Dominic West

This guy is worth his salt, if u have seen Dominic West acting in any movie or play. When I first saw him in some crappy movie or soap that I don't remember anymore, I had the feeling that he must be from a theatre background. Not because he was dramatic, he was, probably for the sake of being on the same page as others, but because he was excellent even in that bit role. And then he started appearing in bigger roles, productions with bigger budget. Like in "300" (and I love this movie, its a cult classic and I don't care abt the political correctness of a movie based on a graphic novel), he played a villain in true-blue Bollywood style, and I liked his guts. Then, I guess real British actors can afford such blunders, as they have there back-up plans in the Queen's land even if Hollywood does not work for them.

See him in Mona Lisa Smile, he plays a "bad person" there too, but then you get to see Ms.Roberts too... and that's good.

And then came the series "Wired", and though he is not leading the show, you get to see a substantial amount of his work in this, and if you haven't seen it yet, I would surely recommend.

Anyway, here's a poster from the play called "Design for Living", with Alan Cumming and Jennifer Ehle. Cumming is the villain (again! too many villains for one post) in "Spy Kids", and rumored to be Matrix man's secret husband. So much for macho evil men!