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James Purefoy
James Purefoy

James Purefoy

ActingBorn June 3, 1964 (age 62)Taunton, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026
The Faithful

as Laban

TV
2025
Outrageous

as David Freeman-Mitford

TV
2025
Saint-Pierre

as Sean Gallagher

TV
2024
Legacy

as Le père

Movie
2024TV
2024
The Veil

as Sir Michael Althorp

TV
2024
The Veil

as Michael Althorp

TV
2023
Malpractice

as Dr. Leo Harris

TV
2022
The Recruit

as Oliver Bonner-Jones

TV
2022
Marie Antoinette

as Louis XV

TV
2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

as Additional Voices (voice)

Movie
2020
No Man's Land

as Stanley

TV
2020
El Candidato

as Wayne Addison

TV
2019
The Witcher

as Skellen

TV
2019
Limbo

as Lucifer

Movie
2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy

TV
2019Movie
2019
Sex Education

as Remi Milburn

TV
2018
A Discovery of Witches

as Philippe De Clermont

TV
2018
A Discovery of Witches

as Philippe de Clermont

TV
2018
It's Me, Sugar

as Billy Wilder

Movie
2018
Altered Carbon

as Laurens Bancroft

TV
2017
Churchill

as King George VI

Movie
2017
Interlude in Prague

as Baron Saloka

Movie
2017
Urban Myths

as Billy Wilder

TV
2016TV
2016
Equity

as Michael Connor

Movie
2016
Roots

as John Waller

TV
2016
Hap and Leonard

as Hap Collins

TV
2015
High-Rise

as Pangbourne

Movie
2015
Momentum

as Mr. Washington

Movie
2014
Wicked Blood

as 'Wild' Bill Owens

Movie
2013
The Following

as Joe Carroll

TV
2012
The Hollow Crown

as Thomas of Mowbray

TV
2012
John Carter

as Kantos Kan

Movie
2011
Revenge

as Dominik Wright

TV
2011
Injustice

as William Travers

TV
2011
Ironclad

as Thomas Marshall

Movie
2011
Camelot

as King Lot

TV
2011
Episodes

as Rob

TV
2009
Solomon Kane

as Solomon Kane

Movie
2009TV
2009
Diamonds

as Lucas Denmont

Movie
2008Movie
2008
The Summit

as Thom Lightstone

TV
2007
Frankenstein

as Clerval

Movie
2007
Manchild

as Joe

Movie
2006
Blackbeard

as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

TV
2006Movie
2006
Goose on the Loose

as Kenneth Donnelly

Movie
2005
Rome

as Mark Antony

TV
2004
Photo Finish

as James Wise

Movie
2004
Vanity Fair

as Rawdon Crawley

Movie
2004
Blessed

as Craig Howard

Movie
2004Movie
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Donald Farfrae

Movie
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Donald Farfrae

TV
2002
Resident Evil

as Spence

Movie
2001Movie
2001
A Knight's Tale

as Colville

Movie
2001
Tomorrow

as Andrew Spender

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Maybe Baby

as Carl Phipps

Movie
2000
Don Quixote

as Carrasco

Movie
2000
Lighthouse

as Richard Spader

Movie
1999
Mansfield Park

as Tom Bertram

Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1997
A Dance to the Music of Time

as Nicholas Jenkins

TV
1997
Bright Hair

as David Miles

Movie
1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

as Mr Frederick Lawrence

TV
1996TV
1996
The Tide of Life

as Nick Stuart

TV
1995
Feast of July

as Jedd Wainwright

Movie
1995
Sharpe's Sword

as Captain the Lord Jack Spears

Movie
1995
Tears Before Bedtime

as Jimmy Turner

TV
1994Movie
1994
Calling the Shots

as Brian Summers

TV
1993
Sharpe

as Jack Spears

TV
1992
Angels

as Victor

Movie
1992Movie
1984
Sherlock Holmes

as James McCarthy

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 3, 1964
Place of BirthTaunton, England, UK
Popularity1.8