He was born June 20, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a “Best Actor Award” winner on the festival circuit known for Interrogation (2019), Deeply Superficial (2020), Third Act (2021) and Half Brothers (2021). He portrays dynamic, complex and authentic characters in feature films, TV shows and commercials. West has worked with actors and directors from multiple Academy Award winning films including Kody Smit-McPee (Interrogation, X-Men), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Basil Hoffman (Ordinary People) and Ernest Dickerson (Do the Right Thing).
He stars in a new award winning sitcom pilot Deeply Superficial which won “Best Pilot,” “Best Screenplay,” “Best Director” and “Best Editor” at the Queen Palm International Film Festival. His career includes CBS All-Access’ Interrogation, Netflix’s Half Brothers, BRAVO’s Untying the Knot, HGTV’s You Live In What, Hell or High Water, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Better Call Saul, Longmire and many more. He’s featured in People Magazine, USA Today, VOGUE, Huffington Post, The Guardian, LA Times, NY Times, FOX, CNN, NPR and many more media outlets. His small business reality series THE STARTUP reached 24 million subscribers.