James Purefoy
Acting
Born: Jun 03, 1964
From: Taunton, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | Narrator | 2025 | 10.0 |
| Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Rick Eden | 2023 | 6.878 |
| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Additional Voices (voice) | 2021 | 7.532 |
| Equity | Michael Connor | 2016 | 5.62 |
| High-Rise | Pangbourne | 2015 | 5.622 |
| Momentum | Mr. Washington | 2015 | 5.658 |
| Wicked Blood | 'Wild' Bill Owens | 2014 | 5.5 |
| John Carter | Kantos Kan | 2012 | 6.359 |
| Ironclad | Thomas Marshall | 2011 | 6.144 |
| Solomon Kane | Solomon Kane | 2009 | 6.032 |
| Diamonds | Lucas Denmont | 2009 | 4.7 |
| Frankenstein | Clerval | 2007 | 5.2 |
| Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Beau Brummell | 2006 | 5.2 |
| Goose on the Loose | Kenneth Donnelly | 2006 | 5.35 |
| George and the Dragon | George | 2004 | 5.459 |
| Blessed | Craig Howard | 2004 | 4.764 |
| Vanity Fair | Rawdon Crawley | 2004 | 5.791 |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge | Donald Farfrae | 2003 | 7.333 |
| Resident Evil | Spence Parks | 2002 | 6.651 |
| Women Talking Dirty | Daniel | 2001 | 5.28 |
| A Knight's Tale | Colville | 2001 | 6.872 |
| The Wedding Tackle | Hal | 2000 | 10.0 |
| Lighthouse | Richard Spader | 2000 | 4.597 |
| Maybe Baby | Carl Phipps | 2000 | 5.429 |
| Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | 1999 | 6.694 |
| Jilting Joe | Joe | 1998 | 8.0 |
| Bright Hair | David Miles | 1997 | 4.143 |
| Sharpe's Sword | Cpt. Jack Spears | 1995 | 7.339 |
| Feast of July | Jedd Wainwright | 1995 | 5.75 |
| One Night Stand | John | 1994 | 7.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1964 |
| From | Taunton, England, UK |