Dominic West

I don't think he's very good looking either, but he has a great body in The Affair.

He plays an old queen in PRIDE.

The older he gets, the more he reminds me of Willem Dafoe.

Yes to all, OP.

[quote]I don't think he's very good looking either, but he has a great body in The Affair.

He definitely not good looking, BUT he's sexy AF!

I think he's good looking, but in an unusual way.

I never think he's had the roles he's deserved--he should have had the kind of career George Clooney or Clive Owen had.

He just has a natural masculinity from every pore; you'll look at him and you'll get pregnant.

He has a nice, welcoming, smooth anus

ITA. He's not traditionally attractive, but damn if I wouldn't be on my knees for him in a second. That smirk, the body. You just know he's amazing in bed.

[quote] He just has a natural masculinity from every pore; you'll look at him and you'll get pregnant.

Mary!

[quote] He just has a natural masculinity from every pore; you'll look at him and you'll get pregnant.

I think the wet mussy troll laid down his Cagemeat Quarterly just long enough to weigh in on Dominic West.

Momma's mussy is as moist as a slice in a Duncan Hines commercial!

Yes, OP. West is what the straights call a pussy magnet. And he has an AMAZING physique. Allegedly, he's good friends with Damien Lewis, who is also not very attractive, but has lots of charisma. They both grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same schools, and both came from wealthy families. I think Hiddleston hails from the same town.

[quote]That smirk, the body. You just know he's amazing in bed.

Absolutely R8

I crushed on him hard during The Wire's original broadcast. He has a purty mouth; looks good for kissing and eating out my man pussy.

Is the Wire as good as everybody says?

It's amazing so far R15

The Wire is even better the second time you watch it.

Dominic's soothing, mellifluous Etonian-tinged voice makes me wet. I know RP isn't very popular these days, but give me that over Beckham's squeaky Estuary any day.

[quote]Dominic's soothing, mellifluous Etonian-tinged voice makes me wet.

Did watching The Wire make your ears curdle?

True story. I am a very few years older than Dominic, yet auditioned (face to face) to be his butt double on "The Affair". I didn't get the job, but I believe he ended up filming it himself. They weren't sure he'd do it, so lining up a double was required. I got paid for the day anyway. He's dreamy in person, but my bum is rounder and nicer.

I love The Affair

Haven't seen The Affair yet but plan to after binge watching The Wire. The only thing I'd seen Dominic in before this was "Appropriate Adult", where he played notorious British serial killer Fred West. While fantastic in the role, he was definitely not sexy---at ALL---which is why I was so taken off guard by his hotness in The Wire.

More McNulty:

I first took notice of Dominic in '300', and I thought he made a sexy villain. Sexier than Gerard Butler.

He's hawt as hell.

[quote]Sexier than Gerard Butler.

Was there ever any question?

Gotta love McNulty but that sex scene with simultaneous moans from season 1 with Rhonda Pearlman was always a bit off.

Shockingly, Joshua Jackson is hotter in THE AFFAIR. Also, Maura Tierney is hotter than Ruth Wilson.

He's week-born and exudes the innate confidence of money and a private education. He married money as well. All that confidence is sexy.

Dammit! Well-born.

Loved him as Richard Burton in Burton and Taylor.

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He looks mischievous and a bit dangerous with that naughty smirk. It's a look and vibe similar to that of James Woods, when he was younger.

[quote] It's a look and vibe similar to that of James Woods

ewww

When Woods was younger, R33. I know. This guy is better looking than James Woods ever was.

Any butt shots??

I want to pinch his buttocks!

There was a medium shot in the Wire while he was fucking some woman R35, and yes, his ass was hot and incredibly round.

Saw him in Les Liaisons Dangereuse in London last December and even though he seemed to have a genuine problem remembering his lines he was fucking hot so it was OK.

My friend Craig Austin is his butt double on The Affair.

I saw him years ago on Broadway in PRESENT LAUGHTER. He wore boxer briefs in Act 2 and was hot as fuck.

Why do I need a butt double?

Both of his serious relationships have been with well-connected ladies, boy has a type.

Oh wait it was DESIGN FOR LIVING not PRESENT LAUGHTER.

I think you people who say he's not good-looking are crazy. He's both good-looking AND sexy.

Fans should avoid the awful Rock Star movie starring Marky Mark. Dominic plays a band member and you won't be able to get past the goofy wig and costumes.

R44 Someone said he's not good-looking? They are not well-seeing.

Love his dark eyes and that wicked smile.

I think the best way to describe it is "wolfish":

Sexy.

Remember him in some movie with Julianne Moore, about a woman who loses her young son, then authorities try to convince her the son never existed. Weird, but West was hot and laid back in it.

He's also one of the villains in JOHN CARTER; didn't have a lot to do, but was hot in everything he did do.

And I'd love to get naked with him. Hot man.

I've always thought he was gorgeous. Don't know where I first came across him, but I do remember him looking hot in "Chicago."

LOVED him in "the Wire".

I first discovered him in The Hour which lead me to The Wire. I immediately bought both complete sets. And, yes, I love The Affair as well. I'm sensing a pattern here. He is sexy as hell.

