James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Actor · Producer

Born June 3, 1964 · Taunton, England, UK

1

Films reviewed

6.5

Avg. rating

Masters of the Universe

Best-reviewed

2026

Years active

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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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Selected Filmography

  • Sex Education(2019)TV Series · 5 epsas Remi Milburn
  • The Witcher(2019)TV Series · 5 epsas Skellen
  • Rome(2005)TV Series · 22 epsas Mark Antony
  • Revenge(2011)TV Seriesas Dominik Wright
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Self
  • The Following(2013)TV Series · 45 epsas Joe Carroll
  • Sharpe(1993)TV Series · 1 epas Jack Spears
  • Sherlock Holmes(1984)TV Series · 1 epas James McCarthy
  • Altered Carbon(2018)TV Series · 10 epsas Laurens Bancroft
  • Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia(2016)TV Series · 9 epsas Kanjigar / Amulet / Ghost Kanjigar
  • A Discovery of Witches(2018)TV Series · 2 epsas Philippe de Clermont
  • Episodes(2011)TV Series · 4 epsas Rob
  • Resident Evil(2002)as Spence
  • Malpractice(2023)TV Series · 5 epsas Dr. Leo Harris
  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler(2019)TV Series · 10 epsas Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
  • The Recruit(2022)TV Series · 2 epsas Oliver Bonner-Jones
  • No Man's Land(2020)TV Series · 8 epsas Stanley
  • Marie Antoinette(2022)TV Series · 4 epsas Louis XV
  • A Knight's Tale(2001)as Colville
  • The Hollow Crown(2012)TV Series · 1 epas Thomas of Mowbray

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