Samuel West Samuel West Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is a third-generation English actor, theatre director and voice actor. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC centred on events related to the Second World War. West was born in London, the elder son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West. He
Samuel Barnett (actor) Samuel Barnett (actor) Samuel Barnett (born 25 April 1980) is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of "The History Boys" by Alan Bennett. His television performances include roles in the BBC comedy "Twenty Twelve" and in the Showtime drama "Penny Dreadful". On 29 March 2016 it was announced that he had been cast as Dirk Gently in the BBC America adaptation of the "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" book series by Douglas Adams. Barnett was born in Whitby in North Yorkshire, England.