His father invented or patented something to do with bus stops. Like the shelter. And that's how he made money. I don't think they're fabulously rich or anything but well off and used their money to send their son to Eton. I imagine he may not have fit in all that well but tried to. His wife isn't really rich either but she comes from an Irish family with a title and a small estate. Didn't he also date someone related to the Astors or Guinesses or something? Yes, he clearly has a type.

He played Sandra Bullock's Brit BF in 28 Days, looking hot, and then showed his ass in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I've followed him ever since.

he showed ass in "the Wire" too

Yes he's very hot for a well off Brit. Most are ugly and weak looking. Give me an Irishman

He was nude in that movie about the ghost at the English boarding school. Average. And I think, cut.

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He's aged badly in that pic @R58

he's got a lovely tight bum

Aged 26 or 27

wow, what a blast from the past, it all looks so nineties

Everybody keeps posting all these years-old pics. Has anyone in this thread even seen The Affair? The Dominic West of The Wire is gone (lookswise anyway).

Yeah he's starting to look pretty haggard these days, but I still want him:

He's like a Steve McQueen, not at all handsome -- in fact a bit ugly but incredibly sexy. I will get The Wire (I'll watch it in the Fall). I love him in The Affair -- the men are so much more attractive than the female leads; both of them have mouths so ugly that it's really disconcerting.

[quote]The older he gets, the more he reminds me of Willem Dafoe.

It's the increasingly craggy, big dick face.

He proves the maxim that FUCKING SEXY doesn't always mean conventionally handsome---even though I DO think he's quite good looking with ass to die.

What is R66 from?

his ass is fantastic

I'm a lesbian, and he's one of the only men I find very hot.

I think R66 is from A Midsummer Night's Dream. My first DW experience was (briefly) seeing his beautiful ass in Chicago as Fred. Obviously, a small role. He's wonderful in The Wire, though his accent is far from flawless. It's not as bad as Emma Thompson or Hugh Laurie trying to do an American accent, but it's so obviously put on - never sounds natural. But The Wire's so well written and acted, it hardly matters.

R20, he plays drunk through much of the series so the odd accent sort of worked.

R71 - good point! I think you're absolutely right about that. God, The Wire. One of those rare hyped things that truly does live up to the hype. Although DW's role wasn't as prominent in s4, that is the best season. Those kids were such naturals. They broke my heart.

indeed, probably the best TV ever

Best outro theme too:

now I want to see DW and that Idris fuck

Idris' American accent was flawless, though. I didn't even know he was British at the time.

West was adorable as a gay actor in the British film Pride. I'd like to see him and Rufus Sewell play lovers in something.

R76, he took the cake. even better than Aiden Gillen

From a "The Times" article

[quote]Even my lesbian friends think Dominic West is hot. Maybe it’s because there’s something about him that is so purely, ridiculously male.

If he gets a Marvel contract he can pay for not only his wife's ancestral heap but 50 years of upkeep.

Movie stars are the most glamorous profession, but any touring pop musician makes more, as do City bankers.

I met him once in London. He was doing "Butley." He was incredibly nice and charming. However, he looked rough. It was a Saturday afternoon after his matinee. But, what a gentleman. And yes, we had to restrain ourselves from screaming like little girls. I fly a lot for work and United has both seasons of "The Affair" on their entertainment systems. I started to watch it and I binged watched all the way from LAX to Melbourne.

Dominic West was sexy as hell playing a gay man in the British movie "Pride." And he did this crazy sexy dance...

He made all those straight husbands jealous as hell in "Pride"

R83 adorable

I am crazy about his hair

I want to see Dominic West & Dominic Cooper get busy together...

what a cutie

OOh, yes, R87! Let's get the two Doms together!

[quote] His wife had to sell the ancestral pile as they couldn't afford upkeep

It's not that grand a place. They had a whole spread on it in some old Hello magazine or something like that. I wonder if they can even get near that much for it. Did it sell?

The Wire was on HBO so how much could he have even made. The Hour was BBC so that was shit money and he probably doesn't command huge paydays for his other work. She seems more like a dilletante and stay-at-home mom.

the ghost movie was called The Awakening, a rather decent film. Shows his cock/ass, which looks rather good. Dont know why they'd want a double for it in The Affair. I think he's a good actor.

That video of him at r61 reminds me of Heath Ledger a bit. Anyone else get same vibe?

Normally I don't take much notice of lips, but his are just about perfect

he's got perfect cock-sucking lips

[quote] It's not that grand a place. They had a whole spread on it in some old Hello magazine or something like that. I wonder if they can even get near that much for it. Did it sell?

West and his wife (and her family) have changed course and are keeping Glin Castle.

It's not the grandest house in Ireland, but it's an important one, and beautiful inside and out. It was in West's wife's FitzGerald family for 700 years. Her father, the last Knight of Glin, died four years ago and the sale of the property and dispersal of centuries of family stuff (for the first time) seemed fairly inevitable. Parts of the house served as a hotel in recent years.

