James Purefoy
Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Taunton, England, UK
- Known For
- Мужской
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.
Filmography
Rome
as Mark Antony
2005
The Witcher
as Skellen
2019
Sex Education
as Remi Milburn
2019
The Following
as Joe Carroll
2013
Sherlock Holmes
as James McCarthy
1984
Sharpe
as Jack Spears
1993
Altered Carbon
as Laurens Bancroft
2018
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
as Amulet (voice)
2016
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe De Clermont, as Philippe de Clermont
2018
Malpractice
as Dr. Leo Harris
2023
Episodes
as Rob
2011
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
2019
The Recruit
as Oliver Bonner-Jones
2022
No Man's Land
as Stanley
2020
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
2022
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas of Mowbray
2012
Camelot
as King Lot
2011
Urban Myths
as Billy Wilder
2017
Saint-Pierre
as Sean Gallagher
2025
Roots
as John Waller
2016
The Veil
as Sir Michael Althorp, as Michael Althorp
2024
The Faithful
as Laban
2026
Land of Women
as Fred
2024
Hap and Leonard
as Hap Collins
2016
El Candidato
as Wayne Addison
2020
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Mr Frederick Lawrence
1996
Injustice
as William Travers
2011
Outrageous
as David Freeman-Mitford
2025