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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-06-03 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Taunton, England, UK

Also Known As

Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ

James Brian Mark Purefoy

Джеймс Пьюрфой

Jame Purefoy

제임스 퓨어포이

جیمز پیورفوی

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Resident Evil

2002

Resident Evil

as

Spence Parks

Frankenstein

2007

Frankenstein

as

Clerval

Mansfield Park

1999

Mansfield Park

as

Tom Bertram

Blessed

2004

Blessed

as

Craig Howard

Vanity Fair

2004

Vanity Fair

as

Rawdon Crawley

Solomon Kane

2009

Solomon Kane

as

Solomon Kane

Lighthouse

2000

Lighthouse

as

Richard Spader

Maybe Baby

2000

Maybe Baby

as

Carl Phipps

Ironclad

2011

Ironclad

as

Thomas Marshall

John Carter

2012

John Carter

as

Kantos Kan

Sharpe's Sword

1995

Sharpe's Sword

as

Cpt. Jack Spears

One Night Stand

1994

One Night Stand

as

John

Goose on the Loose

2006

Goose on the Loose

as

Kenneth Donnelly

The Mayor of Casterbridge

2003

The Mayor of Casterbridge

as

Donald Farfrae

Diamonds

2009

Diamonds

as

Lucas Denmont

Wicked Blood

2014

Wicked Blood

as

'Wild' Bill Owens

A Knight's Tale

2001

A Knight's Tale

as

Colville

Feast of July

1995

Feast of July

as

Jedd Wainwright

High-Rise

2015

High-Rise

as

Pangbourne

Bright Hair

1997

Bright Hair

as

David Miles

Momentum

2015

Momentum

as

Mr. Washington

Equity

2016

Equity

as

Michael Connor

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

as

Additional Voices (voice)

Jilting Joe

1998

Jilting Joe

as

Joe

Tomorrow

2001

Tomorrow

as

Andrew Spender

Churchill

2017

Churchill

as

King George VI

Lena: The Bride of Ice

2008

Lena: The Bride of Ice

as

Dr. Harper

Interlude In Prague

2017

Interlude In Prague

as

Baron Saloka

Angels

1992

Angels

as

Victor

Limbo

2019

Limbo

as

Lucifer

It's Me, Sugar

2018

It's Me, Sugar

as

Billy Wilder

Don Quixote

2000

Don Quixote

as

Carrasco

Photo Finish

2004

Photo Finish

as

James Wise

Masters of the Universe

2026

Masters of the Universe

as

King Randor

Manchild

2007

Manchild

as

Joe

Rome

Rome

as

Mark Antony

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as

Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

as

Philippe De Clermont

The Summit

The Summit

as

Thom Lightstone

The Following

The Following

as

Joe Carroll

Revenge

Revenge

as

Dominik Wright

Injustice

Injustice

as

William Travers

Malpractice

Malpractice

as

Dr. Leo Harris

Camelot

Camelot

as

King Lot

Hap and Leonard

Hap and Leonard

as

Hap Collins

Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon

as

Laurens Bancroft

Blackbeard

Blackbeard

as

Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

as

James McCarthy

The Tide of Life

The Tide of Life

as

Nick Stuart

Calling the Shots

Calling the Shots

as

Brian Summers

Tears Before Bedtime

Tears Before Bedtime

as

Jimmy Turner

Urban Myths

Urban Myths

as

Billy Wilder

Sex Education

Sex Education

as

Remi Milburn

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

as

Thomas of Mowbray

The Veil

The Veil

as

Sir Michael Althorp

Saint-Pierre

Saint-Pierre

as

Sean Gallagher

El Candidato

El Candidato

as

Wayne Addison

No Man's Land

No Man's Land

as

Stanley

Sharpe

Sharpe

as

Jack Spears

Outrageous

Outrageous

as

David Freeman-Mitford

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

as

Philippe de Clermont

The Recruit

The Recruit

as

Oliver Bonner-Jones

Roots

Roots

as

John Waller

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

as

Mr Frederick Lawrence

The Witcher

The Witcher

as

Skellen

Production

Crew

Directing