- Nacimiento
- Nombre de nacimientoSamuel Alexander Joseph West
- Apodos
- Sam
- Sammy
- Altura1,83 m
- Samuel West nació el 19 de junio de 1966 en Hammersmith, Londres, Inglaterra. Es un actor, conocido por Van Helsing (2004), Regreso a Howards End (1992) y Notting Hill (1999).
- Padres
- FamiliaresJoseph West(Sibling)Lockwood West(Grandparent)
- His mother, Prunella Scales, starred in the vastly popular British comedy series Hotel Fawlty (1975) with John Cleese. Sam once said that in his teens he used to frequent the set and that Mr. Cleese would ask him if he had any good ideas for insults to put into the show.
- Won the prestigious London Critic's Circle best Shakespearean performance award for playing 'Hamlet'.
- He is a frequent co-star of his father, Timothy West. In many of the production in which they appear together, they play father and son.
- He is a highly respected Shakespearean actor who has played both Richard II and Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Attended Oxford 1985-1988. BA honors English literature.
- Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read.
- What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'
- Oliver Reed regretted not sleeping with every woman in the world, and Betjeman [John Betjeman] said he wished he'd had more sex. It doesn't matter how much sex I have, I'll be of Olli Reed's mind when it comes down to it. And so will anybody who's honest.
- The era of social mobility which gave us world-famous working-class classical actors in droves is over.
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