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James Purefoy
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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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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
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
A Discovery of Witches
The Recruit
Sherlock Holmes
Episodes
Sharpe
The Hollow Crown
Land of Women
Marie Antoinette
The Veil
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Camelot
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Sex Education
Revenge
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Tears Before Bedtime
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
A Knight's Tale
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Outrageous
John Carter
Malpractice
No Man's Land
Rome
Resident Evil
Altered Carbon
Bedrooms and Hallways
Saint-Pierre
Calling the Shots
The Prince and the Pauper
Bright Hair
The Following
Equity
Vanity Fair
Solomon Kane
Blackbeard
The Philanthropist
El Candidato
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