He's known for his many TV and film roles, from playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire , Noah in The Affair , and more recently starring in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale , and in his personal life, Dominic West is supporting a charity close to his heart this Christmas.

After experiencing sleeping rough for a night in his youth, Dominic, 56, is now an ambassador for the homelessness charity Julian House in Bath, near where he lives with wife Catherine Fitzgerald and their four children Dora, Senan, Francis and Christabel (Dominic also has a daughter, Martha, with his former partner Polly Astor).

© Richard Young/Shutterstock Dominic West and his wife Catherine FitzGerald at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London

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