainham Marshes in Essex |date=11 October 2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> and an Ambassador for the [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=RSPB President and Ambassadors |url=https://www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/rspb-president-and-ambassadors |website=www.rspb.org.uk |publisher=[[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

In 2007, West began living with playwright [[Laura Wade]],<ref name="Rachel Cooke interview"/> but in 2011 the couple temporarily split up.<ref name="Paton">{{cite news |last=Paton |first=Maureen |date=10 December 2011 |title=Sam West: My family values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/10/sam-west-family-values |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lockyer |first=Daphne |date=1 January 2012 |title=Samuel West: 'Good actors do get the roles – and recognition – they deserve' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8986508/Samuel-West-Good-actors-do-get-the-roles-and-recognition-they-deserve.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8986508/Samuel-West-Good-actors-do-get-the-roles-and-recognition-they-deserve.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2013, West was cast in a minor role in ''[[The Riot Club]]'', the film version of Wade's successful play, ''[[Posh (play)|Posh]],'' and in 2014 the couple had a daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa|date=7 September 2014 |title=Laura Wade: her play Posh put a spotlight on the spoilt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/sep/07/profile-laura-wade-the-riot-club-posh-bullingdon-club |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=UK |access-date=30 June 2015 }}</ref>{{r|taylor20170303}} In August 2017, the couple had a second daughter.<ref>{{cite tweet|title= Number Two yesterday. Oh, and our second daughter was born|author =   Samuel West|user=exitthelemming|date = 20 August 2017|number =   899304860650278913}}</ref>

West is a supporter of [[AFC Wimbledon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2020/february/making-the-right-noise-for-a-return-to-plough-lane/|title=Making the right noise for a return to Plough Lane|date=11 February 2020|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

West is a patron of the [[Wilfred Owen]] Association which commemorates Wilfred's life and poetry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/wilfred-owen-association/our-patrons/|title=Sam West our new patron|date=11 February 2024|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

==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.

==Awards and nominations==
'''As actor'''
*1993 – Nominated [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]''
*1999 – Nominated [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|Genie Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]''
*2001 – Won [[London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|London Critics' Circle Theatre Award]] for Best Shakespearean Performance for ''[[Hamlet]]''
*2001 – Won Whatsonstage [[Whatsonstage|Theatregoers' Choice Award]] Best Actor for ''[[Hamlet]]''
*2008 – Nominated Whatsonstage [[Whatsonstage|Theatregoers' Choice Award]] for Best Ensemble Performance for ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
*2009 – Nominated [[TMA Awards|TMA Award]] for Best Performance in a Play for ''[[ENRON (play)|ENRON]]''
*2009 – Nominated [[Evening Standard Award]] Best Actor for ''[[ENRON (play)|ENRON]]''
*2010 – Nominated Whatsonstage [[Whatsonstage|Theatregoers' Choice Award]] for Best Actor for ''[[ENRON (play)|ENRON]]''
*2010 – Nominated [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] Best Actor for ''[[ENRON (play)|ENRON]]''

'''As reader'''
*1999 – Won Talkie award for ''[[Charlotte Gray (novel)|Charlotte Gray]]'' by [[Sebastian Faulks]]
*2000 – Won Audie award for ''Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats''
*2001 – Won Spoken Word award (Silver) for ''[[The Seeing Stone]]'' by [[Kevin Crossley-Holland]]
*2001 – Won Spoken Word award (Gold) for ''[[Birdsong (novel)|Birdsong]]'' by [[Sebastian Faulks]]

Samuel West has received nine [[AudioFile (magazine)|AudioFile]] Earphones Awards for his narration: ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]'' by [[John Wyndham]] (1996), ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'' by [[J.M.Barrie]] (1997), ''[[Charlotte Gray (novel)|Charlotte Gray]]'' by [[Sebastian Faulks]] (1999), ''The Way I Found Her'' by [[Rose Tremain]] (2000), ''[[The Swimming Pool Library]]'' by [[Alan Hollinghurst]] (2007), ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'' by [[Goethe]] (2011),  ''[[A Shropshire Lad]]'' by [[A. E. Housman]] (2011), ''A Possible Life'' by [[Sebastian Faulks]] (2012) and [[Philip Pullman]]'s ''Grimm Tales for Young and Old'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/listing/?Narrator=Samuel%20+West |title=Search Audiobook Reviews – Samuel West |publisher=[[AudioFile (magazine)|AudioFile]]|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

'''As director'''
*2004 – Nominated [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] for Best Opera Revival for ''[[Così fan tutte|Cosi Fan Tutte]]''
*2008 – Nominated [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]] for Best Revival for ''[[Dealer's Choice (play)|Dealer's Choice]]''
*2009 – Nominated [[Theatregoers' Choice Award]] for Best Director for ''[[Waste (play)|Waste]]'' and ''[[Dealer's Choice (play)|Dealer's Choice]]''

==References==
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