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








