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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…
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- Masters of the Universe — King Randor2026
- The Faithful — Laban2026
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain — Narrator2025
- Saint-Pierre — Sean Gallagher2025
- Outrageous — David Freeman-Mitford2025
- Legacy — Le père2024
- The Veil — Sir Michael Althorp2024
- Land of Women — Fred2024
- The Veil — Michael Althorp2024
- Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie — Rick Eden2023
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James Purefoy is a famous British actor born on 3 June 1964 in Taunton, UK. He was raised in Somerset near Yeovil, England along with his two older sisters and a younger brother. He was sent to Sherborne Boarding School, where he completed only one O-Level. However, he joined night school and later completed eleven O-Levels. At the age of 16, James Purefoy left school and then worked in a pig farm and as a porter in Yeovil District Hospital. At the age of 18, James Purefoy attended college to ta
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- James Brian Mark Purefoy , ( 1964-06-03 ) 3 June 1964 (age 62) , Taunton , Somerset , England
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- Central School of Speech and Drama (BA)
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- Actor
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- 1987–present
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- Holly Aird ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) Jessica Adams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. July 2014</span>"}]]}'>2014 )
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James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the hit Fox thriller 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 the upcoming V for Vendetta TV series.
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