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James Martin (chef)

James Martin
Born	James Martin (1972-06-30) 30 June 1972 (age 40) Malton, North Yorkshire, England

James Martin (born 30 June 1972 in Malton, North Yorkshire), is an English cook who first appeared on television in 1996.

Television career[link]

He first started to appear on television in 1996 with various programmes including "James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest" (set in various Yorkshire locations with an emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine) but came to wider public attention on the BBC 2 programme Ready Steady Cook. In 2005 Martin was partnered with Camilla Dallerup in Strictly Come Dancing, a celebrity ballroom dancing TV show, coming fourth.

Martin co-presented BBC Food's "Stately Suppers" with Alistair Appleton, and then appeared on the Channel 4 programme Richard & Judy, where he would visit a member of the public in their own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food' meal. He is now the presenter of the new version of the BBC 1 show Saturday Kitchen, which is being made by Cactus TV, the company behind the "Richard & Judy" show.

In 2007 he starred in a BBC 2 series named Sweet Baby James (named in reference to the James Taylor song) in which he focused on desserts, puddings and cakes while visiting places from his culinary past that have inspired his recipes. Upcoming chef Will Torrent appeared as his assistant.

Martin appeared on Blue Peter in April 2007 on Can You Cook It? being a celebrity judge choosing the new Blue Peter "Junior Chef".^[1]

In June and July 2007, he appeared co-hosting the 12 Yard series The Great British Village Show on BBC 1. He finished off the year with a series on UKTV Food called James Martin's Christmas Feasts.

He filmed a 30 part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy which was held back for a year before finally being broadcast in July and August 2008.

James Martin holds the world record for carrot chopping in which he peeled and chopped 515g of carrots in one minute, during a Ready Steady Cook Children in Need Special.

In September 2011, James was tasked with revamping the menu and catering facilities at Scarborough General Hospital, the programme being titled, Operation Hospital Food and shown on BBC TV. The show was well received and a restaurant was renamed 'Pat's Place', in honour of the Catering Manager who'd worked there for 21 years.

Journalism[link]

Martin writes a motoring column for UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday. In 2009, Martin wrote in his column that he deliberately drove an electric Tesla Roadster in a manner that startled two cyclists causing a “look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge”. Following criticism from cycling groups and professionals such as Bradley Wiggins and Stuart O'Grady, he apologized for the statements. Complaints said that the driving was illegal and dangerous.^[2][3][4]

Product range[link]

In 2008, Martin released the Cuisina by James Martin range of appliances that he personally helped to design.^[5] The range was launched by Premium Appliance Brands^[5] having been designed with the aid of Bigblue Product Design.

In 2003, Martin released the Stellar James Martin range of cookware that he designed and styled in collaboration with Stellar.

Restaurant[link]

James Martin opened his restaurant, called "The Leeds Kitchen", inside the Alea Casino at Clarence Dock, Leeds on Saturday 9 April 2011.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Aged ten, Martin helped his father in the kitchen at Castle Howard, Malton, North Yorkshire, which started his interest in cuisine. His mother also worked at Castle Howard. Martin has a passion for performance cars^[5] which led to him entering a vintage Maserati in the 2008 Mille Miglia.^[7] This was televised on 28 December 2008. He failed to complete the race.

References[link]

External links[link]

• James Martin official website
• James Martin News-Sheet
• 30 Minute James Martin Interview
• James Martin recipes
• The Leeds Kitchen

James Martin or Jim Martin may refer to:

Actors, musicians, and other performers[link]

• James Martin (actor) (born 1992), actor on EastEnders
• James Martin (Scottish actor), actor on Still Game
• James and Tom Martin (born 1977), English twin musicians
• Jim Martin (musician) (born 1961), guitarist formerly with Faith No More
• Jim Martin (puppeteer), puppeteer on Sesame Street
• Jimmy Martin (1927–2005), bluegrass musician

Jurists[link]

• James Loren Martin (1846–1915), U.S. federal judge
• James Robert Martin, Jr. (1909–1984), U.S. federal judge

Politicians[link]

• James Martin (MP), MP for Cambridge
• James Martin (Australian politician) (1820–1886), former Premier of New South Wales
• James Martin (Maine politician) (born 1965), state legislator from Maine
• James D. Martin (born 1918), U.S. Representative from Alabama
• James G. Martin (born 1935), North Carolina governor
• James Stewart Martin (congressman) (1826–1907), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Jim Martin (Georgia politician) (born 1945), Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Georgia

