- Born
- Birth nameSamuel Alexander Joseph West
- Nicknames
- Sam
- Sammy
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Samuel West was born on June 19, 1966 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Howards End (1992), Van Helsing (2004) and Notting Hill (1999).
- Parents
- RelativesJoseph West(Sibling)Lockwood West(Grandparent)
- His mother, Prunella Scales, starred in the vastly popular British comedy series Fawlty Towers (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.
- His mother, Prunella Scales, played Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (1991) about the life of Anthony Blunt. He played Blunt in Cambridge Spies (2003). He would later play Queen Elizabeth II's father King George VI in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012).
- He is a highly respected Shakespearean actor who has played both Richard II and Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- 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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