James Purefoy

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

June 3, 1964 (62 yrs)

place of birth

Taunton, England, UK

also known as

Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ · James Brian Mark Purefoy · Джеймс Пьюрфой · Jame Purefoy

total credits

44 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Masters of the Universe
7.2

Masters of the Universe

2026as King Randor
John Carter
6.4

John Carter

2012as Kantos Kan
A Knight's Tale
6.9

A Knight's Tale

2001as Colville
Resident Evil
6.7

Resident Evil

2002as Spence
Solomon Kane
6.0

Solomon Kane

2009as Solomon Kane
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
7.6

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021as Additional Voices (voice)
High-Rise
5.6

High-Rise

2015as Pangbourne
Ironclad
6.2

Ironclad

2011as Thomas Marshall
Momentum
5.7

Momentum

2015as Mr. Washington
Mansfield Park
6.7

Mansfield Park

1999as Tom Bertram
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
6.9

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

2023as Rick Eden
Vanity Fair
5.8

Vanity Fair

2004as Rawdon Crawley
Churchill
6.2

Churchill

2017as King George VI
George and the Dragon
5.5

George and the Dragon

2004as George
Fisherman's Friends
6.7

Fisherman's Friends

2019as Jim
Equity
5.6

Equity

2016as Michael Connor
Frankenstein
5.6

Frankenstein

2007as Clerval
Don Quixote
6.3

Don Quixote

2000as Carrasco
Maybe Baby
5.4

Maybe Baby

2000as Carl Phipps
Sharpe's Sword
7.3

Sharpe's Sword

1995as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
Bedrooms and Hallways
6.1

Bedrooms and Hallways

1998as Brendan
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
6.5

Fisherman's Friends: One and All

2022as Jim
Blessed
4.8

Blessed

2004as Craig Howard
The Cloning of Joanna May
7.0

The Cloning of Joanna May

1992as Oliver
Bright Hair
4.1

Bright Hair

1997as David Miles
Feast of July
5.8

Feast of July

1995as Jedd Wainwright
The Mayor of Casterbridge
7.3

The Mayor of Casterbridge

2003as Donald Farfrae
Diamonds
4.7

Diamonds

2009as Lucas Denmont
Goose on the Loose
5.3

Goose on the Loose

2006as Kenneth Donnelly
Wicked Blood
5.5

Wicked Blood

2014as 'Wild' Bill Owens
Interlude in Prague
5.8

Interlude in Prague

2017as Baron Saloka
Women Talking Dirty
5.3

Women Talking Dirty

2001as Daniel
Limbo
5.3

Limbo

2019as Lucifer
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
5.2

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

2006as Beau Brummell
It's Me, Sugar
6.0

It's Me, Sugar

2018as Billy Wilder
Lighthouse
4.6

Lighthouse

2000as Richard Spader
The Making of Resident Evil
8.0

The Making of Resident Evil

2002as Self
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
10.0

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2025as Narrator
Angels
9.0

Angels

1992as Victor
Tomorrow
5.8

Tomorrow

2001as Andrew Spender
The Wedding Tackle
10.0

The Wedding Tackle

2000as Hal
Manchild
7.0

Manchild

2007as Joe
One Night Stand
7.0

One Night Stand

1994as John
All Hail the Popcorn King!
1.0

All Hail the Popcorn King!

2019as Self