James Purefoy
Birthplace: Taunton
Born: 1964-06-03
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the Fox thriller 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 the upcoming V for Vendetta TV series.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Masters of the Universe (2026) — King Randor
- Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023) — Rick Eden
- Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022) — Jim
- Fisherman's Friends (2019) — Jim
- Churchill (2017) — King George VI
- Interlude in Prague (2017) — Baron Saloka
- Equity (2016) — Michael Connor
- High-Rise (2015) — John Pangbourne
- Momentum (2015) — Mr. Washington
- Wicked Blood (2014) — Bill Owens
- John Carter (2012) — Kantos Kan
- Richard II (2012)
- Ironclad (2011) — Thomas Marshal
- Solomon Kane (2009) — Solomon Kane
- Lena: The Bride of Ice (2008)
- The Summit (2008) — Thom Lightstone
- Frankenstein (2007) — Clerval
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)
- Blackbeard: Terror at Sea (2006) — Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
- Blessed (2004) — Craig Howard
- George and the Dragon (2004) — George
- Vanity Fair (2004) — Rawdon Crawley
- Resident Evil (2002) — Spence Parks
- A Knight's Tale (2001) — Colville
- The Wedding Tackle (2000)
- Lighthouse (1999)
- Mansfield Park (1999) — Tom Bertram
- Women Talking Dirty (1999) — Daniel
- Bright Hair (1997) — David Miles
- Feast of July (1995)
- Sharpe's Sword (1995)
- A Dead Man in Deptford — Ned Allyn
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Lindsay Duncan · 3 films
- Aneurin Barnard · 2 films
- Brian Cox · 2 films
- Dave Johns · 2 films
- David Hayman · 2 films
- David Sterne · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.