About
James Purefoy
Overview
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.
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Known for
Acting |
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| 2026 | Masters of the Universe | Actor | King Randor | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Saint-Pierre | Actor | Sean Gallagher | 68 Fair |
| 2023 | Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Actor | Rick Eden | 61 Fair |
| 2023 | Malpractice | Actor | Dr. Leo Harris | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Actor | Jim | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Actor | Additional Voices (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2020 | No Man's Land | Actor | Stanley | 68 Fair |
| 2020 | El Candidato | Actor | Wayne Addison | 69 Fair |
| 2019 | Limbo | Actor | Lucifer | 58 Average |
| 2019 | All Hail the Popcorn King! | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Fisherman's Friends | Actor | Jim | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | It's Me, Sugar | Actor | Billy Wilder | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Interlude In Prague | Actor | Baron Saloka | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Churchill | Actor | King George VI | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Actor | Amulet (voice) | 83 Very good |
| 2016 | Equity | Actor | Michael Connor | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Roots | Actor | John Waller | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard | Actor | Hap Collins | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | High-Rise | Actor | Pangbourne | 56 Average |
| 2015 | Momentum | Actor | Mr. Washington | 57 Average |
| 2014 | Wicked Blood | Actor | 'Wild' Bill Owens | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Following | Actor | Joe Carroll | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | John Carter | Actor | Kantos Kan | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | Injustice | Actor | William Travers | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Actor | Thomas Marshall | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Camelot | Actor | King Lot | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | Solomon Kane | Actor | Solomon Kane | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 2009 | Diamonds | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2009 | Diamonds | Actor | Lucas Denmont | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Lena: The Bride of Ice | Actor | Dr. Harper | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | The Summit | Actor | Thom Lightstone | 67 Fair |
| 2007 | Frankenstein | Actor | Clerval | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Blackbeard | Actor | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach | 67 Fair |
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Actor | Beau Brummell | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Blackbeard: Terror at Sea | Actor | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose | Actor | Kenneth Donnelly | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Rome | Actor | Mark Antony | 81 Very good |
| 2004 | Photo Finish | Actor | James Wise | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Actor | Rawdon Crawley | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Blessed | Actor | Craig Howard | 58 Average |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | Actor | George | 57 Average |
| 2003 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Actor | Donald Farfrae | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Actor | Donald Farfrae | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Actor | Spence Parks | 65 Fair |
| 2001 | Women Talking Dirty | Actor | Daniel | 58 Average |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Actor | Colville | 67 Fair |
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Actor | Andrew Spender | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Wedding Tackle | Actor | Hal | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Actor | Carl Phipps | 57 Average |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Actor | Carrasco | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Actor | Richard Spader | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park | Actor | Tom Bertram | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe | Actor | Joe | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Actor | Brendan | 59 Average |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Actor | Nicholas Jenkins | 68 Fair |
| 1997 | Bright Hair | Actor | David Miles | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Actor | Mr. Lawrence | 70 Good |
| 1996 | The Prince and the Pauper | Actor | Miles Hendon | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | The Tide of Life | Actor | Nick Stuart | 70 Good |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Actor | Jedd Wainwright | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Actor | Cpt. Jack Spears | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | Actor | Jimmy Turner | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | One Night Stand | Actor | John | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Calling the Shots | Actor | Brian Summers | 69 Fair |
| 1992 | Angels | Actor | Victor | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Actor | Oliver | 58 Average |
| Outrageous | Actor | David Freeman-Mitford | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |