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James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, former college professor-turned-serial-killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, and Solomon Kane in the feature film Solomon Kane. In February 2018 he starred as Laurens Bancroft in Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series.
Birth Name
James Brian Mark Purefoy
Born
Wednesday, 03 June 1964
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Rick Eden | 2023 |
| Malpractice | Dr. Leo Harris | 2023 |
| The Recruit | Olive Bonner-Jones | 2022 |
| Marie Antoinette | Louis XV | 2022 |
| Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Jim | 2022 |
| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Additional Voices / Additional Voices (voice) | 2021 |
| No Man's Land | Stanley | 2020 |
| El Candidato | Wayne Addison | 2020 |
| Limbo | Lucifer | 2019 |
| All Hail the Popcorn King | Self | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie | Rick Eden | 2023 |
| Malpractice | Dr. Leo Harris | 2023 |
| The Recruit | Olive Bonner-Jones | 2022 |
| Marie Antoinette | Louis XV | 2022 |
| Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Jim | 2022 |
| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Additional Voices / Additional Voices (voice) | 2021 |
| No Man's Land | Stanley | 2020 |
| El Candidato | Wayne Addison | 2020 |
| Limbo | Lucifer | 2019 |
| All Hail the Popcorn King | Self | 2019 |
| Pennyworth | Captain Gulliver Troy / Captain Gulliver 'Gully' Troy | 2019 |
| Fisherman's Friends | Jim | 2019 |
| Sex Education | Remi Milburn | 2019 |
| 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Kanjigar | 2018 |
| A Discovery of Witches | Philippe De Clermont | 2018 |
| It's Me, Sugar | Billy Wilder | 2018 |
| Altered Carbon | Laurens Bancroft | 2018 |
| Churchill | King George VI | 2017 |
| Interlude in Prague | Baron Saloka | 2017 |
| Urban Myths | Billy Wilder | 2017 |
| Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Amulet (voice) / Kanjigar / Ghost Kanjigar / Amulet | 2016 |
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Spence | 2016 |
| Equity | Michael Connor | 2016 |
| Roots | John Waller | 2016 |
| The Wine Show | Self - Presenter / Self | 2016 |
| Hap and Leonard | Hap Collins | 2016 |
| High-Rise | Pangbourne | 2015 |
| Momentum | Mr. Washington | 2015 |
| Wicked Blood | Bill / Wild Bill | 2014 |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
| The Following | Joe Carroll | 2013 |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | Spence Parks (archive footage) / Spence Parks | 2012 |
| The Hollow Crown | Thomas Mowbray | 2012 |
| Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| John Carter | Kantos Kan | 2012 |
| Revenge | Dominik Wright | 2011 |
| Injustice | William Travers | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Ironclad | Thomas Marshal / Thomas Marshall | 2011 |
| Camelot | King Lot | 2011 |
| Episodes | Rob | 2011 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Rev. | Richard | 2010 |
| Solomon Kane | Solomon Kane | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| The Philanthropist | Teddy Rist | 2009 |
| Diamonds | Lucas Denmont | 2009 |
| Lena: The Bride of Ice | Dr. Harper | 2008 |
| The Summit | Thom Lightstone | 2008 |
| Frankenstein | Clerval / Dr. Henry Clerval | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest / Self | 2006 |
| Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Beau Brummell | 2006 |
| Blackbeard: Terror at Sea | Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach | 2006 |
| Goose on the Loose | Kenneth Donnelly | 2006 |
| Rome | Mark Antony | 2005 |
| Vanity Fair | Rawdon Crawley | 2004 |
| Blessed | Craig Howard | 2004 |
| George and the Dragon | George | 2004 |
| The Mayor of Casterbridge | Donald Farfrae | 2003 |
| Resident Evil | Spence / Spence Parks | 2002 |
| Women Talking Dirty | Daniel | 2001 |
| A Knight's Tale | Colville | 2001 |
| Tomorrow | Andrew Spender | 2001 |
| Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | the narrator / Narrator | 2000 |
| The Wedding Tackle | Hal | 2000 |
| Maybe Baby | Carl Phipps | 2000 |
| Metropolis | Nathan | 2000 |
| Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco / Carrasco | 2000 |
| Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | 1999 |
| Lighthouse | Richard Spader | 1999 |
| Bedrooms and Hallways | Brendan | 1999 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Nicholas Jenkins | 1997 |
| Have Your Cake and Eat It | Ben | 1997 |
| Bright Hair | David Miles | 1997 |
| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Mr. Lawrence | 1996 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Miles Hendon | 1996 |
| Feast of July | Jedd Wainwright | 1995 |
| Sharpe | Cpt. Jack Spears | 1993 |
| Calling the Shots | Brian Summers | 1993 |
| Rides | Julian | 1992 |
| The Cloning of Joanna May | Oliver | 1992 |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | James McCarthy | 1991 |
| Coasting | Mike Baker | 1990 |
| Boon | Alan Bridges | 1986 |
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