Dominic could provide his ass as a service to the hotel patrons to help get revenue up

Years back he was offered the role of Mance Rayder (the king north of the Wall) on Game of Thrones but turned it down. Apparently he'd no clue how popular the show was, and also didn't want to spend 4 months or so filming in Iceland.

Too bad... he'd have been perfect.

Dominic's ass on The Hour

He was too good when he played Fred West in "Appropriate Adult". Now all I see when I look at him is a simian, bumbling, northern serial killer.

Surprised at all the love for him here. When the second season of The Affair started there was a thread here with lots of posts agreeing how ugly the entire cast is (namely Dominic, Ruth, Moira and Joshua). I think he is attractive, but he has a similar thing to John Hamm where certain facial expressions can make him look a bit ridiculous.

[quote] Surprised at all the love for him here.

He's naturally handsome has great sex appeal, doesn't give the impression of taking himself too seriously, doesn't go on and on about "honing his craft" and that up-one's-own-ass stuff, has a sense of humor, seems quite content being low-key and out of the spotlight, and doesn't give the impression of clawing ambition. All of wins earn him high marks by setting him ahead of the usual lot of actors.

Yep, that about covers it.

R81, the reason he looked rough is because he's a notorious drinker and coke addict. When I saw him in Les Liaisons Dangereuse (on a Monday matinee before Christmas) he seemed to be having troible recovering from his day off. And he kept messing up his lines which was funny to watch but not so funny for Janet McTeer.

R96, interesting. I think he'd have been far better than that ugly fuck Ciarán Hinds that actually played him. I never bought Hinds as having the charisma needed to unite the Wildlings.

I totally agree with all of R100's thoughtful analysis of Dominic West's appeal.

Plus he has a great ass.

[quote]I never bought Hinds as having the charisma needed to unite the Wildlings.

Yeah, me neither... it was distracting to be honest.

[quote][West]doesn't give the impression of taking himself too seriously, doesn't go on and on about "honing his craft" and that up-one's-own-ass stuff, has a sense of humor

I've been reading some interviews with him and they are entertaining to say the least.

[quote]...Whether he believes this or not I'm not sure. The 46-year-old star of The Affair and The Wire certainly likes to provoke. He rolls around in controversial statements like a dog in fox poo.

[quote]A week ago I saw him host a fundraising quiz at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush and he told the raffle winner — whose prize was a shopping spree in Westfield — "Rather you than me. Make sure you take a bomb-proof vest."

...

[quote]He has a deep and filthy laugh, describes his hair as like "Virginia Wade's", and says overall he looks "like an old Jewish lesbian".

LOL... he kind of does too!

I have always thought Dominic was exceptionally good-looking. He has aged rough (lots of wrinkles on his face for his age—probably sun damage and/or smoking), but I would still fuck him senseless. He has a perfect ass—I'd bury my face in it and never leave.

R98 - sorry to correct you, but Fred West was not Northern. He was from the South West of England and had the distinctive "combine harvester" accent. When the casting was announced there was a lot of comment that an actor as handsome as West was playing West, but lots of the people pointed out that the reason West was able to target women so effectively was because he was charming and seductive.

West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan as Rosemary West all won BAFTAs for Appropriate Adult.

Dominic first came onto my radar in Richard III when he had a small part and held his own alongside the all star cast.

I got his follow up movie True Blue from Blockbuster, about the cutthroat world of university rowing because he was in it. It wasn't very good but he's very handsome.

I watched the first episode of His Dark Materials last night and Ruth Wilson was excellent but James McAvoy just didn't seem substantial enough for Lord Asriel. Dominic West would have been perfect.

....

Dom turned 51 yesterday. Here he is out and about with his wife the day before his birthday.

Pride was a wonderful film. The unlikely, lasting friendship between miners and the gay and lesbian community. LGBT rights in England took a big step forward with support by the miner unions and the blue collar unions.

He is a good-looking guy, and the only reason I watched the schlockfest 'The Affair.'

That's a black man.

[quote] Pride was a wonderful film. The unlikely, lasting friendship between miners and the gay and lesbian community. LGBT rights in England took a big step forward with support by the miner unions and the blue collar unions.

You know the film was set in Wales, not England?

(R114) Of course, I've watched the film 10 times. I am referring to the political movement launched in England for gay rights. It was based out of London and the major English cities, where the gays who are the inspiration for the movie come from.

[quote] He’s a horse’s arse.

Although he is lauded in this thread for a variety of reasons, he is also derided and found wanting by some who know him:

a cad

misogynistic

liar

bully

anger issues (Irish temper/coke/alcohol)

May explain his facility in playing dark, difficult characters and the je ne sais quoi aspect of rugged attraction

[quote]([R114]) Of course, I've watched the film 10 times. I am referring to the political movement launched in England for gay rights. It was based out of London and the major English cities, where the gays who are the inspiration for the movie come from.

Do you know the difference between England, Britain and the UK?

Do you know what part of the UK Mark Ashton was from?

R111 The experts agreed that the so-called "unlikely, lasting friendship between miners and the gays" was a load of hokum manufactured for a brainless feel good movie.