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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James Purefoy is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Saint-Pierre (2025), Land of Women (2024), The Veil (2024), Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023), Malpractice (2023), No Man's Land (2020), El Candidato (2020), Fisherman's Friends (2019).

The recorded credits span 1995 to 2025, including 14 movies and 11 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles.

This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.