James Purefoy
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.
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Credits
- 2026 · Masters of the Universe as King Randor
- 2025 · Saint-Pierre as Sean Gallagher
- 2024 · Land of Women as Fred
- 2024 · The Veil as Sir Michael Althorp
- 2023 · Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie as Rick Eden
- 2023 · Malpractice as Dr. Leo Harris
- 2022 · The Recruit as Oliver Bonner-Jones
- 2022 · Marie Antoinette as Louis XV
- 2022 · 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
- 2020 · El Candidato as Wayne Addison
- 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
- 2018 · 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
- 2017 · Churchill as King George VI
- 2017 · Interlude In Prague as Baron Saloka
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Billy Wilder
- 2016 · Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia as Amulet (voice)
- 2016 · Equity as Michael Connor
- 2016 · Roots as John Waller
- 2016 · Hap and Leonard as Hap Collins
- 2015 · High-Rise as Pangbourne
- 2015 · Momentum as Mr. Washington
- 2014 · Wicked Blood as 'Wild' Bill Owens
- 2013 · The Following as Joe Carroll
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Thomas of Mowbray
- 2012 · John Carter as Kantos Kan
- 2011 · Revenge as Dominik Wright
- 2011 · Injustice as William Travers
- 2011 · Ironclad as Thomas Marshall
- 2011 · Camelot as King Lot
- 2011 · Camelot as
- 2011 · Episodes as Rob
- 2009 · Solomon Kane as Solomon Kane
- 2009 · The Philanthropist as
- 2009 · Diamonds as
- 2009 · Diamonds as Lucas Denmont
- 2009 · Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2008 · Lena: The Bride of Ice as Dr. Harper
- 2008 · The Summit as Thom Lightstone
- 2007 · Frankenstein as Clerval
- 2006 · Blackbeard as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Beau Brummell
- 2006 · Goose on the Loose as Kenneth Donnelly
- 2005 · Rome as Mark Antony
- 2004 · Photo Finish as James Wise
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as Rawdon Crawley
- 2004 · Blessed as Craig Howard
- 2004 · George and the Dragon as George
- 2003 · The Mayor of Casterbridge as Donald Farfrae
- 2003 · The Mayor of Casterbridge as Donald Farfrae
- 2002 · Resident Evil as Spence Parks
- 2001 · Women Talking Dirty as Daniel
- 2001 · A Knight's Tale as Colville
- 2001 · Tomorrow as Andrew Spender
- 2000 · Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as Narrator
- 2000 · The Wedding Tackle as Hal
- 2000 · Maybe Baby as Carl Phipps
- 2000 · Don Quixote as Carrasco
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Tom Bertram
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as Nicholas Jenkins
- 1996 · The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Mr. Lawrence
- 1996 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 1993 · Sharpe as Jack Spears
- Future · Outrageous as David Freeman-Mitford
- 2000 · Lighthouse as Richard Spader
- 1998 · Jilting Joe as Joe
- 1998 · Bedrooms and Hallways as Brendan
- 1997 · Bright Hair as David Miles
- 1996 · The Tide of Life as Nick Stuart
- 1995 · Feast of July as Jedd Wainwright
- 1995 · Sharpe's Sword as Cpt. Jack Spears
- 1995 · Tears Before Bedtime as Jimmy Turner
- 1994 · One Night Stand as John
- 1994 · Calling the Shots as Brian Summers
- 1992 · Angels as Victor
- 1992 · The Cloning of Joanna May as Oliver
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as James McCarthy