Samuel West

The son of actors "Timothy West" and "Prunella Scales", West was born in London on June 19, 1966. Taking to science rather than to acting when he was growing up, he attended Oxford University, where he planned to study physics. However, an interest in acting finally took hold, and West switched his studies to English and became involved with the University Experimental Theatre Club and Dramatic Society, touring Africa with it in 1986.

Upon his graduation in 1988, West secured his first film role as a German aristocrat in "Reunion". Although the film was critically well-received, it was largely unseen, and West subsequently did most of his work on... Full Biography