Dominic West on his American accent in The Wire

Dominic West says people still think he's American, because of his incredibly convincing US accent in The Wire.
Dominic was speaking at The Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Awards 2014

[rexbanner]

In the wire, the character McNulty tried practicing a British accent for an undercover assignment and sucked at it. It must have been hilarious having to pretend to be bad doing a British accent lol.

[manaspuranik]

I expected a pretty low-key British accent but this dude is all tea and crumpets god save the queen

[A_SEGA_Dremcast]

Not just any American accent -- a Baltimore accent. He did a hell of a job!

[Remthemer]

"Everyone knows what an American sounds like except the Americans."
He *is* McNulty.

[Anthonycheesman]

Is it weird him and idris American accent sound more real then their actual accent

[BostonsFnest]

The fact that he covered that British accent up for 5 seasons is absolutely incredible

[JohnDanielTorrance]

"Crikey! I was looking to get a little hanky-panky and this one bloke gave this number to call when I got across the pond"

-James Cromwell of Knightsbridge, Stepney, and Mersey.

[daltonevans]

I never would have thought that this was his real voice. I honestly thought when watching the wire that he was American, i never once second guessed it. That's amazing how well he spoke during that role.

[theforeverpuddle]

"Everyone knows what an american accent sounds like, except the americans."

Lmao.

[martinrheaume]

I swear he's faking this English accent and his Baltimore accent is the way he really speaks

[johnduffy]

he was so convincing as an american, its like this bit he is putting on an accent. he only slipped up once or twice in the whole show

[jawadulkabir]

His American is so authentic that it feels like he's faking here

[filippians]

He seems like a super nice and chill person.

[JayKay-htrg]

Top man! Deserves all the success he gets.

[grapla]

had me fooled the whole time. just goes to show he is a great actor

[egretsregret]

I am such a naive dork that when I saw McNulty "impersonating" the guy from the UK, I thought "man..he's really nailing that British accent." LOL

[DavidPalmerPresident]

I finished watching the series yesterday. And today this video totally turned my experience of watching The Wire in an inexplicable manner!

[futureshock]

There’s very few times he let his accent slip out but he’s an incredible actor

[dricoirving]

Phenomenal actors and actresses on The Wire!

[HatianHurricane]

Dominic West and Idrise Elba are just two of the extraordinary actors and actresses of the wire. The way they disguised their accents is mind blowing to