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James Purefoy
Actor, ProducerBorn June 3, 1964 (60 years)
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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| 2026 | Masters of the Universe · as King Randor |
| 2025 | Saint-Pierre (TV Series) · as Sean Gallagher |
| 2025 | Outrageous (2025) (TV Series) · as David Freeman-Mitford |
| 2024 | Land of Women (TV Series) · as Fred |
| 2024 | The Veil (2024) (TV Series) · as Sir Michael Althorp |
| 2023 | Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie · as Rick Eden |
| 2023 | Malpractice (TV Series) · as Dr. Leo Harris |
| 2022 | The Recruit (TV Series) · as Oliver Bonner-Jones |
| 2022 | Marie-Antoinette (2022) (TV Series) · as Louis Xv |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men · as Stonebridge |
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2020 | No Man's Land (2020) (TV Series) · as Stanley |
| 2020 | El Candidato (TV Series) · as Wayne Addison |
| 2019 | The Witcher (TV Series) · as Skellen |
| 2019 | Limbo · as Lucifer |
| 2019 | Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (TV Series) · as Captain Gulliver 'gully' Troy |
| 2019 | Fisherman's Friends · as Jim |
| 2019 | Sex Education (TV Series) · as Remi Milburn |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Kanjigar |
| 2018 | A Discovery of Witches (TV Series) · as Philippe De Clermont |
| 2018 | It's Me, Sugar · as Billy Wilder |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon (TV Series) · as Laurens Bancroft |
| 2018 | Hold Your Breath · as Mr. Black |
| 2017 | Churchill · as King George Vi |
| 2017 | Interlude in Prague · as Baron Saloka |
| 2017 | Urban Myths (TV Series) · as Billy Wilder |
| 2016 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter · as Spence |
| 2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Amulet (voice) |
| 2016 | Equity · as Michael Connor |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as John Waller |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard (TV Series) · as Hap Collins |
| 2015 | High-Rise · as Pangbourne |
| 2015 | Momentum · as Mr. Washington |
| 2014 | Wicked Blood · as 'wild' Bill Owens |
| 2013 | The Following (TV Series) · as Joe Carroll |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution · as Spence Parks |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Thomas Of Mowbray |
| 2012 | John Carter · as Kantos Kan |
| 2011 | Revenge (TV Series) · as Dominik Wright |
| 2011 | Injustice (2011) (TV Series) · as William Travers |
| 2011 | Ironclad · as Thomas Marshall |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Episodes (TV Series) · as Rob |
| 2010 | Rev. (TV Series) · as Richard |
| 2009 | Solomon Kane · as Solomon Kane |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Diamonds (2009) (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Diamonds · as Lucas Denmont |
| 2008 | Sexo en serie · as Mark Antony |
| 2008 | The Summit (TV Series) · as Thom Lightstone |
| 2008 | Manchild (2007) (TV Series) · as Joe |
| 2007 | Frankenstein · as Clerval |
| 2007 | Manchild · as Joe |
| 2006 | Blackbeard: Terror at Sea (TV Series) · as Edward 'blackbeard' Teach |
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man · as Beau Brummell |
| 2006 | Blackbeard: Terror at Sea · as Edward 'blackbeard' Teach |
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose · as Kenneth Donnelly |
| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) · as Mark Antony |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair · as Rawdon Crawley |
| 2004 | Blessed · as Craig Howard |
| 2004 | George and the Dragon · as George |
| 2003 | Photo Finish · as James Wise |
| 2003 | The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV Series) · as Donald Farfrae |
| 2002 | Resident Evil · as Spence Parks |
| 2001 | The Mayor of Casterbridge · as Donald Farfrae |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale · as Colville |
| 2001 | Tomorrow · as Andrew Spender |
| 2000 | The Wedding Tackle · as Hal |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby · as Carl Phipps |
| 2000 | Metropolis (TV Series) · as Nathan |
| 2000 | Don Quixote · as Carrasco |
| 1999 | Women Talking Dirty · as Daniel |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park · as Tom Bertram |
| 1999 | Lighthouse · as Richard Spader |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe · as Joe |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways · as Brendan |
| 1997 | Bright Hair · as David Miles |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time (TV Series) · as Nicholas Jenkins |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series) · as Mr. Lawrence |
| 1996 | The Prince and the Pauper (TV Series) · as Miles Hendon |
| 1996 | Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life (TV Series) · as Nick Stuart |
| 1995 | Feast of July · as Jedd Wainwright |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Sword · as Cpt. Jack Spears |
| 1993 | Sharpe (TV Series) · as Jack Spears |
| 1993 | Calling The Shots (TV Series) · as Brian Summers |
| 1992 | Crime Story (TV Series) · as Darius Guppy |
| 1992 | The Cloning Of Joanna May (TV Series) · as Oliver |
| 1991 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (TV Series) · as James Mccarthy |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as James Bennett |
| 1986 | |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as James Mccarthy |