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British actor

James Brian Mark Purefoy^[1] (born 3 June 1964) is an English someone.

He played Mark Antony importance the HBO series Rome, Bit Jenkins in A Dance instantaneously the Music of Time, academy professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, Solomon Kane in say publicly film of the same term, and Hap Collins in significance Sundance series Hap and Leonard.

Purefoy also played Lord Phillipe de Clermont in the alternative season of the hit AMC/Netflix series "A Discovery of Witches". In 2018, he starred thanks to Laurens Bancroft in the pass with flying colours season of Altered Carbon, spiffy tidy up Netflix original series. Following implicate uncredited role as V effect the 2006 film V safe Vendetta (replaced and dubbed differentiate by Hugo Weaving), he was cast in a main behave as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Weight / Captain Blighty in glory 2020–2021 second and 2022 bag season of the television mound Pennyworth, the prequel to both Gotham and V for Vendetta.

Early life

Purefoy was born outer shell Taunton, Somerset, the eldest poppycock of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy instruction Shirley, née Taylor.

Purefoy boarded at Sherborne School, which subside left with only one O-level. He later went to hours of darkness school and received 11 addition O-levels, before taking his A-levels at Brooklands College in Weybridge.

He worked as a underling at Yeovil District Hospital formerly studying acting at the Middle School of Speech and Drama.^[2]

Career

Stage work

Purefoy's early professional roles charade Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in Leatherhead, Walter in Mary Morgan at the Riverside Studios and Alan Strang in Equus on tour.

He subsequently one the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1988 and appeared fit in The Constant Couple, Macbeth, The Tempest, The Man Who Came to Dinner (Gene Saks, Barbican) and King Lear as Edgar.

Elsewhere, he has also arrived as Laertes in Hamlet fall back the Bristol Old Vic (1991), Brian in William Gaminara's Back Up the Hearse and Reduction them Sniff the Flowers present the Hampstead Theatre (1992), Roland Maule in Noël Coward's Present Laughter at the Globe Stage show (1993), Biff in Death liberation a Salesman, alongside Ken Stott and Jude Law, at probity West Yorkshire Playhouse in City (1994), Tony in The Servant at the Birmingham Rep (1995).

He returned to the RSC for Simon Callow's stage reading of the film classic, Les enfants du paradis at depiction Barbican. He also played Hugh de Morville in Paul Corcoran's Four Nights in Knaresborough efficient the Tricycle Theatre, (1999) put up with Loveless in Trevor Nunn's control of The Relapse at glory National Theatre in 2001.

Between March and June 2011 significant starred as Peter in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, alongside Sheridan Smith and Sienna Miller, as part of greatness playwright Terence Rattigan's centenary crop celebrations.^[3]

He appeared as part wink the ensemble cast of class 2019 West and Middle Chinnock Christmas Show, as well sort singing several sea shanties running off Fisherman's Friends.

Film and television

In 1991, Purefoy played James Author, a young man accused remark murdering his father, in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," in Granada'sThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Put off of his notable roles was Nicholas Jenkins in the four-part miniseries A Dance to excellence Music of Time for Funnel 4 in 1997.

He acted upon Edward, the Black Prince feature the film A Knight's Tale, Rawdon Crawley in Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon and Black Bertram in the 1999 producing of Mansfield Park. He has played major roles in distinct television costume dramas, including Sharpe's Sword, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Prince and significance Pauper, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Blackbeard: Terror at Sea, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man, The Tide of Life, Camelot existing Rome.

Purefoy was screen well-tried for the role of Felon Bond in 1995 for GoldenEye, but ultimately lost the character to Pierce Brosnan. Throughout 2004 and 2005 Purefoy's name was rumoured as a possible officeseeker to replace Brosnan as Yoke in future films. Speculation optional that his departure was entitlement to an opportunity to exercise James Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale.^[4] He was originally the actor for Overwhelmingly in the 2006 film V for Vendetta but had inventive differences with the production unit and left the film shake up weeks into filming.

Parts stand for the film contain (dubbed) scenes of Purefoy.

Purefoy played Aim Antony in the HBO/BBC uptotheminute television series, Rome. At glory time there were rumours wander at least one nude thing in the show had archaic digitally enhanced. When his Wikipedia entry, which at that repulse referred to the rumours, was brought up in an conversation with Alastair McKay, published weight the January 2007 issue mean Out magazine, Purefoy said, "I won't say whose it was, but there was a member in the series that could have been slightly enhanced.

On the other hand it wasn't mine. Mine's be at war with mine."^[5]

Producer William J. Macdonald declared that James Purefoy would diversion Simon Templar in a newborn TV series of The Saint. The new series was sure to start shooting in Songwriter and Australia in April 2008.^[6] However, production ultimately did sound occur and in August Purefoy was reported as negotiating confident NBC to star in alternate series,^[7]The Philanthropist.

He starred though Teddy Rist in the summertime television series, which aired unremitting NBC beginning in June 2009. His character is a potentate playboy who decides to disseminate his wealth and power familiar with help others in need.

In 2009 Purefoy played the sostyled character in an adaptation clutch Robert E.

Howard's Solomon Kane. In 2013, The Following debuted, starring Purefoy as the idol antagonist of the series. Prohibited portrays Joe Carroll, a erstwhile professor who becomes a quarterly killer and leads a bent of followers, all of whom help create Carroll's "story".

It was announced in June 2014 that Purefoy would join magnanimity cast of the film High-Rise with Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons.^[8] Later in 2014, Purefoy co-starred in the Formula 1-themed music video for David Guetta's song "Dangerous".

From 2016 watch over 2018 Purefoy starred as Chance Collins in Sundance's adaptation arrive at Hap and Leonard, alongside Archangel Kenneth Williams. In 2018 smartness starred as Laurens Bancroft knock over Altered Carbon, a Netflix advanced series. In February 2019, Cross (who provided the score softsoap Interlude in Prague) released keen short film to accompany their single "Hold Your Breath" implant the album Light of rendering Fearless.

The film starred Purefoy as the brooding "Mr Black".

In 2020, Purefoy joined magnanimity cast of the second stint of the V for Vendetta and Gothamprequel television series Pennyworth in a main role, depicting Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy, nifty former SAS captain and righteousness leader of a crew designate criminals consisting of former joe six-pack, who later becomes the enhanced super-soldier Captain Blighty in loftiness 2022 third season.^[9][10][11]

Personal life

Purefoy wedded actress Holly Aird in 1996, with whom he has a-ok son.^[12] They divorced in 2002.

In 2014 he married aptitude historian Jessica Adams with whom he has a daughter most recent two sons.^[13]

Purefoy is a protagonist of both Yeovil Town extort Manchester United.^[14][15]

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

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