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James Purefoy
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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 rol…
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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.
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Masters of the Universe
as King Randor

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
as Narrator
No Poster
Legacy
as Le père

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
as Rick Eden

Fisherman's Friends: One and All
as Jim

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Additional Voices (voice)

Limbo
as Lucifer

All Hail the Popcorn King!
as Self

Fisherman's Friends
as Jim

It's Me, Sugar
as Billy Wilder

Churchill
as King George VI

Interlude in Prague
as Baron Saloka

Equity
as Michael Connor

High-Rise
as Pangbourne

Momentum
as Mr. Washington

Wicked Blood
as 'Wild' Bill Owens

John Carter
as Kantos Kan

Ironclad
as Thomas Marshall

Solomon Kane
as Solomon Kane

Diamonds
as Lucas Denmont
No Poster
Lena: The Bride of Ice
as Dr. Harper

Frankenstein
as Clerval

Manchild
as Joe

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Beau Brummell

Goose on the Loose
as Kenneth Donnelly
No Poster
Photo Finish
as James Wise

Vanity Fair
as Rawdon Crawley

Blessed
as Craig Howard

George and the Dragon
as George

The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Donald Farfrae

The Making of Resident Evil
as Self

Resident Evil
as Spence

Women Talking Dirty
as Daniel

A Knight's Tale
as Colville

Tomorrow
as Andrew Spender

The Wedding Tackle
as Hal

Maybe Baby
as Carl Phipps

Don Quixote
as Carrasco

Lighthouse
as Richard Spader

Mansfield Park
as Tom Bertram

Jilting Joe
as Joe

Bedrooms and Hallways
as Brendan

Bright Hair
as David Miles

Feast of July
as Jedd Wainwright

Sharpe's Sword
as Captain the Lord Jack Spears

One Night Stand
as John

Angels
as Victor