James Brian Mark Purefoy 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. 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, 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.
Purefoy was born in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest son of Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy and Shirley, née Taylor.
Purefoy boarded at Sherborne School, which he left with only one O-level. He later went to night school and received 11 more O-levels, before taking his A-levels at Brooklands College in Weybridge. He worked as a porter at Yeovil District Hospital before studying acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
| Date of Birth | 3rd June 1964 |
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| Age | 60 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current City | Taunton |
| Birth Place | Taunton |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Spouses | Holly Aird |
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| Education |
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| Central School of Speech and Drama, Sherborne School |
| Occupation | actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor |
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