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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 3, 1964
Place of Birth:
Taunton, England, UK
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James Purefoy
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Masters of the Universe | King Randor |
| 2025 | Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | Narrator |
| 2023 | Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Rick Eden |
| 2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Jim |
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2019 | Fisherman's Friends | Jim |
| 2019 | All Hail the Popcorn King! | Self |
| 2019 | Limbo | Lucifer |
| 2018 | It's Me, Sugar | Billy Wilder |
| 2017 | Churchill | King George VI |
| 2017 | Interlude In Prague | Baron Saloka |
| 2016 | Equity | Michael Connor |
| 2015 | High-Rise | Pangbourne |
| 2015 | Momentum | Mr. Washington |
| 2014 | Wicked Blood | 'Wild' Bill Owens |
| 2012 | John Carter | Kantos Kan |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Thomas Marshall |
| 2009 | Solomon Kane | Solomon Kane |
| 2009 | Diamonds | Lucas Denmont |
| 2008 | Lena: The Bride of Ice | Dr. Harper |
| 2007 | Frankenstein | Clerval |
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Beau Brummell |
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose | Kenneth Donnelly |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | George |
| 2004 | Blessed | Craig Howard |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Rawdon Crawley |
| 2004 | Photo Finish | James Wise |
| 2003 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Donald Farfrae |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Spence Parks |
| 2002 | The Making of Resident Evil | Self |
| 2001 | Women Talking Dirty | Daniel |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Colville |
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Andrew Spender |
| 2000 | The Wedding Tackle | Hal |
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Richard Spader |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Carl Phipps |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Carrasco |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe | Joe |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Brendan |
| 1997 | Bright Hair | David Miles |
| 1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Cpt. Jack Spears |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Jedd Wainwright |
| 1994 | One Night Stand | John |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Oliver |
| 1992 | Angels | Victor |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Saint-Pierre | Sean Gallagher |
| 2025 | Outrageous | David Freeman-Mitford |
| 2024 | The Veil | Sir Michael Althorp |
| 2024 | Land of Women | Fred |
| 2023 | Malpractice | Dr. Leo Harris |
| 2022 | Marie Antoinette | Louis XV |
| 2022 | The Recruit | Oliver Bonner-Jones |
| 2020 | El Candidato | Wayne Addison |
| 2020 | No Man's Land | Stanley |
| 2019 | Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler | Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Remi Milburn |
| 2018 | A Discovery of Witches | Philippe De Clermont |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Laurens Bancroft |
| 2018 | A Discovery of Witches | Philippe de Clermont |
| 2017 | Urban Myths | Billy Wilder |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard | Hap Collins |
| 2016 | Roots | John Waller |
| 2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Amulet (voice) |
| 2013 | The Following | Joe Carroll |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Thomas of Mowbray |
| 2011 | Revenge | Dominik Wright |
| 2011 | Injustice | William Travers |
| 2011 | Camelot | King Lot |
| 2011 | Camelot | |
| 2011 | Episodes | Rob |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | |
| 2009 | Diamonds | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2008 | The Summit | Thom Lightstone |
| 2006 | Blackbeard | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach |
| 2005 | Rome | Mark Antony |
| 2003 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Donald Farfrae |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Nicholas Jenkins |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Mr. Lawrence |
| 1996 | The Tide of Life | Nick Stuart |
| 1996 | The Prince and the Pauper | Miles Hendon |
| 1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | Jimmy Turner |
| 1994 | Calling the Shots | Brian Summers |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Jack Spears |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | James McCarthy |