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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Masters of the Universe

The Witcher

Sex Education

Revenge

The Following

Sherlock Holmes

Rome

Altered Carbon

All Movies (48)

• Masters of the Universe2026 · as King Randor
• Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain2025 · as Narrator
• Legacy2024 · as Le père
• Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie2023 · as Rick Eden
• Fisherman's Friends: One and All2022 · as Jim
• Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans2021 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Limbo2019 · as Lucifer
• All Hail the Popcorn King!2019 · as Self
• Fisherman's Friends2019 · as Jim
• It's Me, Sugar2018 · as Billy Wilder
• Churchill2017 · as King George VI
• Interlude in Prague2017 · as Baron Saloka
• Equity2016 · as Michael Connor
• High-Rise2015 · as Pangbourne
• Momentum2015 · as Mr. Washington
• Wicked Blood2014 · as 'Wild' Bill Owens
• John Carter2012 · as Kantos Kan
• Ironclad2011 · as Thomas Marshall
• Solomon Kane2009 · as Solomon Kane
• Diamonds2009 · as Lucas Denmont
• Lena: The Bride of Ice2008 · as Dr. Harper
• Frankenstein2007 · as Clerval
• Manchild2007 · as Joe
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man2006 · as Beau Brummell
• Goose on the Loose2006 · as Kenneth Donnelly
• Photo Finish2004 · as James Wise
• Vanity Fair2004 · as Rawdon Crawley
• Blessed2004 · as Craig Howard
• George and the Dragon2004 · as George
• The Mayor of Casterbridge2003 · as Donald Farfrae
• The Making of Resident Evil2002 · as Self
• Resident Evil2002 · as Spence
• Women Talking Dirty2001 · as Daniel
• A Knight's Tale2001 · as Colville
• Tomorrow2001 · as Andrew Spender
• The Wedding Tackle2000 · as Hal
• Maybe Baby2000 · as Carl Phipps
• Don Quixote2000 · as Carrasco
• Lighthouse2000 · as Richard Spader
• Mansfield Park1999 · as Tom Bertram
• Jilting Joe1998 · as Joe
• Bedrooms and Hallways1998 · as Brendan
• Bright Hair1997 · as David Miles
• Feast of July1995 · as Jedd Wainwright
• Sharpe's Sword1995 · as Captain the Lord Jack Spears
• One Night Stand1994 · as John
• Angels1992 · as Victor
• The Cloning of Joanna May1992 · as Oliver

All TV Shows (44)

• The Faithful2026 · as Laban
• Outrageous2025 · as David Freeman-Mitford
• Saint-Pierre2025 · as Sean Gallagher
• Land of Women2024 · as Fred
• The Veil2024 · as Sir Michael Althorp
• The Veil2024 · as Michael Althorp
• Malpractice2023 · as Dr. Leo Harris
• The Recruit2022 · as Oliver Bonner-Jones
• Marie Antoinette2022 · as Louis XV
• No Man's Land2020 · as Stanley
• El Candidato2020 · as Wayne Addison
• The Witcher2019 · as Skellen
• Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler2019 · as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
• Sex Education2019 · as Remi Milburn
• A Discovery of Witches2018 · as Philippe De Clermont
• A Discovery of Witches2018 · as Philippe de Clermont
• Altered Carbon2018 · as Laurens Bancroft
• Urban Myths2017 · as Billy Wilder
• Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia2016 · as Amulet (voice)
• Roots2016 · as John Waller
• Hap and Leonard2016 · as Hap Collins
• The Following2013 · as Joe Carroll
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Thomas of Mowbray
• Revenge2011 · as Dominik Wright
• Injustice2011 · as William Travers
• Camelot2011 · as King Lot
• Episodes2011 · as Rob
• The Philanthropist2009
• Diamonds2009
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• The Summit2008 · as Thom Lightstone
• British Film Forever2007
• Blackbeard2006 · as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach
• Rome2005 · as Mark Antony
• The Mayor of Casterbridge2003 · as Donald Farfrae
• A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · as Nicholas Jenkins
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall1996 · as Mr Frederick Lawrence
• The Prince and the Pauper1996 · as Miles Hendon
• The Tide of Life1996 · as Nick Stuart
• Tears Before Bedtime1995 · as Jimmy Turner
• Calling the Shots1994 · as Brian Summers
• Sharpe1993 · as Jack Spears
• The Cloning of Joanna May1992 · as Oliver
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as James McCarthy