LOADING
Actor
James Purefoy
James Purefoy’s screen credits include Spence in Resident Evil and Colville in A Knight's Tale.
Born June 3, 1964 Taunton, England, UK2 movies on MoviHero
Explore movies WHERE TO START
Where to start
A selection of released films from our catalog, with the credited role to help you choose.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES
About 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
GALLERY
Photos
Portraits of James Purefoy.
MOVIHERO CREDITS
Movies and roles
Explore 2 movie guides, credited roles and upcoming releases.
Movies on MoviHero 2
Showing 2 of 2 credits
More film credits 46 additional titles
These credits do not currently have a MoviHero movie guide. Use the filters to separate released and upcoming work.
Showing 8 of 46 credits
- 2026Masters of the UniverseKing Randor
- 2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainNarrator
- 2024LegacyLe père
- 2023Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk MovieRick Eden
- 2022Fisherman's Friends: One and AllProducer · Jim
- 2022Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About MenActor
- 2021Trollhunters: Rise of the TitansAdditional Voices (voice)
- 2019LimboLucifer
- 2019All Hail the Popcorn King!Self
- 2019Fisherman's FriendsJim
- 2018It's Me, SugarBilly Wilder
- 2017ChurchillKing George VI
- 2017Interlude in PragueBaron Saloka
- 2016EquityMichael Connor
- 2015High-RisePangbourne
- 2015MomentumMr. Washington
- 2014Wicked Blood'Wild' Bill Owens
- 2012John CarterKantos Kan
- 2011IroncladThomas Marshall
- 2009Solomon KaneSolomon Kane
- 2009DiamondsLucas Denmont
- 2008Lena: The Bride of IceDr. Harper
- 2007FrankensteinClerval
- 2007ManchildJoe
- 2006Beau Brummell: This Charming ManBeau Brummell
- 2006Goose on the LooseKenneth Donnelly
- 2004Photo FinishJames Wise
- 2004Vanity FairRawdon Crawley
- 2004BlessedCraig Howard
- 2004George and the DragonGeorge
- 2003The Mayor of CasterbridgeDonald Farfrae
- 2002The Making of Resident EvilSelf
- 2001Women Talking DirtyDaniel
- 2001TomorrowAndrew Spender
- 2000The Wedding TackleHal
- 2000Maybe BabyCarl Phipps
- 2000Don QuixoteCarrasco
- 2000LighthouseRichard Spader
- 1999Mansfield ParkTom Bertram
- 1998Jilting JoeJoe
- 1998Bedrooms and HallwaysBrendan
- 1997Bright HairDavid Miles
- 1995Feast of JulyJedd Wainwright
- 1995Sharpe's SwordCaptain the Lord Jack Spears
- 1994One Night StandJohn
- 1992AngelsVictor
CONNECTED THROUGH MOVIES
Shared credits
Discover the people who share these films.
Actor
Alan Tudyk
1 shared film on MoviHeroActor
Anna Bolt
1 shared film on MoviHeroActor
Bérénice Bejo
1 shared film on MoviHeroDirector