James Purefoy
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-06-03
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Masters of the Universe
The Faithful
Outrageous
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Saint-Pierre
Legacy
Land of Women
The Veil
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Malpractice
The Recruit
Marie Antoinette
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
No Man's Land
El Candidato
The Witcher
Limbo
All Hail the Popcorn King!
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Fisherman's Friends
Sex Education
A Discovery of Witches
It's Me, Sugar
Altered Carbon
Churchill
Interlude in Prague
Urban Myths
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Equity
Roots
Hap and Leonard
High-Rise
Momentum
Wicked Blood
The Following
The Hollow Crown
John Carter
Revenge
Injustice
Ironclad
Camelot
Episodes
Solomon Kane
The Philanthropist
Diamonds
Diamonds
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Lena: The Bride of Ice
The Summit
Frankenstein
British Film Forever
Manchild
Blackbeard
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Goose on the Loose
Rome
Photo Finish
Vanity Fair
Blessed
George and the Dragon
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Making of Resident Evil
Resident Evil
Women Talking Dirty
A Knight's Tale
Tomorrow
The Wedding Tackle
Maybe Baby
Metropolis
Don Quixote
Lighthouse
Mansfield Park
Jilting Joe
Bedrooms and Hallways
A Dance to the Music of Time
Have Your Cake and Eat It
Bright Hair
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Prince and the Pauper
The Tide of Life
Feast of July
Sharpe's Sword
Tears Before Bedtime
One Night Stand
Calling the Shots
Sharpe
Crime Story
Angels
The Cloning of Joanna May
Coasting
Boon
Sherlock Holmes