James Purefoy
Acting
Born: June 3, 1964 (age 62) · Taunton, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Sex Education
2019
Resident Evil
2002
The Witcher
2019
John Carter
2012
A Knight's Tale
2001
Altered Carbon
2018
Solomon Kane
2009
Rome
2005
High-Rise
2015
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
2016
Masters of the Universe
2026
A Discovery of Witches
2018
Photos (3)
Movies (43)
Masters of the Universe
King Randor
Resident Evil
Spence
A Knight's Tale
Colville
John Carter
Kantos Kan
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Additional Voices (voice)
Vanity Fair
Rawdon Crawley
High-Rise
Pangbourne
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Rick Eden
Ironclad
Thomas Marshall
Momentum
Mr. Washington
Fisherman's Friends
Jim
George and the Dragon
George
Churchill
King George VI
Mansfield Park
Tom Bertram
Goose on the Loose
Kenneth Donnelly
Equity
Michael Connor
Wicked Blood
'Wild' Bill Owens
Bedrooms and Hallways
Brendan
Maybe Baby
Carl Phipps
It's Me, Sugar
Billy Wilder
Sharpe's Sword
Captain the Lord Jack Spears
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Beau Brummell
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Jim
Manchild
Joe
Interlude in Prague
Baron Saloka
Don Quixote
Carrasco
Feast of July
Jedd Wainwright
Blessed
Craig Howard
Women Talking Dirty
Daniel
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Narrator
One Night Stand
John
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae
Frankenstein
Clerval
The Wedding Tackle
Hal
Limbo
Lucifer
Lighthouse
Richard Spader
Jilting Joe
Joe
Bright Hair
David Miles
Diamonds
Lucas Denmont
Angels
Victor
Tomorrow
Andrew Spender
TV Shows (42)
The Witcher
Skellen · 5 eps
Sex Education
Remi Milburn · 5 eps
Revenge
Dominik Wright
The Following
Joe Carroll · 45 eps
Sherlock Holmes
James McCarthy · 1 eps
Altered Carbon
Laurens Bancroft · 10 eps
Rome
Mark Antony · 22 eps
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Kanjigar / Amulet / Ghost Kanjigar · 9 eps
Sharpe
Jack Spears · 1 eps
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy · 10 eps
A Discovery of Witches
Philippe De Clermont · 3 eps
A Discovery of Witches
Philippe de Clermont · 2 eps
Episodes
Rob · 4 eps
The Hollow Crown
Thomas of Mowbray · 1 eps
The Recruit
Oliver Bonner-Jones · 2 eps
Camelot
King Lot · 3 eps
Urban Myths
Billy Wilder · 1 eps
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV · 4 eps
No Man's Land
Stanley · 8 eps
Malpractice
Dr. Leo Harris · 5 eps
The Veil
Sir Michael Althorp · 5 eps
The Veil
Michael Althorp · 6 eps
Roots
John Waller · 2 eps
A Dance to the Music of Time
Nicholas Jenkins · 4 eps
The Faithful
Laban · 2 eps
British Film Forever
2 eps
The Philanthropist
8 eps
Land of Women
Fred · 6 eps
Saint-Pierre
Sean Gallagher · 22 eps
Hap and Leonard
Hap Collins · 18 eps
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Mr Frederick Lawrence · 2 eps
El Candidato
Wayne Addison · 10 eps
Injustice
William Travers · 5 eps
The Summit
Thom Lightstone · 2 eps
Outrageous
David Freeman-Mitford · 6 eps
Diamonds
2 eps
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon · 6 eps
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae · 2 eps
Blackbeard
Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach · 2 eps
The Cloning of Joanna May
Oliver · 2 eps
The Tide of Life
Nick Stuart · 3 eps
Calling the Shots
Brian Summers · 2 eps