Sportspeople[link]

• James Martin (American football) (born 1944), head college football coach at Tuskegee University
• James Martin (footballer) (1898–1969), English footballer
• James Martin (Scottish footballer) (born 1994), footballer for Hamilton Academical
• James Martin (rugby league) (born 1987), British rugby player
• James Martin (ice hockey) (born 1991), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Jim Martin (American football) (1924–2002), College Football Hall of Fame member
• Jim Martin (Australian footballer) (born 1884), Australian rules player at multiple clubs
• Jimmy Martin (American football) (born 1982), National Football League guard
• Jimmy Martin (golfer) (1924–2000), Irish golfer

Writers[link]

• James Martin (author) (born 1933), computer systems design author, writer
• James Martin (Jesuit) (born 1960), Jesuit writer
• James Martin (philosopher), Scottish writer in the 16th century
• James Martin (writer) (born 1970), Canadian writer based in Calgary
• James Conroyd Martin, historical fiction writer
• James J. Martin (1916–2004), American historian, wrote on anarchism

Others[link]

• James Martin (Australian soldier) (1901–1915), youngest Anzac to serve at Gallipoli
• James Martin (chef) (born 1972), British celebrity chef
• Sir James Martin (engineer) (1893–1981), inventor of the modern aircraft ejection seat
• James Martin, II (1826–1918), American Medal of Honor recipient
• James A. Martin (1902–2007), American Jesuit priest
• James Cullen Martin (1928–1999), American chemist
• James Green Martin (1819–1878), Civil War Confederate brigadier general
• James E. Martin (born 1932), university president at the University of Arkansas and Auburn University
• James Kirby Martin (born 1943), professor of history
• James Martin (attorney), U.S. Attorney in Missouri
• James Ranald Martin (1796–1874), surgeon in India
• James R. Martin (born 1951), producer and director of documentaries Wrapped In Steel and Fired-up!
• James S. Martin (reverend), anti-Mormon preacher
• James Slattin Martin, Jr. (1920–2002), project manager for the Viking program
• James Stewart Martin (military), Chief of the Decartelization Branch for Military Government in Germany after World War II

Institutions[link]

• Martin High School (Arlington, Texas), aka James Martin High School, a high school in Arlington, Texas
• James Martin & Co‎ - South Australian emgineering firm

See also[link]

• James Marten (born 1984), American football player
• Jamie Martin (disambiguation)
• James Edgar Martine (1850–1925), U.S. Senator from New Jersey

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Olly Smith (born September 18, 1974) is a TV presenter, wine expert and newspaper columnist. He is the presenter of The Secret Supper Club for Channel 4, Iron Chef UK for Channel 4 and has regularly appeared on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen, BBC Breakfast, Great Food Live, Food Uncut "Fern" and Taste, and formerly presented the Richard & Judy Wine Club on Channel 4. Smith presented Cheers from Chile (Spanish name: Descorchando Chile, "Cheers from Chile"), a 13 part series on Chilean wine broadcasted in the Chilean TV channel Canal 13.

Has an award-winning wine bar and restaurant The Glass House on board P&O Cruises luxury cruise ship Azura and blends the award-winning house wines across the entire fleet of P&O Cruises. Smith also creates the wine lists for Marco Pierre-White's Ocean Grill across P&O's fleet.

Since June 2009, he has written a weekly wine column for Live magazine in The Mail on Sunday. Smith writes his free online wine bulletin at hotbottle.co.uk and currently writes a weekly column in Waitrose Weekend. His book Eat & Drink is published by Headline and his Wine App is featured in The Sunday Times World's Best Apps. Smith also designed The Glass with Zalto for tasting and evaluating both red and white wine.

Smith has also worked as the presenter and Celebrity Ambassador for a number of live events including the BBC Good Food Show, MasterChef Live, The Ideal Home Show, Tapas Fantasticas, The Hampshire Food Fare, Love Cooking, Taste of London, Taste of Edinburgh, Three Wine Men and The Belfast Wine Festival among others.

Smith was nominated for The International Wine and Spirit Communicator of the Year 2008 and won the award with a unanimous vote from the judges in 2009. Smith is the youngest person to win the award.

In the same year he also won The Drinks Business Young Achiever Award. In 2011 Smith was named by Off License news among the top 75 most influential people in the UK wine trade.

