James Purefoy

(1964-)

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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 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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Born	James Brian Mark Purefoy 3 June 1964 (age 61) Taunton, Somerset, England
Zodiac	Gemini
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Holly Aird 1969- · English television actress · m. 1996; div. 2002 info edit

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Joseph info 1st child with Holly Aird Male b. Jan 1997 · Age: 28 · 1997- · Celebrity Baby

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Shirley Taylor · Mother edit info

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Fay Ripley · 1966- · English actress, television presenter, cookbook author info edit view couple »

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Gwyneth Paltrow · 1972- · American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer info edit view couple »

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Mariana Tosca · 1971- · American actress info edit view couple »

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