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• Born 19 June 1966 in London
• Graduated from Oxford University in 1988, having studied physics

• Longitude (2000) - Nevil Maskelyne
• Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) - Major Edrington alongside Ioan.
• Funny Women (1998) - Himself
• The Ripper (1997) - Prince Eddie
• Over Here (1996) - Archie Bunting, a WWII RAF pilot who is very sexy. His father Timothy West plays the same character when older.
• The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995) (TV) - Victor . BLUESHIRTS Triple Whammy as also stars Edward Atterton and Joseph Fiennes!
• Heavy Weather (1995) - 'Monty' Bodkin
• Danielle Steel's Zoya (1995) - Nicolai
• Open Fire (1994) - Steven Waldorf
• Voices in the Garden (1992) - Mark
• Stanley and the Women (1991) - Stephen Duke
• Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) - King Caspian
• Frankie and Johnnie - Johnnie Mallett

• Iris (2002) - Young Maurice
• Pandaemonium (2002) - Southey
• Complicity (2000) - Neil
• Notting Hill (1999) - for a tiny role in the costume drama Anna Scott is filming near the end of the film
• Runt (1999) - Pork
• The Dance of Shiva (1998) - Lieutenant Davis
• Rupert's Land (1997) - Rupert
• Stiff Upper Lips (1997) - Edward Ivory. Supposed to be a take on Merchant Ivory films.
• Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) - St. John Rivers
• Carrington (1995) - Gerald Brenan, along with fellow BluShers Jeremy Northam, Steven Waddington and Rufus Sewell.
• Persuasion (1995) - Mr. Elliot
• Zoya (1995) - Nicolai
• A Breed of Heroes (1994) - Lieutenant Charles Thoroughgood
• A Feast at Midnight (1994) - Chef
• Howard's End (1992) - Leonard Bast
• Archipelago (1992) - Alan Stewart
• Reunion (1989) - Konrad von Lohenburg

For more titles featuring Sam check out the Internet Talking Bookshop, where you can also purchase any that you find. I think Amazon probably offer the most comprehensive selection.

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
• Bronte Collection: "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, "Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Bronte
• Closed Circle by Robert Goddard
• Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
• Fluke by James Herbert
• Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (excellent BTW, I'm sure Sam does it justice)
• How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
• Imaginative Experience by Mary Wesley
• In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard
• Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
• Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
• The Marketmaker by Michael Ridpath
• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
• Part of the Furniture by Mary Wesley
• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• Realms of Gold by John Keats
• Two Destinies by Wilkie Collins Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean
• The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Son of the actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales. No relation to Dominic West. Likes photography, travelling, poker and supporting Wimbledon Football Club.

Sam can practically always be heard on radio, a couple of recent plays include Shakespeare for the Millennium (Radio 3) and Summoned by Shelves (Radio 4). He was also the narrator for BBC2's Planets series.

The Scriptorium comes highly recommended (thanks Sandra!)

At last! Another site dedicated to Sam West: Jami's New and Improved Samuel West Page. And it features way more pictures than we have, including one of the highly recommended Over Here!

Another Sam West page has popped up here and contains an excellent and informative list of his movie and TV roles.

Sunflower girl has produced Hornblower Actors

What little is out there, that we can find, is accessible via the cute icon.

Came across this lovely photo of Sam on a site featuring work by Andrew Crowley. If you like photography than the rest of the site is worth checking out as well.