Samuel West is an English stage, film and television actor. West made his London stage debut in 1989 at the Orange Tree Theatre, performed at the National Theatre and spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1991, he starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in Howards End and for this role, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1993 BAFTA Film Awards. He also appeared in Notting Hill and is a familiar face on television appearing in Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead and Poirot. He appeared in the BBC production of Cambridge Spies and is also a reader, performer and director of radio dramas for BBC Radio.
'The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting.' -- The Daily Telegraph 'The triumph is the character of Morse.' -- The Times Literary Supplement