TIMOTHY WEST (Judge) is among Britain's most revered and accomplished actors, and in 1984 was made CBE for his services to the profession. He began learning his stagecraft at an early age, working in repertory before achieving success on the London stage. His notable West End productions include roles in "Gentle Jack," "The Trigon," "The Italian Girl," "Abelard and Heloise," "Exiles," "The Constant Couple," "Laughter," "The Homecoming," "Beecham," "Master Class," "The War at Home," "When We Are Married," "The Sneeze," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "It's Ralph," and "Twelve Angry Men." West's impressive list of stage credits also includes "Nil Carborundum," "Afore Night Come," "Hedda Gabler," "King Lear," "Richard II" "Edward II," "A Month in the Country," "A Room with a View," the musical "Trelawny," "Henry IV," "Widowers' Houses," "The Master Builder," "The Clandestine Marriage" "Uncle Vanya," "Death of a Salesman," "Macbeth" "The Rivals at Chichester," "Mail Order Bride," "Getting On," and "The Birthday Party." He has starred in an equally impressive number of television productions, including "Edward VII," "Horatio Bottomley," "Hard Times," "Crime and Punishment," "Churchill and the Generals," "Brass," "The Monocled Mutineer," "A Very Peculiar Practice," "Murder Most Horrid," "What the Butler Saw," "Harry's Kingdom," "When We Are Married," "Breakthrough at Reykjavik," "Strife," "A Shadow on the Sun," "The Contractor," "Blore MP," "Beecham," "Survival of the Fittest," "Why Lockerbie?," "Framed," "Reith to the Nation," "Smokescreen," "Eleven Men Against Eleven," "The Place of the Dead," "Cuts," "Goodnight Sweetheart," and most recently "King Lear" and "Bramwell." Mr. West's motion picture credits include "Nicholas and Alexandra," "The Day of the Jackal," "Oliver Twist," "Hedda," "Joseph Andrews," "Agatha," "Masada," "The Thirty Nine Steps," "Rough Cut," "Cry Freedom," "Ever After," "Joan of Arc," and "Villa of Roses." He is the author of the book "I'm Here I Think, Where Are You?" published by Coronet. West and his wife, actress Prunella Scales, live in South London.