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James Purefoy, born James Brian Mark Purefoy on 3 June 1964 in Taunton, holds citizenship of the United Kingdom and works as an actor, stage actor, film actor and television actor. He was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and began his career in 1999, working in the genre of Shakespearean comedy. His notable work is Solomon Kane. He was married to Holly Aird and has four children.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Masters of the Universe — King Randor2026
- The Faithful — Laban2026
- Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain — Narrator2025
- Saint-Pierre — Sean Gallagher2025
- Outrageous — David Freeman-Mitford2025
- Legacy — Le père2024
- The Veil — Sir Michael Althorp2024
- Land of Women — Fred2024
- The Veil — Michael Althorp2024
- Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie — Rick Eden2023
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Key facts
- Born
- James Brian Mark Purefoy , ( 1964-06-03 ) 3 June 1964 (age 62) , Taunton , Somerset , England
- Education
- Central School of Speech and Drama (BA)
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Spouses
- Holly Aird ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) Jessica Adams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. July 2014</span>"}]]}'>2014 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mark
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Taunton
- Spouse
- Holly Aird
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Sherborne School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Solomon Kane
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- JamesPurefoy09TIFF.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- James Brian Mark Purefoy
- Commons category
- James Purefoy
- date of birth
- 1964-06-03
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 105807
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Encyclopedic overview
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the hit Fox thriller 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 the upcoming V for Vendetta TV series.
Early life
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