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British actor

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. 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.

Purefoy was born in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest son of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley, née Taylor. The Purefoy family were landed gentry, of Shalstone, Buckinghamshire; the family name passed in the female line through Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy's mother, Mary Lilias Geraldine, daughter of Admiral Richard Purefoy (who had changed his surname from Fitzgerald as his mother was the heir and niece of the politician George Purefoy Jervoise, head of the family); she married Rev. Brian Mews, vicar of Tewkesbury, who changed his name to Purefoy. Purefoy boarded at Sherborne School, which he left with only one O level. He later went to night school and received 11 more O levels, before taking his A levels at Brooklands College in Weybridge. He worked as a porter at Yeovil District Hospital before studying acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Purefoy's early professional roles included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in Leatherhead, Walter in Mary Morgan at the Riverside Studios and Alan Strang in Equus on tour. He subsequently joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1988 and appeared in The Constant Couple, Macbeth, The Tempest, The Man Who Came to Dinner (Gene Saks, Barbican) and King Lear as Edgar. Elsewhere, he has also appeared as Laertes in Hamlet at the Bristol Old Vic (1991), Brian in William Gaminara's Back Up the Hearse and Let them Sniff the Flowers at the Hampstead Theatre (1992), Roland Maule in Noël Coward's Present Laughter at the Globe Theatre (1993), Biff in Death of a Salesman, alongside Ken Stott and Jude Law, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds (1994), Tony in The Servant at the Birmingham Rep (1995). He returned to the RSC for Simon Callow's stage adaptation of the film classic, Les enfants du paradis at the Barbican. He also played Hugh de Morville in Paul Corcoran's Four Nights in Knaresborough at the Tricycle Theatre, (1999) and Loveless in Trevor Nunn's production of The Relapse at the National Theatre in 2001. Between March and June 2011 he starred as Peter in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, alongside Sheridan Smith and Sienna Miller, as part of the playwright Terence Rattigan's centenary year celebrations. He appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the 2019 West and Middle Chinnock Christmas Show, as well as singing several sea shanties from Fisherman's Friends.

In 1991, Purefoy played James McCarthy, a young man accused of murdering his father, in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," in Granada's The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. One of his notable roles was Nicholas Jenkins in the four part miniseries A Dance to the Music of Time for Channel 4 in 1997. He played Edward, the Black Prince in the film A Knight's Tale, Rawdon Crawley in Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Bertram in the 1999 production of Mansfield Park. He has played major roles in several television costume dramas, including Sharpe's Sword, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Prince and the Pauper, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Blackbeard: Terror at Sea, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man, The Tide of Life, Camelot and Rome. Purefoy was screen tested for the role of James Bond in 1995 for GoldenEye, but ultimately lost the role to Pierce Brosnan. Throughout 2004 and 2005 Purefoy's name was rumoured as a possible candidate to replace Brosnan as Bond in future films. Speculation suggested that his departure was due to an opportunity to play James Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale. He was originally the actor for V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta but had creative differences with the production team and left the film six weeks into filming. Parts of the film contain (dubbed) scenes of Purefoy. Purefoy played Mark Antony in the HBO/BBC original television series, Rome. At the time there were rumours that at least one nude body in the show had been digitally enhanced. When his Wikipedia entry, which at that time referred to the rumours, was brought up in an interview with Alastair McKay, published in the January 2007 issue of Out magazine, Purefoy said, "I won't say whose it was, but there was a penis in the series that may have been slightly enhanced. But it wasn't mine. Mine's all mine." Producer William J. MacDonald announced that James Purefoy would play Simon Templar in a new TV series of The Saint. The new series was scheduled to start shooting in Berlin and Australia in April 2008. However, production ultimately did not occur and in August Purefoy was reported as negotiating with NBC to star in another series, The Philanthropist. He starred as Teddy Rist in the summer television series, which aired on NBC beginning in June 2009. His character is a billionaire playboy who decides to use his wealth and power to help others in need. In 2009 Purefoy played the titular character in an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane. In 2013, The Following debuted, starring Purefoy as the lead antagonist of the series. He portrays Joe Carroll, a former professor who becomes a serial killer and leads a cult of followers, all of whom help create Carroll's "story". It was announced in June 2014 that Purefoy would join the cast of the film High Rise with Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons. Later in 2014, Purefoy co starred in the Formula 1 themed music video for David Guetta's song "Dangerous". From 2016 to 2018 Purefoy starred as Hap Collins in Sundance's adaptation of Hap and Leonard, alongside Michael Kenneth Williams. In 2018 he starred as Laurens Bancroft in Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series. In February 2019, Hybrid (who provided the score to Interlude in Prague) released a short film to accompany their single "Hold Your Breath" from the album Light of the Fearless. The film starred Purefoy as the brooding "Mr Black". In 2020, Purefoy joined the cast of the second season of the V for Vendetta and Gotham prequel television series Pennyworth in a main role, portraying Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy, a former SAS captain and the leader of a crew of criminals consisting of former soldiers, who later becomes the enhanced super soldier Captain Blighty in the 2022 third season.

