Acting
James Purefoy
EN, FR, IT cinema · 48 credits
Born
3 June 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Taunton, England, UK
Also known as Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ · James Brian Mark Purefoy · Джеймс Пьюрфой · Jame Purefoy · 제임스 퓨어포이 · جیمز پیورفوی
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
as King Randor
Legacy
2024
Legacy
as Le père
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
as Rick Eden
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
as Jim, Executive Producer
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)
Limbo
as Lucifer
It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder
Churchill
as King George VI
Interlude in Prague
as Baron Saloka
Equity
as Michael Connor
High-Rise
as Pangbourne
Momentum
as Mr. Washington
Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall
Solomon Kane
as Solomon Kane
Diamonds
as Lucas Denmont
Frankenstein
as Clerval
Manchild
as Joe
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Beau Brummell
Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
George and the Dragon
as George
Blessed
as Craig Howard
Vanity Fair
as Rawdon Crawley
Photo Finish
2004
Photo Finish
as James Wise
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
Resident Evil
as Spence
Women Talking Dirty
as Daniel
A Knight's Tale
as Colville
Tomorrow
as Andrew Spender
Lighthouse
as Richard Spader
Maybe Baby
as Carl Phipps
Don Quixote
as Carrasco
Mansfield Park
as Tom Bertram
Jilting Joe
as Joe
Bedrooms and Hallways
as Brendan
Bright Hair
as David Miles
Sharpe's Sword
as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
Feast of July
as Jedd Wainwright
One Night Stand
as John
Angels
as Victor