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James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Acting1964Taunton, England, UK

Biography

James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, Solomon Kane in the film of the same name, and Hap Collins in the Sundance series Hap and Leonard. Purefoy also played Lord Phillipe de Clermont in the second season of the hit AMC/Netflix series "A Discovery of Witches". In 2018, he starred as Laurens Bancroft in the first season of Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series. Following an uncredited role as V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta (replaced and dubbed over by Hugo Weaving), he was cast in a main role as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy / Captain Blighty in the 2020–2021 second and 2022 third season of the television series Pennyworth, the prequel to both Gotham and V for Vendetta.

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Acting History

2026
2025
The Witcher
TVas Skellen5 eps
Saint-Pierre
TVas Sean Gallagher
The Recruit
TVas Oliver Bonner-Jones2 eps
Outrageous
TVas David Freeman-Mitford6 eps
2024
Land of Women
TVas Fred
The Veil
TVas Sir Michael Althorp5 eps
2023
Malpractice
TVas Dr. Leo Harris
2022
A Discovery of Witches
TVas Philippe De Clermont / Philippe de Clermont2 eps
Marie Antoinette
TVas Louis XV4 eps
2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)
2020
No Man's Land
TVas Stanley16 eps
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TVas Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy10 eps
El Candidato
TVas Wayne Addison
2019
Limbo
as Lucifer
Sex Education
TVas Remi Milburn5 eps
2018
It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder
Altered Carbon
TVas Laurens Bancroft10 eps
Urban Myths
TVas Billy Wilder1 eps
2017
Churchill
as King George VI
Interlude In Prague
as Baron Saloka
2016
Equity
as Michael Connor
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
TVas Amulet (voice)52 eps
Hap and Leonard
TVas Hap Collins
Roots
TVas John Waller2 eps
2015
High-Rise
as Pangbourne
Momentum
as Mr. Washington
2014
Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
2013
The Following
TVas Joe Carroll45 eps
2012
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
The Hollow Crown
TVas Thomas of Mowbray1 eps
Episodes
TVas Rob4 eps
2011
Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall
Camelot
TVas King Lot3 eps
Injustice
TVas William Travers
2009
2008
The Summit
TVas Thom Lightstone
2007
Frankenstein
as Clerval
Manchild
as Joe
2006
Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
Blackbeard
TVas Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
2005
Rome
TVas Mark Antony22 eps
2004
Blessed
as Craig Howard
Photo Finish
as James Wise
Vanity Fair
as Rawdon Crawley
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TVas Donald Farfrae
2001
Tomorrow
as Andrew Spender
A Knight's Tale
as Colville
2000
Dead of Night
as Richard Spader
Maybe Baby
as Carl Phipps
Don Quixote
as Carrasco
1999
Mansfield Park
as Tom Bertram
1997
Bright Hair
as David Miles
A Dance to the Music of Time
TVas Nicholas Jenkins
1996
The Tide of Life
TVas Nick Stuart
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
TVas Mr Frederick Lawrence
The Prince and the Pauper
TVas Miles Hendon
1995
Sharpe's Sword
as Cpt. Jack Spears
Feast of July
as Jedd Wainwright
Sharpe
TVas Jack Spears1 eps
Tears Before Bedtime
TVas Jimmy Turner
1994
Calling the Shots
TVas Brian Summers
1992
1991
Sherlock Holmes
TVas James McCarthy1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/3/1964(61 years old)
Place of Birth
Taunton, England, UK