Purefoy married actress Holly Aird in 1996, with whom he has a son, Joseph (born 1997). They divorced in 2002. In 2014 he married art historian Jessica Adams with whom he has a daughter, Rose (born 2012), and two sons, Ned and Kit (born 2017). Purefoy is a supporter of both Yeovil Town and Manchester United.

Year Title Role Notes 1995 Feast of July Jedd Wainwright1996The Tide of LifeNick Stuart 1997 Jilting Joe Joe 1998 Bedrooms and Hallways Brendan 1999 Mansfield Park Tom Bertram Women Talking Dirty Daniel 2000 Lighthouse Richard Spader Maybe Baby Carl Phipps The Wedding Tackle Hal 2001 Tomorrow Andrew Spender A Knight's Tale Edward, the Black Prince of Wales / Sir Thomas Colville 2002 Resident Evil Spence Parks 2003 Photo Finish James Jury Award for Best Actor 2004 George and the Dragon George Blessed Craig Howard Vanity Fair Colonel Rawdon Crawley 2005 V for Vendetta V Uncredited; left six weeks into filming; few opening scenes of a masked V are of James Purefoy but are dubbed by Hugo Weaving 2006 Goose on the Loose Kenneth Donnelly 2008 Lena: The Bride of Ice Dr. Harper 2009 Solomon Kane Solomon Kane 2011 Ironclad Marshall 2012 John Carter Kantos Kan 2013 Wicked Blood Wild Bill 2015 Momentum Mr. Washington High Rise Pangbourne 2016 Equity Michael Connor 2017 Churchill King George VI Interlude in Prague Baron Saloka 2019 Fisherman's Friends Jim 2022 Fisherman's Friends: One and All Jim

Year Title Role Notes 1990 Coasting Mike Baker 1991 Sherlock Holmes James McCarthy Episode: "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" Boon Alan Bridges Episode: "Houseguests" 1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Oliver Television film Angels Victor 1993 Calling the Shots Brian Summers Television film Rides Julian 4 episodes Crime Story Darius Guppy Episode: "The Prince" 1995 Tears Before Bedtime Jimmy Turner Sharpe's Sword Captain Jack Spears Television film 1996 The Tide of Life Nick Stuart Television miniseries The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Mr Lawrence The Prince and the Pauper Miles Hendon 1997 Have Your Cake and Eat It Ben Television miniseries Bright Hair David Miles Television film A Dance to the Music of Time Nicholas Jenkins Television miniseries 2000 Don Quixote Sansón Carrasco Television film Metropolis Nathan Miniseries 2001 Bye Bye Baby Television film 2003 The Mayor of Casterbridge Donald Farfrae 2005 Blackbeard Edward Teach / Blackbeard 2005–07 Rome Mark Antony Lead role 2006 Beau Brummell: This Charming Man Beau Brummell Television film 2007 Manchild Joe Frankenstein Henry Clerval 2008–10 The Summit Thom Lightstone Miniseries 2009 Diamonds Lucas Denmont Television film The Philanthropist Teddy Rist 2011 Camelot King Lot Episodes: "Homecoming", "The Sword and the Crown", "Lady of the Lake" Injustice William Travers Miniseries Rev. Richard Episode: "#2.6" Revenge Dominik Wright Episodes: "Doubt", "Justice" 2012 The Hollow Crown Thomas Mowbray Episode: "Richard II" Episodes Rob 4 episodes 2013–15 The Following Joe Carroll 30 episodes 2016–18 Hap and Leonard Hap Collins 2016 Roots John Waller Miniseries 2016–18 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Kanjigar the Courageous (voice) 2018 Altered Carbon Laurens Bancroft 10 episodes Urban Myths Billy Wilder Episode: "Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder: "It's Me, Sugar"" 2019–2020 Sex Education Remi Milburn 5 episodes 2019 3Below: Tales of Arcadia Kanjigar the Courageous (voice) 2 episodes 2020–2022 Pennyworth Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy / Captain Blighty Main role; seasons 2–3 2020 El Candidato Wayne Addison 10 episodes 2020 No Man's Land Stanley 8 episodes 2021 A Discovery of Witches Philippe de Clermont 2022 Marie AntoinetteLouis XV 2023 Malpractice Dr. Leo Harris2023Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk MovieRick EdenTelevision film