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James Purefoy

Jun 03, 1964 (60 years old) in Taunton, England, UK

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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Known For

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A Discovery of Witches
Philippe De Clermont
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Sex Education
Remi Milburn
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Revenge
Dominik Wright
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Rome
Mark Antony
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Sherlock Holmes
James McCarthy
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The Following
Joe Carroll
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Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy
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Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Amulet (voice)
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Altered Carbon
Laurens Bancroft
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The Recruit
Oliver Bonner-Jones

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