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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 83
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Jim
- 2021
- 2020
El Candidato
Wayne Addison · 10 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Limbo
Lucifer
- 2018
It's Me, Sugar
Billy Wilder
- 2017
- 2016
Hap and Leonard
Hap Collins · 18 episodes
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Injustice
William Travers · 5 episodes
2000s
- 2009
The Philanthropist
TV
Diamonds
TV
Diamonds
Lucas Denmont
- 2008
The Summit
Thom Lightstone · 2 episodes
- 2007
Frankenstein
Clerval
British Film Forever
TV
- 2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Beau Brummell
Goose on the Loose
Kenneth Donnelly
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
Women Talking Dirty
Daniel
Tomorrow
Andrew Spender
- 2000
Maybe Baby
Carl Phipps
Don Quixote
Carrasco
1990s
- 1999
Mansfield Park
Tom Bertram
- 1998
Jilting Joe
Joe
- 1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
Nicholas Jenkins · 4 episodes
Bright Hair
David Miles
- 1996
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon · 6 episodes
The Tide of Life
Nick Stuart · 3 episodes
- 1995
Feast of July
Jedd Wainwright
Sharpe's Sword
Captain the Lord Jack Spears
- 1994
One Night Stand
John
Calling the Shots
Brian Summers · 2 episodes
- 1993
- 1992
Angels
Victor
The Cloning of Joanna May
Oliver · 2 episodes
Produced 1
2020s
- 2022
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Executive Producer
Appearances4
2020s
- 2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Narrator
2010s
- 2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
Self
2000s
- 2009
- 2002
The Making of Resident Evil
Self
