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.
Born: 03 June 1964
Played In
Movie
Jun 2026
Masters of the Universe
King Randor
TV Show
Mar 2026
The Faithful
Laban
TV Show
Jun 2025
Outrageous
David Freeman-Mitford
Movie
Apr 2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Narrator
TV Show
Jan 2025
Saint-Pierre
Sean Gallagher
Movie
Oct 2024
Legacy
Le père
TV Show
Jun 2024
Land of Women
Fred
TV Show
Apr 2024
The Veil
Sir Michael Althorp
TV Show
Apr 2024
The Veil
Michael Althorp
Movie
Dec 2023
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Rick Eden
TV Show
Apr 2023
Malpractice
Dr. Leo Harris
TV Show
Dec 2022
The Recruit
Oliver Bonner-Jones
TV Show
Oct 2022
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Movie
Aug 2022
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Jim
Movie
Jul 2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Additional Voices (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2020
No Man's Land
Stanley
TV Show
Jul 2020
El Candidato
Wayne Addison
TV Show
Dec 2019
The Witcher
Skellen
Movie
Aug 2019
Limbo
Lucifer
Movie
Aug 2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!
Self
TV Show
Jul 2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
Movie
Mar 2019
Fisherman's Friends
Jim
TV Show
Jan 2019
Sex Education
Remi Milburn
TV Show
Sep 2018
A Discovery of Witches
Philippe De Clermont
TV Show
Sep 2018
A Discovery of Witches
Philippe de Clermont
Movie
Mar 2018
It's Me, Sugar
Billy Wilder
TV Show
Feb 2018
Altered Carbon
Laurens Bancroft
Movie
May 2017
Churchill
King George VI
Movie
May 2017
Interlude in Prague
Baron Saloka
TV Show
Jan 2017
Urban Myths
Billy Wilder
TV Show
Dec 2016
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Amulet (voice)
Movie
Jul 2016
Equity
Michael Connor
TV Show
May 2016
Roots
John Waller
TV Show
Mar 2016
Hap and Leonard
Hap Collins
Movie
Nov 2015
High-Rise
Pangbourne
Movie
Oct 2015
Momentum
Mr. Washington
Movie
Mar 2014
Wicked Blood
'Wild' Bill Owens
TV Show
Jan 2013
The Following
Joe Carroll
TV Show
Jun 2012
The Hollow Crown
Thomas of Mowbray
Movie
Mar 2012
John Carter
Kantos Kan
TV Show
Sep 2011
Revenge
Dominik Wright
TV Show
Jun 2011
Injustice
William Travers
Movie
Mar 2011
Ironclad
Thomas Marshall
TV Show
Feb 2011
Camelot
King Lot
TV Show
Jan 2011
Episodes
Rob
Movie
Dec 2009
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
TV Show
Jun 2009
The Philanthropist
TV Show
Apr 2009
Diamonds
Movie
Apr 2009
Diamonds
Lucas Denmont
TV Show
Mar 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
Movie
Sep 2008
Lena: The Bride of Ice
Dr. Harper
TV Show
Jun 2008
The Summit
Thom Lightstone
Movie
Oct 2007
Frankenstein
Clerval
TV Show
Jul 2007
British Film Forever
Movie
Jan 2007
Manchild
Joe
TV Show
Sep 2006
Blackbeard
Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
Movie
Jun 2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Beau Brummell
Movie
Jan 2006
Goose on the Loose
Kenneth Donnelly
TV Show
Aug 2005
Rome
Mark Antony
Movie
Sep 2004
Photo Finish
James Wise
Movie
Sep 2004
Vanity Fair
Rawdon Crawley
Movie
May 2004
Blessed
Craig Howard
Movie
Mar 2004
George and the Dragon
George
Movie
Dec 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae
TV Show
Dec 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Donald Farfrae
Movie
Jul 2002
The Making of Resident Evil
Self
Movie
Mar 2002
Resident Evil
Spence
Movie
Dec 2001
Women Talking Dirty
Daniel
Movie
May 2001
A Knight's Tale
Colville
Movie
Jan 2001
Tomorrow
Andrew Spender
Movie
Aug 2000
The Wedding Tackle
Hal
Movie
Jun 2000
Maybe Baby
Carl Phipps
Movie
Apr 2000
Don Quixote
Carrasco
Movie
Feb 2000
Lighthouse
Richard Spader
Movie
Nov 1999
Mansfield Park
Tom Bertram
Movie
Oct 1998
Jilting Joe
Joe
Movie
Aug 1998
Bedrooms and Hallways
Brendan
TV Show
Oct 1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
Nicholas Jenkins
Movie
Feb 1997
Bright Hair
David Miles
TV Show
Nov 1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Mr Frederick Lawrence
TV Show
Nov 1996
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
TV Show
Jan 1996
The Tide of Life
Nick Stuart
Movie
Oct 1995
Feast of July
Jedd Wainwright
Movie
Apr 1995
Sharpe's Sword
Captain the Lord Jack Spears
TV Show
Jan 1995
Tears Before Bedtime
Jimmy Turner
Movie
May 1994
One Night Stand
John
TV Show
Feb 1994
Calling the Shots
Brian Summers
TV Show
May 1993
Sharpe
Jack Spears
Movie
Sep 1992
Angels
Victor
Movie
Jan 1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
Oliver
TV Show
Apr 1984
Sherlock Holmes
James McCarthy