James Purefoy
- Acting
- June 3, 1964 · 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 · King Randor
- The Faithful · Laban
- Outrageous · David Freeman-Mitford
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain · Narrator
- Saint-Pierre · Sean Gallagher
- Legacy · Le père
- Land of Women · Fred
- The Veil · Sir Michael Althorp, Michael Althorp
- Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie · Rick Eden
- Malpractice · Dr. Leo Harris
- The Recruit · Oliver Bonner-Jones
- Marie Antoinette · Louis XV
- Fisherman's Friends: One and All · Jim, Executive producer
- Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans · Additional Voices (Voice)
- No Man's Land · Stanley
- El Candidato · Wayne Addison
- The Witcher · Skellen
- Limbo · Lucifer
- All Hail the Popcorn King! · Self
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler · Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
- Fisherman's Friends · Jim
- Sex Education · Remi Milburn
- A Discovery of Witches · Philippe De Clermont, Philippe de Clermont
- It's Me, Sugar · Billy Wilder
- Altered Carbon · Laurens Bancroft
- Churchill · King George VI
- Interlude in Prague · Baron Saloka
- Urban Myths · Billy Wilder
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia · Kanjigar / Amulet / Ghost Kanjigar
- Equity · Michael Connor
- Roots · John Waller
- Hap and Leonard · Hap Collins
- High-Rise · Pangbourne
- Momentum · Mr. Washington
- Wicked Blood · 'Wild' Bill Owens
- The Following · Joe Carroll
- The Hollow Crown · Thomas of Mowbray
- John Carter · Kantos Kan
- Revenge · Dominik Wright
- Injustice · William Travers
- Ironclad · Thomas Marshall
- Camelot · King Lot
- Episodes · Rob
- Solomon Kane · Solomon Kane
- The Philanthropist
- Diamonds
- Diamonds · Lucas Denmont
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Lena: The Bride of Ice · Dr. Harper
- The Summit · Thom Lightstone
- Frankenstein · Clerval
- British Film Forever
- Manchild · Joe
- Blackbeard · Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man · Beau Brummell
- Goose on the Loose · Kenneth Donnelly
- Rome · Mark Antony
- Photo Finish · James Wise
- Vanity Fair · Rawdon Crawley
- Blessed · Craig Howard
- George and the Dragon · George
- The Mayor of Casterbridge · Donald Farfrae
- The Mayor of Casterbridge · Donald Farfrae
- The Making of Resident Evil · Self
- Resident Evil · Spence
- Women Talking Dirty · Daniel
- A Knight's Tale · Colville
- Tomorrow · Andrew Spender
- The Wedding Tackle · Hal
- Maybe Baby · Carl Phipps
- Metropolis · Nathan
- Don Quixote · Carrasco
- Lighthouse · Richard Spader
- Mansfield Park · Tom Bertram
- Jilting Joe · Joe
- Bedrooms and Hallways · Brendan
- A Dance to the Music of Time · Nicholas Jenkins
- Have Your Cake and Eat It · Ben
- Bright Hair · David Miles