James Purefoy

James Purefoy

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 3, 1964
BiographyJames 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

Malpractice
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as Dr Leo Harris
Marie Antoinette
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as Louis XV
Saint-Pierre
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as Sean Gallagher
The Wine Show
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as Presenter
Outrageous
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as Farve
A Dance to the Music of Time
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as Nicholas Jenkins
A Discovery of Witches
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as Philippe de Clermont
Altered Carbon
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as Laurens Bancroft
El Candidato
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as Wayne Addison
Hap and Leonard
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Hap and Leonard

as Hap Collins
Injustice
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as William Travers
No Man's Land
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as Stanley
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
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Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy
Rome
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as Mark Antony
Roots
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as John Waller
Sharpe
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as Cpt. Jack Spears
The Following
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as Joe Carroll
The Hollow Crown
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The Hollow Crown

as Thomas Mowbray
The Mayor of Casterbridge
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The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Donald Farfrae
The Philanthropist
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The Philanthropist

as Teddy Rist
The Summit
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The Summit

as Thom Lightstone

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