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James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Actor·b. 1964·Taunton, England, UK

6 horror credits

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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Actor6 films

Limbo

Limbo

Lucifer

2019
High-Rise

High-Rise

Pangbourne

2015 3.0
Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

2009
Blessed

Blessed

Craig Howard

2004
Resident Evil

Resident Evil

Spence Parks

2002 2.5
Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Richard Spader

2000