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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1964
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
1.6 Popularity
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
0.0
King Randor
Masters of the Universe
2026
7.7
David Freeman-Mitford
Outrageous
2025
0.0
Narrator
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
6.0
Sean Gallagher
Saint-Pierre
2025
6.9
Fred
Land of Women
2024
6.6
Sir Michael Althorp
The Veil
2024
6.9
Rick Eden
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
2023
6.9
Dr. Leo Harris
Malpractice
2023
7.5
Oliver Bonner-Jones
The Recruit
2022
7.5
Louis XV
Marie Antoinette
2022
Credits
Masters of the Universe
as King Randor
2026
0.0
Outrageous
as David Freeman-Mitford
2025
7.7
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Narrator
2025
0.0
Saint-Pierre
as Sean Gallagher
2025
6.0
Land of Women
as Fred
2024
6.9
The Veil
as Sir Michael Althorp
2024
6.6
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
as Rick Eden
2023
6.9
Malpractice
as Dr. Leo Harris
2023
6.9
The Recruit
as Oliver Bonner-Jones
2022
7.5
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
2022
7.5
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
as Jim
2022
6.5
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)
2021
7.6
No Man's Land
as Stanley
2020
6.9
El Candidato
as Wayne Addison
2020
6.8
The Witcher
as Skellen
2019
8.0
Limbo
as Lucifer
2019
5.4
All Hail the Popcorn King!
as Self
2019
1.0
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
2019
7.9
Fisherman's Friends
as Jim
2019
6.7
Sex Education
as Remi Milburn
2019
8.2
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe De Clermont
2018
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe de Clermont
2018
7.8
It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder
2018
6.0
Altered Carbon
as Laurens Bancroft
2018
7.7
Interlude In Prague
as Baron Saloka
2017
5.8
Churchill
as King George VI
2017
6.2
Urban Myths
as Billy Wilder
2017
7.4
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
as Amulet (voice)
2016
8.4
Equity
as Michael Connor
2016
5.6
Roots
as John Waller
2016
6.9
Hap and Leonard
as Hap Collins
2016
6.9
High-Rise
as Pangbourne
2015
5.6
Momentum
as Mr. Washington
2015
5.7
Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
2014
5.5
The Following
as Joe Carroll
2013
6.9
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas of Mowbray
2012
7.4
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
2012
6.4
Revenge
as Dominik Wright
2011
7.6
Injustice
as William Travers
2011
7.1
Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall
2011
6.1
Camelot
as King Lot
2011
6.3
Episodes
as Rob
2011
7.2
Solomon Kane
as Solomon Kane
2009
6.0
The Philanthropist
2009
7.1
🎬
Diamonds
2009
0.0
Diamonds
as Lucas Denmont
2009
4.7
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
6.1
🎬
Lena: The Bride of Ice
as Dr. Harper
2008
0.0
The Summit
as Thom Lightstone
2008
5.5
Frankenstein
as Clerval
2007
5.2
Manchild
as Joe
2007
0.0
Blackbeard
as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
2006
5.9
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Beau Brummell
2006
5.2
Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
2006
4.9
Rome
as Mark Antony
2005
8.2
🎬
Photo Finish
as James Wise
2004
0.0
Vanity Fair
as Rawdon Crawley
2004
5.8
Blessed
as Craig Howard
2004
4.7
George and the Dragon
as George
2004
5.5
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
2003
7.3
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
2003
7.0
The Making of Resident Evil
as Self
2002
8.0
Resident Evil
as Spence Parks
2002
6.6
Women Talking Dirty
as Daniel
2001
5.1
A Knight's Tale
as Colville
2001
6.9
Tomorrow
as Andrew Spender
2001
5.3
The Wedding Tackle
as Hal
2000
0.0
Maybe Baby
as Carl Phipps
2000
5.4
Don Quixote
as Carrasco
2000
6.3
Lighthouse
as Richard Spader
2000
4.6
Mansfield Park
as Tom Bertram
1999
6.7
🎬
Jilting Joe
as Joe
1998
0.0
Bedrooms and Hallways
as Brendan
1998
6.0
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Nicholas Jenkins
1997
4.3
Bright Hair
as David Miles
1997
3.5
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Mr Frederick Lawrence
1996
7.4
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
1996
0.0
The Tide of Life
as Nick Stuart
1996
7.5
Feast of July
as Jedd Wainwright
1995
5.5
Sharpe's Sword
as Cpt. Jack Spears
1995
7.2
🎬
Tears Before Bedtime
as Jimmy Turner
1995
0.0
One Night Stand
as John
1994
7.0
Calling the Shots
as Brian Summers
1994
8.0
Sharpe
as Jack Spears
1993
8.0
Angels
as Victor
1992
0.0
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Oliver
1992
7.0
Sherlock Holmes
as James McCarthy
1984
8.1