In September 2008 Smith was also one of five UK wine writers to launch an online wine ratings magazine for the UK called The Wine Gang and still operates extensively across the web via his Twitter account, Facebook Fan Page and official website.

Smith is also a voice-over artist, narrating Chic Eats for The Discovery Channel, performing voices for ITV's BAFTA award-winning show The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers as well as writing and presenting Dude, Where's My Title? for Radio 4. He also performed opposite his hero Sir Roger Moore in The Fly Who Loved Me Christmas cartoon for UNICEF.

Smith previously wrote for film and TV including Pingu, Wallace and Gromit and Charlie and Lola. Smith has formerly written regular column for Sainsbury's Magazine, Wine & Spirit magazine, Men's Health and features for such publications as The Independent on Sunday, London Lite, Waitrose Food Illustrated and Country Life.

Smith appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link on 5 April 2008. The show's host, Anne Robinson, was investigated by the BBC after asking Smith to feel her breasts during the show.^[1]

Smith has also hosted the Corporate Cheese and Wine Event for deafblind charity Sense, along with Alex James, Blur guitarist-turned-cheesemaker. He offered his advice on fine wines and cheeses, entertained guests and encouraged bids in the auction led by Sotheby’s, which helped raise substantial funds for Sense.

Smith's latest work is in presenting the British version of the Japanese cult classic cooking show "Iron Chef"

His brother is the British comedian Will Smith.^[2]. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Kings College, Cambridge

References[link]

1. ^ BBC quiz grope prompts complaints
2. ^ http://twitter.com/jollyolly/status/63616733273014272

External links[link]

• Official website
• Free wine email bulletin
• Twitter Feed
• Official Facebook Fansite

Robert Lewis Glenister (born 11 March 1960) is a British actor known for his roles as con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the BBC television series Hustle (which ran for eight series in the UK between 2004 and 2012, Glenister being the only actor to appear in every episode), and Nicholas Blake in the BBC spy drama Spooks.

Career[link]

Glenister made his first television appearance in the sitcom Sink or Swim in 1980. He has also appeared in shows such as Soldier Soldier, Doctor Who (in the serial The Caves of Androzani, opposite his Sink or Swim co-star Peter Davison), Only Fools and Horses, A Touch of Frost, and Hustle as Ash Morgan, as well as several films.

He is probably best known for his starring role in the BBC drama Hustle; Ash Morgan is a high-level con-man who has to convincingly play various roles or characters in order to pull off a con and lure a 'mark'. He is the only actor who has appeared in every episode of the series.

He has also had regular starring roles in the BBC dramas such as Spooks, George Gently and Spartacus.

Personal and family life[link]

He is the son of director John Glenister and the brother of actor Philip Glenister, who played DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. His ex-wife is actress Amanda Redman with whom he has a daughter, Emily. He and his current wife, Celia Glenister, have a son, Thomas. His sister in law is also an actress. When Robert Glenister was growing up he attended Hatch End High School.

Filmography[link]

• Cop Squad- Narrator
• Law and Order:UK – DS Jimmy Valentine
  • "Honour Bonds" (2010)
• Creation (2009) – Dr Holland
• George Gently (2008) (TV) – Superintendent Empton
• Heroes and Villains: Spartacus (2008) (TV) – Crassus
• Spooks – Nicholas Blake, Home Secretary (2006–2010)
• Jane Hall – Dave Searle
• The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) (TV)
• Hustle (2004-2012) (TV) – Ash Morgan
• Who Killed Thomas Becket? (2004) (TV) – Narrator
• Between the Sheets (2003) (TV) – Clive Stevenson
• A Touch of Frost (TV)
  • "Held in Trust" (2003) – D.S. Reid
  • "Hidden Truth" (2003) – D.S. Reid
  • "Benefit of the Doubt" (2001) – D.S. Reid
• Eroica (2003) – Gerhardt
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV) – Anton Drexler
• Roger Roger (2003) (TV) – Dr. Geoff
• Just Visiting (2001) – Earl of Warwick
• Midsomer Murders (TV)
  • "Dark Autumn" (2001) – John Field
• Dirty Work (2000) (TV) – Tubes
• You Can't Dance (2000)
• Persuasion (1995) – Captain Harvile
• Prime Suspect 4 (TV)
  • "The Lost Child" (1995) (TV) – Chris Hughes
• Pie in the Sky (TV)
  • "An Innocent Man" (1994) – D.C.I. Rick Fields
• Casualty (TV)
• Dangaioh (1993 video) – Gilburgh (voice: English version)
• Only Fools And Horses – Mother Natures Son (25 December 1992) – Myles
• Soldier, Soldier – Colour Sgt Ian Anderson
• Chancer (1990) (TV) – Colin Morris
• Cover Her Face (1985) (TV) – Derek Pullen
• Doctor Who (TV)
  • The Caves of Androzani (1984) – Salateen
• Sink or Swim (TV) – Steve Webber

