Born in Sheffield and educated at Eton, Dominic West found fame via an unlikely route as Jimmy McNulty, the flawed but lovable hero of American police drama, The Wire.
West has now turned his talents to a satire of the well-heeled, emotionally repressed European art world in his Palme d’Or-winning new film, The Square. Matt Frei talks with the actor about Equal Pay, Stanley Kubrick and the world of primates.