Wires on Fire

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Signing up for Priestess, Wolfmother, and Eagles of Death Steel within the pack of new-millennium hard rock and roll rings are Wires burning, a LA foursome boasting affects like the PARTY, the Damned, and Dark Sabbath. Evan Weiss (vocals/electric guitar), Michael Shuman (bass/vocals), Jeff Lynn (electric guitar), and Darren Weiss (drums) produced the group in 2004 and also have toured with famous brands the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Fall, Loss of life from Above 1979, Mclusky, Hella, and Pretty Young ladies Make Graves. Their Homewrecker EP was released the same calendar year on Buddyhead; nevertheless, Cables on Fire’s explosive rock and roll sound really found life on the self-titled studio room full-length. Made by Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider (Queens from the Rock Age, Eleven), Cables on Fire premiered in fall 2006. Founding member Darren Weiss still left the music group in September to keep his education.

Quick Facts

Full Name Wires on Fire

IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm0922035

Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000138528

Music Songs Million Dollar Maybes, Crazy Woman River, Sleeping Witches, On a Train, Let It Live, Death to Jeff Lynn, Learn to Drown, Cooked Cattle, Consciously Unconscious, Desert Sun/Desert Moon, I'm Eighteen, Dusty Bibles Lead to Dirty Lives, Dignity Points, Indigo Child, Hot Hands, Hate That Breeds Love, Coming to Our Senses, Up Your Sleeve, Annie Carr, Born Dirty To Last Forever, Daisy, Stallions, Swordfish, Mask

Albums Homewrecker, Wires on Fire

#	Fact
1	Dominic West portrayed late author George MacDonald Fraser's Victorian anti-hero Harry Flashman, the main character of Fraser's "Flashman" novels, at a 2014 auction of Fraser's library. West also stated at the time that he would like to see a new Flashman movie made for the new generation. The only previous movie, Royal Flash (1975) was not a success and was so disliked by Fraser that he would not allow another one to be made in his lifetime.
2	He is a first cousin, once removed, of American politician Thomas Eagleton, who was briefly the 1972 Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States. Dominic's paternal great-grandparents, Thomas Francis Eagleton and Mary Theresa Hennelly (who had moved to Missouri from Ireland), were also the paternal grandparents of politician Eagleton.
3	Appearing as 'Jan' in the play "Rock & Roll" at the Duke of York Theatre in London. [February 2007]
4	Has played ancient world warriors twice with Michael Fassbender: 300 (2006) and Centurion (2010).
5	He has two daughters; his eldest, Martha West and Dora; and two sons, Senan and Francis with his wife Catherine Fitzgerald.
6	Dominic West's maternal grandparents were Irish and his paternal grandparents were English.and Irish.
7	Attended Eton College, Berkshire. Also schooled there, though two years behind, was Band of Brothers (2001) and Life (2007) star Damian Lewis.
8	Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1995.
9	Once spent four months as a cattle herder in Argentina in 1988 trying to be "different." Afterwards he enrolled at Dublin's Trinity College, graduating in 1993 with a B.A. in English literature.
10	Began appearing in community theatre at age 9.
11	Was one of seven children - five girls, two boys - born to George and Moya West - his parents divorced in 1996.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Tomb Raider	2018	filming	Lord Richard Croft
The Square	2017	filming	Julian
I Feel Fine		pre-production
The Affair	2014-2017	TV Series	Noah Solloway
Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews	2016	Video short	Rudder (voice)
The Tale of Thomas Burberry	2016	Short	Ernest Shackleton
Finding Dory	2016		Rudder (voice)
Money Monster	2016		Walt Camby
The Complete Walk: Coriolanus	2016	Short	Coriolanus
Genius	2016		Ernest Hemingway
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses	2016		Vicomte de Valmont
Testament of Youth	2014		Mr. Brittain
Pride	2014/I		Jonathan
Burton and Taylor	2013	TV Movie	Richard Burton
Boy Cried Wolf	2013	Short	Hughie
The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden	2013	Short	Inventor
The Hour	2011-2012	TV Series	Hector Madden
John Carter	2012		Sab Than
Arthur Christmas	2011		Lead Elf (voice)
The Awakening	2011/I		Robert Mallory
Johnny English Reborn	2011		Simon Ambrose
Appropriate Adult	2011	TV Mini-Series	Fred West
Words of the Blitz	2010		Sir John Colville
Jackboots on Whitehall	2010		Fiske (voice)
Centurion	2010		General Titus Flavius Virilus
From Time to Time	2009		Caxton
Breaking the Mould	2009	TV Movie	Howard Florey
The Devil's Whore	2008	TV Mini-Series	Oliver Cromwell
Punisher: War Zone	2008		Billy Jigsaw
Hold On	2008/I	Short	Delivery Man
The Wire: The Chronicles	2007	TV Series	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Hannibal Rising	2007		Inspector Popil
300	2006		Theron
Stingray	2006	Short	Luther
The Forgotten	2004		Ash
Mona Lisa Smile	2003		Bill Dunbar
Chicago	2002		Fred Casely
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello	2002		Young Man (segment "About Time 2")
Rock Star	2001		Kirk Cuddy, Steel Dragon Guitarist
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	2001	TV Movie	Sir Mulberry Hawk
28 Days	2000		Jasper
A Christmas Carol	1999	TV Movie	Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	1999		Palace Guard
A Midsummer Night's Dream	1999		Lysander
Out of Hours	1998	TV Mini-Series	Dr. Paul Featherstone
Spice World	1997		Photographer
Diana & Me	1997		Rob Naylor
The Gambler	1997		Alexei
True Blue	1996		Donald MacDonald
Surviving Picasso	1996		Paulo Picasso
E=mc2	1996		Spike
Richard III	1995		Earl of Richmond
3 Joes	1991	Short	Joe Smoker

