Acting credits
87
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Purefoy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 45Series: 42Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 17648
IMDb ID: nm0700856
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Taunton, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q360528
Also known as
Τζέιμς Πιούρφοϊ • James Brian Mark Purefoy • Джеймс Пьюрфой • Jame Purefoy • 제임스 퓨어포이 • جیمز پیورفوی
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with James Purefoy.
Masters of the Universe
as King Randor
2026 Movie
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Narrator
2025 Movie
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
as Rick Eden
2023 Movie
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
as Jim
2022 Movie
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022 Movie
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)
2021 Movie
Limbo
as Lucifer
2019 Movie
All Hail the Popcorn King!
as Self
2019 Movie
Fisherman's Friends
as Jim
2019 Movie
It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder
2018 Movie
Churchill
as King George VI
2017 Movie
Interlude in Prague
as Baron Saloka
2017 Movie
Equity
as Michael Connor
2016 Movie
High-Rise
as Pangbourne
2015 Movie
Momentum
as Mr. Washington
2015 Movie
Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens
2014 Movie
John Carter
as Kantos Kan
2012 Movie
Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall
2011 Movie
Solomon Kane
as Solomon Kane
2009 Movie
Diamonds
as Lucas Denmont
2009 Movie
Frankenstein
as Clerval
2007 Movie
Manchild
as Joe
2007 Movie
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Beau Brummell
2006 Movie
Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
2006 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with James Purefoy.
The Faithful
as Laban • 2 eps
2026 Series
Outrageous
as David Freeman-Mitford • 6 eps
2025 Series
Saint-Pierre
as Sean Gallagher • 22 eps
2025 Series
Land of Women
as Fred • 6 eps
2024 Series
The Veil
as Sir Michael Althorp • 5 eps
2024 Series
Malpractice
as Dr. Leo Harris • 5 eps
2023 Series
The Recruit
as Oliver Bonner-Jones • 2 eps
2022 Series
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV • 4 eps
2022 Series
No Man's Land
as Stanley • 8 eps
2020 Series
El Candidato
as Wayne Addison • 10 eps
2020 Series
The Witcher
as Skellen • 5 eps
2019 Series
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy • 10 eps
2019 Series
Sex Education
as Remi Milburn • 5 eps
2019 Series
A Discovery of Witches
as Philippe De Clermont • 3 eps
2018 Series
Altered Carbon
as Laurens Bancroft • 10 eps
2018 Series
Urban Myths
as Billy Wilder • 1 eps
2017 Series
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
as Kanjigar / Amulet / Ghost Kanjigar • 9 eps
2016 Series
Roots
as John Waller • 2 eps
2016 Series
Hap and Leonard
as Hap Collins • 18 eps
2016 Series
The Following
as Joe Carroll • 45 eps
2013 Series
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas of Mowbray • 1 eps
2012 Series
Revenge
as Dominik Wright
2011 Series
Injustice
as William Travers • 5 eps
2011 Series
Camelot
as King Lot • 3 eps
2011 Series