James Purefoy
Known For
Acting
Born
1964-06-03 in Taunton, England, UK
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 Known For
The Witcher
as Skellen
The Following
as Joe Carroll
Sex Education
as Remi Milburn
Revenge
as Dominik Wright
Rome
as Mark Antony
Sherlock Holmes
as James McCarthy
Altered Carbon
as Laurens Bancroft
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe De Clermont
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe de Clermont
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
as Amulet (voice)
The Recruit
as Oliver Bonner-Jones
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas of Mowbray
Episodes
as Rob
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
Camelot
as King Lot
Masters of the Universe
as King Randor
A Knight's Tale
as Colville
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV