James Purefoy
Acting
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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Known For
The Witcher
The Following
Revenge
Sex Education
Sherlock Holmes
Altered Carbon
Rome
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches
Episodes
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
The Recruit
Camelot
The Hollow Crown
The Veil
The Veil
Marie Antoinette
Roots
A Knight's Tale
John Carter
Resident Evil
No Man's Land
Ironclad
Land of Women
Hap and Leonard
Solomon Kane
El Candidato
High-Rise
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