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Aliases: Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ , James Brian Mark Purefoy , Джеймс Пьюрфой , Jame Purefoy , 제임스 퓨어포이 , جیمز پیورفوی

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Taunton, England, UK

Homepage: https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/james-purefoy/

Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 22


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Revenge
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8

Revenge

(2011) Dominik Wright
Altered Carbon
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8

Altered Carbon

(2018) Laurens Bancroft
A Discovery of Witches
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8

A Discovery of Witches

(2018) Philippe De Clermont
Sherlock Holmes
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8

Sherlock Holmes

(1984) James McCarthy
John Carter
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6

John Carter

(2012) Kantos Kan
Rome
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8

Rome

(2005) Mark Antony
The Following
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7

The Following

(2013) Joe Carroll
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
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8

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

(2019) Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Rick Eden
Dr. Leo Harris
2022 Louis XV
Jim
2021 Additional Voices (voice)
2020 Stanley
Wayne Addison
2019 Lucifer
Self
Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
Jim
Remi Milburn
2018 Philippe De Clermont
Billy Wilder
Laurens Bancroft
2017 Baron Saloka
King George VI
Billy Wilder
2016 Amulet (voice)
Michael Connor
John Waller
Hap Collins
2015 Pangbourne
Mr. Washington
2014 'Wild' Bill Owens
2013 Joe Carroll
2012 Thomas of Mowbray
Kantos Kan
2011 Dominik Wright
William Travers
Thomas Marshall
King Lot
N/A
Rob
2009 Solomon Kane
N/A
N/A
Lucas Denmont
Self
2008 Thom Lightstone
2007 Clerval
2006 Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
Beau Brummell
Kenneth Donnelly
2005 Mark Antony
2004 Rawdon Crawley
Craig Howard
George
2003 Donald Farfrae
2002 Spence Parks
2001 Daniel
Colville
Andrew Spender
2000 Narrator
Hal
Carl Phipps
Carrasco
Richard Spader
1999 Tom Bertram
1998 Brendan
1997 Nicholas Jenkins
David Miles
1996 Mr. Lawrence
Miles Hendon
Nick Stuart
1995 Jedd Wainwright
Cpt. Jack Spears
1994 John
Brian Summers
1992 Victor
Oliver
1984 James McCarthy
Year Character Movie/Tv

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