Radio[link]

• The Party Party 1987
• Paradise Lost – Christ (1992, 41 episodes, Radio 4, BBC)
• Paradise Regained – Christ (1992, 9 episodes, Radio 4, BBC)
• Last Seen Wearing – Sgt Lewis (1994, Radio 4, BBC)
• Mansfield Park - Edmund Bertram (1997, (Classic Serial), Radio 4, BBC)
• Ghost On The Moor – Graham (2001, Afternoon Play, BBC)[1]
• A Game Of Marbles – Lord Elgin (2004, Afternoon Play, BBC)[2] opposite Paul Scofield
• The Woman in Black (radio series October 2004 Radio 5, BBC)
• Henry's Girls – Henry Purcell (2007, Afternoon Play, BBC)
• The Fiery World – William Blake (2007, Drama on 3, BBC)
• The Gibson - Saul Judd (2008, 6-part Drama Radio 4, BBC)
• The Time Machine – Time traveller (2009, Drama on 3, BBC)
• The Journey – Stephen (2010, Afternoon Play, BBC)

Audio drama[link]

• Doctor Who: Absolution (2007) – Aboresh

External links[link]

• Robert Glenister at the Internet Movie Database

Samuel West
Photograph - January 2010, London
Born	Samuel Alexander Joseph West (1966-06-19) 19 June 1966 (age 46) Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom[1]
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor and director
Parents	Timothy West Prunella Scales

Samuel Alexander Joseph West, also known as Sam West (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his role in the film Howards End and his work on stage (including the award-winning play ENRON).

Early life and education[link]

West is the son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the late actor Lockwood West. He 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.

Career[link]

West works as an actor in a variety of dramatic media including theatre, film, television and radio. He has also made a career as a director on stage and radio.^[2] West has narrated many television documentaries, including the acclaimed series The Nazis: A Warning from History. He often appears as reciter with orchestras (see below) and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002.

Stage[link]

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 between romantic first love and filial duty." (Richmond & Twickenham Times, 10 February 1989). Since then, West has appeared frequently on stage and spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles in Richard II and Hamlet, both directed by Steven Pimlott.

In 2002, West made his stage directorial debut with The Lady's Not for Burning at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. He was appointed artistic director of Sheffield Theatres - succeeding Michael Grandage - in 2005.^[3] During his time as artistic director West revived the controversial The Romans in Britain and also directed As You Like It as part of the RSC's Complete Works Festival. West left Sheffield when the theatre closed for refurbishment in 2007 and made his West End directorial debut with the first major revival of Dealer's Choice following its transferral to the Trafalgar Studios. He also continued his acting career: in 2007 he appeared alongside Toby Stephens and Dervla Kirwan in Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse, in November 2008 he played Harry in the Donmar revival of T. S. Eliot's The Family Reunion ^[4] and in 2009 he starred as Jeffrey Skilling in ENRON by Lucy Prebble. His 2008 production of Waste at the Almeida Theatre was chosen by The Times as one of its "Productions of the Decade".

Film[link]

In 1991, West played the lower-middle-class clerk Leonard Bast in the Merchant Ivory film adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel Howards End (released 1992) opposite Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter and Anthony Hopkins. For this role, he was nominated for best supporting actor at the 1993 BAFTA Film Awards. Two years later he again appeared with Thompson in the film Carrington. His film career has continued with roles in a number of well known films, such as Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, Notting Hill, Iris and Van Helsing. In 2004, he appeared in the year's highest rated mini-series on German television, "Die Nibelungen", which was released in the USA in 2006 as Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.

