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British actress
Samuel West is an acclaimed English actor, theatre director, and narrator who has earned numerous award nominations for his work in film, television, and stage productions. He is best known for his roles in adaptations of classic literature and historical dramas, as well as his narration of documentary series about World War II.
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About the Samuel West
Samuel Alexander Joseph Westis 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. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Leonard Bast in the Merchant Ivory 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 (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. He has appeared as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about the Second World War.
He currently stars as Siegfried Farnon in the Channel 5 remake of the veterinary drama series All Creatures Great and Small.
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Samuel West is an accomplished English actor, theatre director, and narrator. He has received critical acclaim and award nominations for his roles in film, television, and stage productions, particularly his work in literary adaptations and historical dramas.
Samuel West has been nominated for several prestigious awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Leonard Bast in the film adaptation of E.M. Forster’s ,Howards End,, a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in ,Rupert’s Land,, and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play ,Enron,.
Throughout his career, Samuel West has worked as an actor in theatre, film, television, and radio productions. He has also directed stage and radio productions, and has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about the Second World War.
Samuel West currently stars as Siegfried Farnon in the Channel 5 remake of the veterinary drama series ,All Creatures Great and Small,.
In addition to his acclaimed roles, Samuel West has also performed as a reciter with orchestras and has appeared at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002.
8 Quotes by Samuel West
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At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield – a city I’ve known and loved since childhood.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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Books don’t exist unless you read them. And it’s a two way process – you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they’re just marks.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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We’ll be back. I promise you that.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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I’m not very good at relaxing. Reading’s the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don’t think there’s a moment of the day when I wouldn’t be if I was left alone.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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It would’ve been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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I’m lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there’s ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director
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I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn’t stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.
Samuel WestBritish actor and director