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Moving On	2010	TV Series 1 episode
The Wire	2008	TV Series 1 episode

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Watching	2010	Short associate producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
9 Dead Gay Guys	2002	thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Revolting Rhymes Part Two	2016	TV Special	Wolf, Magic Fairy, Giant (voice)
Revolting Rhymes Part One	2016	TV Special	Wolf (voice)
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats	2016	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Extra	2015	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers	2015	TV Series	Himself
Offshore Incorporated	2015	Documentary	Narration (voice)
72nd Golden Globe Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself - Nominee
Entertainment Tonight	2014	TV Series	Himself - Pride / The Affair
Today	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Secret History	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself - Narrator
Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre	2014	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Muse of Fire	2013	Documentary	Himself
What You Will	2012		Himself
The Last Leg	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Daybreak	2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Awakening: A Time for Ghosts	2012	Video documentary short	Himself / Robert Mallory
The Awakening: Behind the Scenes	2012	Video documentary short	Himself / Robert Mallory
The Graham Norton Show	2009-2012	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie
The Ground Zero Mosque	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Concrete Circus	2011	Documentary	Narrator
The South Bank Show	2010	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Have I Got News for You	2009	TV Series	Himself - Guest Presenter
The Noughties... Was That It?	2009	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Xposé	2009	TV Series	Himself
The Making of 'Punisher: War Zone'	2009	Video short	Himself
The Wire: The Last Word	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Wire Odyssey	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Tapping the Wire	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
HBO First Look	2000-2007	TV Series documentary	Himself / Himself - Jasper
The Catherine Tate Show	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Wire: It's All Connected	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
On the Set: The Making of 'The Forgotten'	2005	Video short	Himself
Remembering 'The Forgotten'	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
Jools's Hootenanny	2004	TV Series	Himself
The Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2004	2004	TV Special	Himself - Presenter

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute	2016	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2014	TV Series	Himself - The Affair
Britain's Favourite Detectives	2014	TV Movie documentary	Himself (2008)
Made in Hollywood	2012	TV Series	Himself
The Big Picture	2012	TV Series	Himself