Television[link]

He is a familiar face on television appearing in many long-running series: Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead and Poirot as well as one-off dramas. He played Anthony Blunt in Cambridge Spies a BBC production about the four British spies, starring alongside Toby Stephens (Philby), Tom Hollander (Burgess) and Rupert Penry-Jones (Maclean). In 2006 he took the lead role in a BBC production of Random Quest adapted from the short story by John Wyndham and the next year played Ted Heath in Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley, also for the BBC. In 2010 he played Peter Scabius in the televised adaptation of William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart, while in 2011 he starred as Zak Gist in the ITV series Eternal Law.

Radio[link]

West is regularly heard on radio as a reader or reciter and has performed in many radio dramas, including Otherkin by Laura Wade, Len Deighton's Bomber, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and The Homecoming as Lenny to Harold Pinter's Max. In 2011 he made his radio directing debut with a production of Money by Edward Bulwer-Lytton on BBC Radio 3.

Personal life[link]

While at university, West was a member of the Socialist Workers Party and later briefly the Socialist Alliance; West has been a left-wing activist for many years; he was a critic of Tony Blair's New Labour government.

As a choral singer, West participated in the May 2006 Choir of London tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank, where he also gave poetry readings as part of the concert programme. In April 2007, he again joined the Choir of London in their tour of Palestine, directing The Magic Flute. West became the patron of Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus in February 2008, having been the narrator for a concert of theirs in February 2002.^[5] He is also a patron of London children's charity Scene & Heard,^[6] Eastside Educational Trust and Mousetrap Theatre projects.

Between 2007 and 2011, he lived with playwright Laura Wade.^[7]

West has appeared alongside his actor parents on several occasions; with his mother Prunella Scales in Howards End and Stiff Upper Lips, and with his father Timothy West on stage in A Number, Henry IV Part I and Part II. In two films - Iris (2001) and the 1996 television film Over Here, Sam and his father have played the same character at different ages. In 2002 all three family members performed in Stravinsky's The Soldiers Tale at the St Magnus Festival on Orkney and in 2006 they gave a rehearsed reading of the Harold Pinter play Family Voices as part of the Sheffield Theatres Pinter season.

He is a trustee of the National Campaign for the Arts and a member of the council of the British Actors' Union, Equity.

Filmography[link]

• Reunion (1989) - Count Konradin von Lohenburg
• Howards End (1991, released 1992) - Leonard Bast
• Archipel (in French) (1993) - Alan Stewart
• A Feast at Midnight (1994) - Chef
• Open Fire (1994) - Steven Waldorf
• Carrington (1995) - Gerald Brenan
• Persuasion (1995) - Mr. Elliot
• Jane Eyre (1996) - St. John Rivers
• Stiff Upper Lips (1998) - Edward
• Rupert's Land (1998) - Rupert McKay
• The Dance of Shiva (1998 short) - Lt. Davis
• Notting Hill (1999) - Anna's Co-Star (as Sam West)
• Runt (1999 short) - Pork
• Bread and Roses (2000) - Samuel West - Party Guest (cameo)
• Complicity (2000) - Neil
• Bring Me Your Love (2000 short) - Doctor Jensen
• Pandaemonium (2000) - Robert Southey
• Iris (2001) - Young Maurice (as Sam West)
• Shrink (2002 short) - George
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) - Pongo (voice)
• Van Helsing (2004) - Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• Schweitzer (2009) - Phil Figgis
• Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) - King George VI

Television[link]

• Edward the Seventh (1974) - Albert Victor 'Eddy' - Aged 8
• Nanny
  • "Goats and Tigers" (1981) - James Lamerton
• Frankie and Johnnie (1985) - Johnnie Mallett
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) - King Caspian
• Stanley and the Women (1991) - Stephen Duke
• Voices in the Garden (1993) - Mark
• Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  • "Death in a White Tie" (1993) - Donald Potter
• The Maitlands (1993) - Jack Maitland
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) - Cyrian (as Sam West)
• As Time Goes By
  • "We'll Always Have Paris" (1994) - Terry (as Sam West)
• A Breed of Heroes (1994) - Lt. Charles Thoroughgood
• The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995) - Victor
• Zoya (1995) - Nicolai (as Sam West)
• Heavy Weather (1995) - 'Monty' Bodkin
• Strangers
  • "Costumes" (1996) - Simon
• Over Here (1996) - Archie Bunting
• The Ripper (1997) - Prince Albert Victor Edward
• Hornblower
  • "The Frogs and the Lobsters" (1999) - Major Edrington
• The Planets (1999) - Narrator
• Longitude (2000) - Nevil Maskelyne
• Waking the Dead
  • "Life Sentence" (2002) - Thomas Rice
• Cambridge Spies (2003) - Anthony Blunt
• Entertaining Mr. Soane (2003) - Wightwick
• Foyle's War
  • "The French Drop" (2004) - Lt Col James Wintringham
• Curse of the Ring (2004) - King Gunther
• E=mc² (2005) - Humphry Davy (as Sam West)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  • "Chinese Walls" (2006) - Tony Wainwright
• Random Quest (2006) - Colin Trafford
• Midsomer Murders
  • "The Animal Within" (2007) - Jeremy Thacker
• The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) - Ted Heath
• New Tricks
  • "Fresh Starts" (2009) - David Fleeting
• Desperate Romantics (2009) - Lord Rosterley
• Garrow's Law (2010) - Thomas Erskine
• Any Human Heart (2010) - Peter Scabius
• Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express (2010) - Doctor Constantine
• Law & Order: UK (2011) - Lucas Boyd
• Eternal Law (2012) - Zak Gist

