James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Born 1964-06-03 (age 62) Taunton, England, UK
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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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Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe

2026

as King Randor

John Carter
John Carter

2012

as Kantos Kan

Resident Evil
Resident Evil

2002

as Spence

A Knight's Tale
A Knight's Tale

2001

as Colville

Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane

2009

as Solomon Kane

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021

as Additional Voices (voice)

Ironclad
Ironclad

2011

as Thomas Marshall

Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair

2004

as Rawdon Crawley

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
High-Rise
High-Rise

2015

as Pangbourne

Churchill
Churchill

2017

as King George VI

Momentum
Momentum

2015

as Mr. Washington

Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park

1999

as Tom Bertram

Bedrooms and Hallways
Bedrooms and Hallways

1998

as Brendan

Equity
Equity

2016

as Michael Connor

Fisherman's Friends
George and the Dragon
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby

2000

as Carl Phipps

Don Quixote
Don Quixote

2000

as Carrasco

Frankenstein
Frankenstein

2007

as Clerval