Samuel West Movies and Career Information

Samuel West (born 19 June 1966) is a British actor and theatre director. West is the son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the late actor Lockwood West. West was educated at Alleyn's School, a co-educational independent school in Dulwich, London, and at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford, where he studied English Literature. West has worked as an actor in a variety of dramatic media including: theatre, film, television and radio. As well as being an actor West has also forged a career as a theatre director. West made his London stage debut in February 1989 at the Orange Tree Theatre, playing Michael in Cocteau's Les Parents terribles, 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 beween romantic first love and filial duty." (Richmond & Twickenham Times, 10 February 1989). Since then, West has appeared frequently on stage and has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking the title roles in Richard II and Hamlet both directed by Steven