He has also narrated nine Timewatch documentary films for the director Jonathan Gili, four seasons of the series The Private Life of a Masterpiece and five BBC documentary series for producer Laurence Rees:

• The Nazis: A Warning from History 1997
• War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin 1999
• Horror in the East 2001
• Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution 2005
• World War II: Behind Closed Doors 2008

Theatre[link]

Acting[link]

• The Browning Version - directed by Clive Perry, (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
• Les Parents terribles: Michael (February 1989) - directed by Derek Goldby, (Orange Tree Theatre)
• The Bread-Winner (1989) - directed by Kevin Billington, (Theatre Royal, Windsor and touring)
• A Life in the Theatre (October 1989-February 1990) - directed by Bill Bryden, (Theatre Royal Haymarket, transferred to Strand Theatre)
• Hidden Laughter: Nigel (June 1990) - directed by Simon Gray, (Vaudeville Theatre)
• The Sea: Willy Carson (1991) - directed by Sam Mendes, (Royal National Theatre)
• Cain (1992) - directed by Edward Hall (Minerva Theatre)
• Mr. Cinders A Musical Comedy: Jim Lancaster (December 1992-February 1993) - directed by Martin Connor (King's Head Theatre)
• Arcadia: Valentine (April–November 1993) - directed by Trevor Nunn, (Royal National Theatre)
• The Importance of Being Earnest: Algernon - directed by James Maxwell, (Royal Exchange Theatre)
• Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2: Hal (1996–1997) - directed by Stephen Unwin (English Touring Theatre)
• Journey's End: Captain Stanhope (January–February 1998) - directed by David Evans-Rees (King's Head Theatre)
• Antony and Cleopatra: Octavius Caesar (1998) - directed by Sean Mathias, (Royal National Theatre)
• Richard II: Richard II (2000) - directed by Steven Pimlott, (RSC)
• Hamlet: Hamlet (2001) - directed by Steven Pimlott, (RSC)
• The Master and Margarita: The Master (2004) - directed by Steven Pimlott, (Chichester Festival Theatre)
• Doctor Faustus: Faustus (2004) - directed by Steven Pimlott, Martin Duncan and Edward Kemp, (Minerva Theatre)
• Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick (2005) - directed by Josie Rourke, (Crucible Theatre)
• The Exonerated: Kerry Max Cook (2006) - directed by Bob Balaban, (Riverside Studios)
• A Number: B1/B2/Michael Black (2006) - directed by Jonathan Munby, (Studio Theatre (Sheffield) and Minerva Theatre)
• Betrayal: Robert (2007) - directed by Roger Michell, (Donmar Warehouse)
• Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?: Guy (2008) - directed by James McDonald, (Public Theater, New York)
• The Family Reunion: Harry (2008) - directed by Jeremy Herrin, (Donmar Warehouse)
• ENRON: Jeffrey Skilling (2009) - directed by Rupert Goold, (Minerva Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Noël Coward Theatre)
• A Number (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2010) - directed by Jonathan Munby, (Menier Chocolate Factory)
• Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer: Man (2010) - directed by Sarah Giles (Australian Chamber Orchestra - on tour and at the Sydney Opera House)
• A Number (revival): B1/B2/Michael Black (2011) - directed by Jonathan Munby, (Fugard Theatre, Cape Town)

Directing[link]

