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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
(2011) Dominik WrightAltered Carbon
(2018) Laurens BancroftA Discovery of Witches
(2018) Philippe De ClermontSherlock Holmes
(1984) James McCarthyJohn Carter
(2012) Kantos KanRome
(2005) Mark AntonyThe Following
(2013) Joe CarrollPennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
(2019) Captain Gulliver 'Gully' TroyActing
| 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 |