James Purefoy
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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.
Known for
Credits
Masters of the Universe (2026)
as King Randor
John Carter (2012)
as Kantos Kan
A Knight's Tale (2001)
as Colville
Resident Evil (2002)
as Spence
Solomon Kane (2009)
as Solomon Kane
Ironclad (2011)
as Thomas Marshall
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
as Additional Voices (voice)
High-Rise (2015)
as Pangbourne
Vanity Fair (2004)
as Rawdon Crawley
Momentum (2015)
as Mr. Washington
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)
as Rick Eden
Mansfield Park (1999)
as Tom Bertram
Churchill (2017)
as King George VI
George and the Dragon (2004)
as George
Don Quixote (2000)
as Carrasco
Fisherman's Friends (2019)
as Jim
Equity (2016)
as Michael Connor
Maybe Baby (2000)
as Carl Phipps
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
Wicked Blood (2014)
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
Feast of July (1995)
as Jedd Wainwright
Manchild (2007)
as Joe
Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022)
as Jim
Blessed (2004)
as Craig Howard
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
as Brendan
Interlude in Prague (2017)
as Baron Saloka
Bright Hair (1997)
as David Miles
Jilting Joe (1998)
as Joe
Frankenstein (2007)
as Clerval
It's Me, Sugar (2018)
as Billy Wilder
The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
as Oliver
Tomorrow (2001)
as Andrew Spender
The Wedding Tackle (2000)
as Hal
Diamonds (2009)
as Lucas Denmont
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (2025)
as Narrator
Women Talking Dirty (2001)
as Daniel
Goose on the Loose (2006)
as Kenneth Donnelly
The Making of Resident Evil (2002)
as Self
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
as Donald Farfrae
Limbo (2019)
as Lucifer
Lighthouse (2000)
as Richard Spader
Photo Finish (2004)
as James Wise
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)
as Beau Brummell
Angels (1992)
as Victor
Legacy (2024)
as Le père
Lena: The Bride of Ice (2008)
as Dr. Harper
All Hail the Popcorn King! (2019)
as Self
One Night Stand (1994)
as John