7.1
Masters of the Universe
2026
James Purefoy
Acting
Born June 3, 1964Taunton, England, UK
Biography
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.
Movies
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10.0
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
Legacy
7.0
Legacy
2024
6.8
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
2023
6.5
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022
1.8
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
7.5
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
5.4
Limbo
2019
1.0
All Hail the Popcorn King!
2019
6.8
Fisherman's Friends
2019
6.0
It's Me, Sugar
2018
6.2
Churchill
2017
5.7
Interlude in Prague
2017
5.6
Equity
2016
5.6
High-Rise
2015
5.7
Momentum
2015
5.4
Wicked Blood
2014
6.4
John Carter
2012
6.2
Ironclad
2011
6.1
Solomon Kane
2009
4.7
Diamonds
2009
Lena: The Bride of Ice
10.0
Lena: The Bride of Ice
2008
5.6
Frankenstein
2007
4.5
Manchild
2007
5.2
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
5.3
Goose on the Loose
2006
Photo Finish
7.0
Photo Finish
2004
5.8
Vanity Fair
2004
4.8
Blessed
2004
5.5
George and the Dragon
2004
7.3
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
8.0
The Making of Resident Evil
2002
6.7
Resident Evil
2002
5.4
Women Talking Dirty
2001
6.9
A Knight's Tale
2001
5.8
Tomorrow
2001
10.0
The Wedding Tackle
2000
5.5
Maybe Baby
2000
6.3
Don Quixote
2000
4.5
Lighthouse
2000
6.7
Mansfield Park
1999
8.0
Jilting Joe
1998
6.1
Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
4.1
Bright Hair
1997
5.8
Feast of July
1995
7.3
Sharpe's Sword
1995
7.0
One Night Stand
1994
5.5
Angels
1992
TV Shows
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6.6
The Faithful
7.7
Outrageous
5.7
Saint-Pierre
6.8
Land of Women
6.5
The Veil
6.5
The Veil
7.0
Malpractice
7.5
The Recruit
7.5
Marie Antoinette
6.9
No Man's Land
6.9
El Candidato
7.9
The Witcher
7.9
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
8.2
Sex Education
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
7.6
Altered Carbon
7.3
Urban Myths
8.5
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
6.9
Roots
6.9
Hap and Leonard
6.9
The Following
7.4
The Hollow Crown
7.5
Revenge
7.1
Injustice
6.3
Camelot
7.2
Episodes
7.1
The Philanthropist
6.0
Diamonds
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
5.6
The Summit
5.5
British Film Forever
6.1
Blackbeard
8.2
Rome
7.0
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Metropolis
0.0
Metropolis
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
Have Your Cake and Eat It
0.0
Have Your Cake and Eat It
7.5
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
9.0
The Prince and the Pauper
8.0
The Tide of Life
Tears Before Bedtime
7.0
Tears Before Bedtime
8.0
Calling the Shots
8.0
Sharpe
0.0
The Cloning of Joanna May
Coasting
8.0
Coasting
5.8
Boon
8.2