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
Spence Parks
Resident Evil
Clerval
Frankenstein
Tom Bertram
Mansfield Park
George
George and the Dragon
Craig Howard
Blessed
Hal
The Wedding Tackle
Rawdon Crawley
Vanity Fair
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Richard Spader
Lighthouse
Carl Phipps
Maybe Baby
Thomas Marshall
Ironclad
Kantos Kan
John Carter
Cpt. Jack Spears
Sharpe's Sword
Daniel
Women Talking Dirty
John
One Night Stand
Narrator
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Kenneth Donnelly
Goose on the Loose
Donald Farfrae
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Lucas Denmont
Diamonds
'Wild' Bill Owens
Wicked Blood
Rick Eden
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Colville
A Knight's Tale
Jedd Wainwright
Feast of July
Pangbourne
High-Rise
David Miles
Bright Hair
Mr. Washington
Momentum
Michael Connor
Equity
Additional Voices (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Joe
Jilting Joe
Andrew Spender
Domani
Brendan
Bedrooms and Hallways
King George VI
Churchill
Dr. Harper
Lena: The Bride of Ice
Oliver
The Cloning of Joanna May
Baron Saloka
Interlude In Prague
Jim
Fisherman's Friends
Victor
Angels
Self
All Hail the Popcorn King!
Lucifer
Limbo
Billy Wilder
It's Me, Sugar
Jim
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Carrasco
Don Quixote
James Wise
Photo Finish
King Randor
Masters of the Universe
Self
The Making of Resident Evil
Joe
Manchild
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-06-03
Place of Birth
Taunton, England, UK
Also Known As
Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