Actor

James Purefoy

June 3, 1964 · 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 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.

Notable work

8.2
Sex Education (2019)
as Remi Milburn
6.7
Resident Evil (2002)
as Spence
7.9
The Witcher (2019)
as Skellen
6.4
John Carter (2012)
as Kantos Kan
6.9
A Knight's Tale (2001)
as Colville
7.6
Altered Carbon (2018)
as Laurens Bancroft
7.2
Masters of the Universe (2026)
as King Randor
6
Solomon Kane (2009)
as Solomon Kane
8.2
Rome (2005)
as Mark Antony
5.6
High-Rise (2015)
as Pangbourne
8.4
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
as Amulet (voice)
7.8
A Discovery of Witches (2018)
as Philippe De Clermont and as Philippe de Clermont

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