Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 03, 1964
Place of Birth
Taunton, England, UK
Credits
91 titles
James Purefoy
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
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
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
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
Amulet (voice)
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