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James Purefoy

Born 1964-06-03
📍 Taunton, England, UK

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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Filmography 84

Masters of the Universe
as King Randor
2026
The Faithful
as Laban
2026
Outrageous
as David Freeman-Mitford
2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Narrator
2025
Saint-Pierre
as Sean Gallagher
2025
Land of Women
as Fred
2024
The Veil
as Sir Michael Althorp
2024
The Veil
as Michael Althorp
2024
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
as Rick Eden
2023
Malpractice
as Dr. Leo Harris
2023
The Recruit
as Oliver Bonner-Jones
2022
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
2022
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
as Jim
2022
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)
2021
No Man's Land
as Stanley
2020
El Candidato
as Wayne Addison
2020
The Witcher
as Skellen
2019
Limbo
as Lucifer
2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
as Self
2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
2019
Fisherman's Friends
as Jim
2019
Sex Education
as Remi Milburn
2019
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe De Clermont
2018
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe de Clermont
2018
It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder
2018
Altered Carbon
as Laurens Bancroft
2018
Churchill
as King George VI
2017
Interlude In Prague
as Baron Saloka
2017
Urban Myths
as Billy Wilder
2017
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
as Amulet (voice)
2016
Equity
as Michael Connor
2016
Roots
as John Waller
2016
Hap and Leonard
as Hap Collins
2016
High-Rise
as Pangbourne
2015
Momentum
as Mr. Washington
2015
Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
2014
The Following
as Joe Carroll
2013
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas of Mowbray
2012
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
2012
Revenge
as Dominik Wright
2011
Injustice
as William Travers
2011
Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall
2011
Camelot
as King Lot
2011
Episodes
as Rob
2011
Solomon Kane
as Solomon Kane
2009
The Philanthropist
2009
Diamonds
as Lucas Denmont
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
The Summit
as Thom Lightstone
2008
Frankenstein
as Clerval
2007
Manchild
as Joe
2007
Blackbeard
as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Beau Brummell
2006
Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
2006
Rome
as Mark Antony
2005
Vanity Fair
as Rawdon Crawley
2004
Blessed
as Craig Howard
2004
George and the Dragon
as George
2004
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae
2003
The Making of Resident Evil
as Self
2002
Resident Evil
as Spence Parks
2002
Women Talking Dirty
as Daniel
2001
A Knight's Tale
as Colville
2001
Tomorrow
as Andrew Spender
2001
The Wedding Tackle
as Hal
2000
Maybe Baby
as Carl Phipps
2000
Don Quixote
as Carrasco
2000
Lighthouse
as Richard Spader
2000
Mansfield Park
as Tom Bertram
1999
Bedrooms and Hallways
as Brendan
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Nicholas Jenkins
1997
Bright Hair
as David Miles
1997
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Mr Frederick Lawrence
1996
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
1996
The Tide of Life
as Nick Stuart
1996
Feast of July
as Jedd Wainwright
1995
Sharpe's Sword
as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
1995
One Night Stand
as John
1994
Calling the Shots
as Brian Summers
1994
Sharpe
as Jack Spears
1993
Angels
as Victor
1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Oliver
1992
Sherlock Holmes
as James McCarthy
1984