James Purefoy
Born: 1964-06-03 in Taunton, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Masters of the Universe as King Randor
- The Faithful as Laban
2025
- Saint-Pierre as Sean Gallagher
- Outrageous as David Freeman-Mitford
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as Narrator
2024
- Land of Women as Fred
- The Veil as Sir Michael Althorp
- Legacy as Le père
2023
- Malpractice as Dr. Leo Harris
- Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie as Rick Eden
2022
- The Recruit as Oliver Bonner-Jones
- Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
- Fisherman's Friends: One and All as Jim
2021
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Additional Voices (voice)
2020
- No Man's Land as Stanley
- El Candidato as Wayne Addison
2019
- The Witcher as Skellen
- Sex Education as Remi Milburn
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
- Fisherman's Friends as Jim
- Limbo as Lucifer
- All Hail the Popcorn King! as Self
2018
- Altered Carbon as Laurens Bancroft
- A Discovery of Witches as Philippe De Clermont
- It's Me, Sugar as Billy Wilder
2017
- Urban Myths as Billy Wilder
- Interlude in Prague as Baron Saloka
- Churchill as King George VI
2016
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia as Amulet (voice)
- Roots as John Waller
- Hap and Leonard as Hap Collins
- Equity as Michael Connor
2014
- Wicked Blood as 'Wild' Bill Owens
2013
- The Following as Joe Carroll
2012
- The Hollow Crown as Thomas of Mowbray
- John Carter as Kantos Kan
2011
2009
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Solomon Kane as Solomon Kane
- The Philanthropist
- Diamonds
- Diamonds as Lucas Denmont
2008
- The Summit as Thom Lightstone
- Lena: The Bride of Ice as Dr. Harper
2007
- Frankenstein as Clerval
- Manchild as Joe
2006
- Blackbeard as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
- Goose on the Loose as Kenneth Donnelly
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Beau Brummell
2005
- Rome as Mark Antony
2004
- Vanity Fair as Rawdon Crawley
- George and the Dragon as George
- Blessed as Craig Howard
- Photo Finish as James Wise
2003
- The Mayor of Casterbridge as Donald Farfrae
- The Mayor of Casterbridge as Donald Farfrae
2002
- Resident Evil as Spence Parks
- The Making of Resident Evil as Self
2001
- A Knight's Tale as Colville
- Tomorrow as Andrew Spender
- Women Talking Dirty as Daniel
2000
- Maybe Baby as Carl Phipps
- Don Quixote as Carrasco
- Lighthouse as Richard Spader
- The Wedding Tackle as Hal
1999
- Mansfield Park as Tom Bertram
1998
- Bedrooms and Hallways as Brendan
- Jilting Joe as Joe
1997
- A Dance to the Music of Time as Nicholas Jenkins
- Bright Hair as David Miles
1996
- The Tide of Life as Nick Stuart
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Mr Frederick Lawrence
- The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
1995
- Tears Before Bedtime as Jimmy Turner
- Feast of July as Jedd Wainwright
- Sharpe's Sword as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
1994
- Calling the Shots as Brian Summers
- One Night Stand as John
1993
- Sharpe as Jack Spears
1992
- The Cloning of Joanna May as Oliver
- Angels as Victor
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as James McCarthy