• The Lady's Not for Burning (2002), Minerva Theatre
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2003), Bristol Old Vic
• Cosi Fan Tutte (2003), English National Opera at Barbican Theatre
• Three Women and a Piano Tuner (2004), Minerva Theatre and Hampstead Theatre (2005)
• Insignificance^{[disambiguation needed ]} (2005), Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)
• The Romans in Britain (2006), Crucible Theatre
• The Clean House (2006), Studio Theatre (Sheffield)
• As You Like It (2007), Crucible Theatre and Swan Theatre (Stratford)
• Dealer's Choice (2007), Menier Chocolate Factory and Trafalgar Studios
• Waste (2008), Almeida Theatre
• Close the Coalhouse Door (2012), Northern Stage

Audiobooks and reciting[link]

West has recorded over fifty audiobooks, among which are the Shakespeare plays All's Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard II, the Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson (The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong), the Arthur trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places and King of the Middle March), four books by Sebastian Faulks (Charlotte Gray, Birdsong, The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Human Traces), four by Michael Ridpath (Trading Reality, Final Venture, Free to Trade, and The Marketmaker), two by George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-Four and Homage to Catalonia), two by Mary Wesley (An Imaginative Experience and Part of the Furniture), two by Robert Goddard (Closed Circle and In Pale Battalions) and several compilations of poetry (Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats, Bright Star, The Collected Works of Shelley, Seven Ages, Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic Age and A Shropshire Lad). Also Faust, Bomber, Doctor Who: The Vengeance of Morbius, Empire of the Sun, Brighton Rock, Fair Stood the Wind for France, Fluke, Great Speeches in History, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Lady Windermere's Fan, Peter Pan, The Alchemist, The Day of the Triffids, The Hairy Hands, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, The Queen's Man, The Solitaire Mystery, The Swimming Pool Library, The Two Destinies, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Way I Found Her, The Way to Dusty Death, The Woodlanders, Under the Net and Wuthering Heights.

As a reciter West has worked with all the major British orchestras, as well as the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.. Works include Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and The Soldier's Tale, Prokofiev's Eugene Onegin, Beethoven's Egmont, Schoenburg's Ode To Napoleon, Strauss' Enoch Arden, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Bernstein's Kaddish, Walton's Façade and Henry V, Night Mail and The Way to the Sea by Britten and Auden and the world premieres of Concrete by Judith Weir at the Barbican and Howard Goodall’s Jason and the Argonauts at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2007 West made his New York recital debut in the first performance of Little Red Violin by Anne Dudley and Steven Isserlis. He performed the suite version of Henry V at the 2002 Last Night of the Proms.

He has also appeared with the Nash Ensemble, the Raphael Ensemble, Ensemble 360° and the Lindsay, Dante and Endellion Quartets at the Wigmore Hall, London. Recordings include Eugene Onegin with Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes, Salad Days and Walton's Henry V with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin.

In November 2010, West performed a new English translation of Grieg's complete incidental music to Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt with Southampton Philharmonic Choir at Southampton Guildhall.^[8]

Awards and nominations[link]

As actor

• 1993 - Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Howards End
• 1999 - Nominated Genie Award for Best Actor for Rupert's Land
• 2001 - Won London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for Hamlet
• 2001 - Won Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award Best Actor for Hamlet
• 2008 - Nominated Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Ensemble Performance for Betrayal
• 2009 - Nominated TMA Award for Best Performance in a Play for ENRON
• 2009 - Nominated Evening Standard Award Best Actor for ENRON
• 2010 - Nominated Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actor for ENRON
• 2010 - Nominated Olivier Award Best Actor for ENRON

As reader

• 1999 - Won Talkie award for Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
• 2000 - Won Audie award for Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats
• 2001 - Won Spoken Word award (Silver) for The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
• 2001 - Won Spoken Word award (Gold) for Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
• 2011 - Audiofile Earphones award for Faust by Goethe
• 2011 - Audiofile Earphones award for A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman

As director

• 2004 - Nominated Olivier Award for Best Opera Revival for Cosi Fan Tutte
• 2008 - Nominated Olivier Award for Best Revival for Dealer's Choice
• 2009 - Nominated Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Director for Waste and Dealer's Choice

References[link]

External links[link]

• Samuel West at the Internet Movie Database
• Samuel West at AllRovi
• Samuel West at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Samuel West on Twitter
• Acting CV
• Directing CV
• Samuel West at spiffyjellybean
• Samuel West Fansite