James Purefoy
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1964
Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
48 movies · 44 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Masters of the Universe
2026
7.1
The Faithful
2026
7.7
Outrageous
2025
10.0
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
5.8
Saint-Pierre
20257.0
Legacy
2024
6.8
Land of Women
2024
6.5
The Veil
2024
6.8
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
2023
7.0
Malpractice
2023
7.5
The Recruit
2022
7.5
Marie Antoinette
2022
6.5
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022
1.7
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
7.6
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
6.9
No Man's Land
2020
6.9
El Candidato
2020
7.9
The Witcher
2019
5.3
Limbo
2019
1.0
All Hail the Popcorn King!
2019
7.9
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
6.7
Fisherman's Friends
2019
8.2
Sex Education
2019
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
2018
6.0
It's Me, Sugar
2018
7.6
Altered Carbon
2018
6.2
Churchill
2017
5.8
Interlude in Prague
2017
7.4
Urban Myths
2017
8.5
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
2016
5.6
Equity
2016
6.9
Roots
2016
6.9
Hap and Leonard
2016
5.6
High-Rise
2015
5.7
Momentum
2015
5.5
Wicked Blood
2014
6.9
The Following
2013
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012
6.4
John Carter
2012
7.5
Revenge
2011
7.1
Injustice
2011
6.2
Ironclad
2011
6.3
Camelot
2011
7.2
Episodes
2011
6.0
Solomon Kane
2009
7.1
The Philanthropist
2009NR
Diamonds
2009
4.7
Diamonds
2009
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
200910.0
Lena: The Bride of Ice
2008
5.6
The Summit
2008
5.6
Frankenstein
2007
5.5
British Film Forever
2007
4.5
Manchild
2007
6.1
Blackbeard
2006
5.2
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
5.3
Goose on the Loose
2006
8.2
Rome
20057.0
Photo Finish
2004
5.8
Vanity Fair
2004
4.8
Blessed
2004
5.5
George and the Dragon
2004
7.3
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
7.0
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
8.0
The Making of Resident Evil
2002
6.7
Resident Evil
2002
5.4
Women Talking Dirty
2001
6.9
A Knight's Tale
2001
5.8
Tomorrow
2001
10.0
The Wedding Tackle
2000
5.5
Maybe Baby
2000NR
Metropolis
2000
6.3
Don Quixote
2000
4.5
Lighthouse
2000
6.7
Mansfield Park
19998.0
Jilting Joe
1998
6.0
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
4.1
Bright Hair
1997
7.5
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
9.0
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
8.0
The Tide of Life
1996
5.8
Feast of July
1995
7.3
Sharpe's Sword
19957.0
Tears Before Bedtime
1995
7.0
One Night Stand
1994
8.0
Calling the Shots
1994
8.0
Sharpe
1993
9.0
Angels
1992
NR
The Cloning of Joanna May
19928.0
Coasting
1990
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984