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2015	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	The Affair (2014)
2012	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Leading Actor	Appropriate Adult (2011)
2012	Broadcasting Press Guild Award	Broadcasting Press Guild Awards	Best Actor	The Hour (2011)
2012	RTS Television Award	Royal Television Society, UK	Best Actor (Male)	Appropriate Adult (2011)
2009	Dagger	Crime Thriller Awards, UK	Best Leading Actor	The Wire (2002)
2003	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Chicago (2002)	· Christine Baranski · Ekaterina Chtchelkanova · Taye Diggs · Denise Faye · Colm Feore · Richard Gere · Deidre Goodwin · Mya · Lucy Liu · Queen Latifah · Susan Misner · John C. Reilly · Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones
2003	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture	Chicago (2002)	· Christine Baranski · Ekaterina Chtchelkanova · Taye Diggs · Denise Faye · Colm Feore · Richard Gere · Deidre Goodwin · Mya · Lucy Liu · Queen Latifah · Susan Misner · John C. Reilly · Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2015	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	The Affair (2014)
2014	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Leading Actor	Burton and Taylor (2013)
2013	Critics' Choice TV Award	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	The Hour (2011)
2013	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television	Burton and Taylor (2013)
2012	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	The Hour (2011)
2012	Dagger	Crime Thriller Awards, UK	Best Leading Actor	Appropriate Adult (2011)
2012	Critics' Choice TV Award	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	The Hour (2011)
2012	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Mini-Series	Appropriate Adult (2011)
2012	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	The Hour (2011)
2008	Dagger	Crime Thriller Awards, UK	Best Leading Actor	The Wire (2002)
2003	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast	Chicago (2002)	· Christine Baranski · Ekaterina Chtchelkanova · Taye Diggs · Denise Faye · Colm Feore · Richard Gere · Deidre Goodwin · Mya · Queen Latifah · Lucy Liu · Susan Misner · John C. Reilly · Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones
2003	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Chicago (2002)	· Christine Baranski · Ekaterina Chtchelkanova · Taye Diggs · Denise Faye · Colm Feore · Richard Gere · Deidre Goodwin · Mya · Queen Latifah · Lucy Liu · Susan Misner · John C. Reilly · Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones

2nd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2002	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Cast Ensemble	Chicago (2002)	· Richard Gere · Renée Zellweger · Catherine Zeta-Jones · John C. Reilly · Queen Latifah · Mya · Colm Feore · Ekaterina Chtchelkanova · Denise Faye · Lucy Liu · Taye Diggs · Christine Baranski · Susan Misner · Deidre Goodwin

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#	Quote
1	I think I've got a funny face.
2	I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.
3	I'm a rather crude cook.
4	I've always wanted to play more comic parts.
5	I mean, I think women should be more indulgent of affairs. I really do. It's daft to kick someone out over a fling. Isn't it? Everyone should turn a blind eye to men's behavior between the ages of 40 and 50. Let it all blow over.
6	My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.
7	I like to believe there are ghosts all over the place!
8	Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.
9	Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.
10	No, I don't think The Wire (2002) screwed up my career at all.
11	I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire (2002). Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.
12	If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.
13	I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.
14	Since I got married my wife doesn't really let me wear anything that I used to because she says I have no taste at all.
15	It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose.
16	For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men!
17	The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.
18	People seem to think I'm Satan.
19	I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.
20	You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.
21	If you turn on American TV, there's a huge choice of nothing you want to see and, unfortunately, I think that's the case here now as well. I love costume drama, no-one does it like the BBC - no-one has the money to do it, first of all and, secondly, Americans don't have the history to do it. So we do it brilliantly but if you talk to any BBC producers, they abhor the fact... they're dying to do The Wire (2002) and hate doing Cranford (2007) . I thought Cranford (2007) was incredible but we don't seem to be able to do contemporary stuff.
22	[on Mona Lisa Smile (2003)] The movie didn't make much sense. We would be given new scenes to film out of the blue which, it transpired, had been written by Julia's agent, who was doubling as a producer. I don't know what anyone was doing there. No one seemed to enjoy it. Especially not Julia. She had just got married and just wanted to be off having sex with her husband. Trouble was, she had married the cameraman on the movie. You can't really relax in a sex scene when the husband is staring right at you.
23	[on The Wire (2002)] The show provokes a kind of obsessive following. Those who love it kind of cherish the fact that it's not quite as world-renowned as The Sopranos (1999). It's like being in a secret club.
24	I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people. It's interesting that I've been cast as a working-class cop [The Wire (2002)] because I doubt that would happen at home. The films I most enjoy in England are by Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but it's very unlikely I would be cast in them; I've tried a few times, but I'm perceived as posh.
25	I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.