James Purefoy
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 (48)

Masters of the Universe
2026 · King Randor

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025 · Narrator
Legacy
2024 · Le père

El último caso del Sr. Monk: Una película de Monk
2023 · Rick Eden

Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022 · Jim, Executive Producer

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022

Trollhunters: El despertar de los titanes
2021 · Additional Voices (voice)

Limbo
2019 · Lucifer

All Hail the Popcorn King!
2019 · Self

Música a bordo
2019 · Jim

It's Me, Sugar
2018 · Billy Wilder

Churchill
2017 · King George VI

Interlude in Prague
2017 · Baron Saloka

Equidad
2016 · Michael Connor

El rascacielos
2015 · Pangbourne

Momentum
2015 · Mr. Washington

Wicked Blood
2014 · 'Wild' Bill Owens

John Carter: Entre dos mundos
2012 · Kantos Kan

El Templario
2011 · Thomas Marshall

Cazador de demonios
2009 · Solomon Kane

Diamonds
2009 · Lucas Denmont
Lena: The Bride of Ice
2008 · Dr. Harper

Frankenstein
2007 · Clerval

Manchild
2007 · Joe

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006 · Beau Brummell

Goose on the Loose
2006 · Kenneth Donnelly
Photo Finish
2004 · James Wise

Vanidad
2004 · Rawdon Crawley

Blessed
2004 · Craig Howard

George and the Dragon
2004 · George

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003 · Donald Farfrae

The Making of Resident Evil
2002 · Self

Resident Evil: El Huésped Maldito
2002 · Spence

Women Talking Dirty
2001 · Daniel

Corazón de caballero
2001 · Colville

Tomorrow
2001 · Andrew Spender

The Wedding Tackle
2000 · Hal

Maybe Baby
2000 · Carl Phipps

Don Quixote
2000 · Carrasco

Lighthouse
2000 · Richard Spader

Mansfield Park
1999 · Tom Bertram

Jilting Joe
1998 · Joe

Bedrooms and Hallways
1998 · Brendan

Bright Hair
1997 · David Miles

Feast of July
1995 · Jedd Wainwright

Sharpe's Sword
1995 · Captain the Lord Jack Spears

One Night Stand
1994 · John

Angels
1992 · Victor
TV shows (47)

Las fieles
2026 · Laban

Outrageous
2025 · David Freeman-Mitford

Saint-Pierre
2025 · Sean Gallagher

Land of Women
2024 · Fred

El velo
2024 · Sir Michael Althorp, Michael Althorp

Malpractice
2023 · Dr. Leo Harris

El novato
2022 · Oliver Bonner-Jones

Marie Antoinette
2022 · Louis XV

No Man's Land
2020 · Stanley

El Candidato
2020 · Wayne Addison

The Witcher
2019 · Skellen

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019 · Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy

Sex Education
2019 · Remi Milburn

El descubrimiento de las brujas
2018 · Philippe De Clermont, Philippe de Clermont

Carbono Alterado
2018 · Laurens Bancroft

Mitos Urbanos
2017 · Billy Wilder

Trollhunters: Relatos de Arcadia
2016 · Kanjigar / Amulet / Ghost Kanjigar

Raíces
2016 · John Waller

Hap and Leonard
2016 · Hap Collins

The Following
2013 · Joe Carroll

La Corona Vacía
2012 · Thomas of Mowbray

Revenge
2011 · Dominik Wright

Injusticia
2011 · William Travers

Camelot
2011 · King Lot

Episodes
2011 · Rob

The Philanthropist
2009

Diamonds
2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self

The Summit
2008 · Thom Lightstone

British Film Forever
2007

Blackbeard
2006 · Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach

Roma
2005 · Mark Antony

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003 · Donald Farfrae
Metropolis
2000 · Nathan

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Nicholas Jenkins
Have Your Cake and Eat It
1997 · Ben

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996 · Mr Frederick Lawrence

The Prince and the Pauper
1996 · Miles Hendon

The Tide of Life
1996 · Nick Stuart
Tears Before Bedtime
1995 · Jimmy Turner

Calling the Shots
1994 · Brian Summers

Sharpe
1993 · Jack Spears
Crime Story
1992 · Darius Guppy

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Oliver
Coasting
1990 · Mike Baker

Boon
1986 · Alan Bridges

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · James McCarthy


